Alpha: Climate Savvy Grazing

The focus of the day is to provide graziers with the tools to maximise profitability in challenging climate conditions. The program includes management of stocking rates, looking after grasses and soils, burning, spelling, monitoring, carbon cycles and land condition.

Climate Savvy Grazing is a two-year collaboration between scientists, extension officers, modellers and grazing industry representatives aimed at establishing a best-practice template for graziers operating in the Fitzroy woodlands.

Topics covered will include:

• the role of pasture spelling for improving land condition
• results from the Grazing Systems and Spelling Strategies projects
• climate variability and possible scenarios for Central Queensland
• carbon efficiency on a grazing property
• burning to manage woody weeds and improve productivity
• case study – how one producer improved profitability by decreasing stocking rate
• managing stocking rate to improve animal production and land condition.

Field days will also be held on:

• 12 March, Melrose Rockhampton
• 13 March, Rolleston Hall
• 20 March, Monteagle Clermont

To register please contact Paul Jones on 07 4983 7415 or email paul.jones@deedi.qld.gov.au