Pasture legumes: Case studies

Chris Black, a beef producer based north of Gympie, manages 470 acres of diverse soils and rolling topography. He saw the potential to diversify his pasture mix and…
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Distance is no longer a barrier for Queensland producers when it comes to improving their pastures, thanks to an initiative which paired peer learning and practical advice on…
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Recognising untapped potential Across the Roma district, most buffel pastures were established 40–50 years ago following brigalow clearing. Since then, there has been limited redevelopment, and a gradual…
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In 1995, near Wandoan, Queensland, two pasture paddocks were sown side-by-side: one sown with buffel grass and desmanthus legume and the other sown with buffel grass only. Pasture…
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Mike and Judy Johnson, near Dulacca in Queensland, sowed leucaena and desmanthus in cultivated strips in 2008. Read what persisted…

A case study for the Legume Best Practice in the Brigalow Belt project Establishing tropical legumes into existing pastures by feeding the seed to livestock is used by…
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