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Paul and Tonia Grundy run cattle on their property just south of Toowoomba. Their grazing paddocks are a mixture of improved and native grasses on undulating hills and basalt soils, […]

Planting new pastures or improving existing ones can increase the productivity and profitability of a grazing business. Sown pastures can lead to increased animal weight gain and stocking rates. Additionally, […]

Taking on any type of renovation project can be an eyewatering experience — so thankfully when it comes to your pasture there’s plenty of help at hand. When third generation […]

Pasture rundown is the reduction of pasture growth over time due to the tie-up of soil nutrients (primarily nitrogen) in sown pastures. Pasture quantity and quality gradually reduces over time, […]

The Review of productivity decline in sown grass pastures project looked at the use of legumes to improve degraded pastures and made recommendations about targeting research, development and extension to […]

The decline in sown grass pastures in northern Australia is widespread and there will be significant returns from effectively reducing the impact of this decline. The Improving productivity of rundown […]

When a paddock is first developed and sown to new pasture the amount of plant available nitrogen in the soil is typically higher than the pasture requires. This high level […]

As the natural process of rundown ties-up nitrogen in organic forms that are unavailable to pastures, one of three ways to address the issue is to increase the rate that […]

Is your buffel grass is not growing as big and bulky as it used to? Is your buffel grass is pale green or yellow instead of being dark green, especially […]