Grazing of Crops and Stubble
Documents relating to the grazing of crops and stubbles from the current Grain and Graze program.
Grazing of crop and stubble
No till write up - summer & winter grazing
A summary of four years of +/- stubble grazingand +/- winter grazing on yeild, soil structure and establishment of subsequent crops.
Assessing components of a stubble and impact of grazing
A draft summary of three years of stubble grazing assessment. Work is currently underway in all G&G3 regions to validate the benchmarks.
Stubble Management - A Guide for Mallee Farmers
This guide has been designed to assist farmers to accurately assess stubble cover levels over the critical December to June period.
Farmer Insights
Mallee Mixed Farming Issues
MSF Grain & Graze farmer focus groups identified 10 areas of opportunity for better integration of crop and livestock enterprises in the Mallee. These issues are echoed in other low-medium rainfall mixed systems.
Maintaining Groundcover in Mixed Farming Systems
Understanding livestock grazing behaviour in large Mallee paddocks
Back to the future - returning to sheep for grass control and profit
Yorke Peninsula farmers, Scott and Sue Ramsey discuss their move back into livestock after many years of continuous cropping and direct drilling to control high populations of brome and ryegrass.
Grazing crops lift whole farm performance
Case study of Mid North SA farmer Tom Hawker and his thoughts on grazing crops.
Media Releases
The Benefits of Grazing Crops with Twin Bearing Ewes
There has been a push over the last few years to get sheep farmers to adopt pregnancy scanning for multiple bearing ewes rather than just 'wet and dry'. While many farmers have adopted this practice, the full benefits only appear when twin bearing ewes are seperated from single bearing ewes and fed according to their requirements.
Research & Discussion Papers
Grazing Cropped Land: A summary of the latest information on grazing winter crops
A farmer and adviser friendly guide that updates the latest collation of grazing crop work from the Grain and Graze 2 program.
Investigating farmer practices and concerns around grazing crops in south-eastern Australia
Explores the attitudes and motivations of farmers to grazing crops.
Impact of grazing crops on whole farm profit (executive summary of 7 sites)
This report summarises the impact of grazing crops at seven locations in Southern and Western Australia.
Esperance Grazing crops modelling.pdf
Whole farm profit model for grazing crops at Esperance.
Katanning grazing crops modelling.pdf
Whole farm profit model for grazing crops at Katanning.
Moora grazing crops modelling.pdf
Whole farm profit model for grazing crops at Moora.
Penshurst grazing crops modelling.pdf
Whole farm profit model for grazing crops at Penshurst (Vic).
Minnipa grazing crops modelling.pdf
Whole farm profit model for grazing crops at Minnipa.
Kapunda grazing crops modelling.pdf
Whole farm profit model for grazing crops at Kapunda.
Inverleigh grazing crops modelling.pdf
Whole farm profit model for grazing crops at Inverliegh (Vic).
Grazing cropped land
This booklet captures the latest information around grazing crops from the Grain and Graze program. It explores the opportunities and potential downsides of grazing winter crops, agronomy at the paddock scale and tips and tricks to successful grazing. There is also commentary on weeds, soil structure, animal health and crop disease issues.
The impact of livestock on paddock health on Eyre Peninsula
A summary of 8 years of grazing vs no grazing +/- high inputs and the impacts on production, mineral N and soil organic carbon.
Grazing crops. Gambling with the mixed farming system
Demonstrations of grazing barley and vetch on a property at Lock, Eyre Peninsula
The mechanisms that lead to yield loss after grazing across agro-ecological zones
The practice of grazing winter crops is often used in mixed farming systems as an opportunistic feed source rather than a regular annual feed supply, thus suitable cereal varieties have habitually been referred to as dual purpose, signifying they are fit for both grazing and grain uses.
Mechanisms that lead to yield loss after grazing (2015 results)
Summary of 2015 Southern Australian trials investigating the mechanisms that lead to grain yield loss after grazing.
Mechanisms that lead to yield loss after grazing across agro-ecological regions
Research article on grazing wheat and impact on yield conducted on Eyre Peninsula, Mid North SA, Wimmera Mallee VIC and Southern VIC.
Time of sowing and grazing potential
Results from 2014 time of sowing and grazing trials in South Australia.
Project Reports
Early Sown and Grazed Canola Trial
An overview and analysis of the Early Sown and Grazed Canola Trial run in Merredin WA in 2015 through the Grain and Graze 3 program.
