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Grazing Land Management For Better Beef And Reef
Sustainable land management should become easier for the Burdekin region's farmers and land managers with a practical information pack, produced by the CSIRO and Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, delivered to about 1200 property owners in the region today. Sustainable grazing, which includes practices such as wet season spelling, has been shown to improve pasture condition and economic profitability. It also shows promise as a key strategy to reduce the loss of sediments and nutrients in run-off to the Great Barrier Reef. "Extensive monitoring and data collection from a variety of locations in the Burdekin catchment have shown that conservative stocking and wet season spelling improves ground cover and has the potential to help reduce water, sediment and nutrient loss to rivers and the reef. Economic modelling suggests that there will be long-term financial benefits for land owners as well. "One Burdekin grazier has said that the ability to control grazing has improved the composition and density of the pasture and reduced soil loss along his stream frontages." The information pack, "Managing Recovery - Tools for Sustainable Grazing in the Burdekin Catchment", represents over eight years of research conducted by the CSIRO and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, in conjunction with Meat and Livestock Australia. With useful, informative diagrams and clear, concise language, the information pack consists of four parts, each highlighting a different aspect of sustainable grazing: Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Farming Today - Suppliers and Technology
HARDY Rice: Less Water, More Food
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Sep 17, 2007An international team of scientists has produced a new type of rice that grows better and uses water more efficiently than other rice crops. Professor Andy Pereira at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) has been working with colleagues in India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Mexico and The Netherlands to identify, characterize and make use of a gene known as HARDY that improves key features of this important grain crop. |
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