The ‘Improving productivity of rundown sown grass pastures’ project aims to address the problem of declining sown grass pasture production in northern Australia.

Why consider wet season spelling? Beef cattle enterprises in north Queensland rely heavily on 3P (perennial, palatable and productive) native pastures for production. Continuous grazing over several years…
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Mike and Judy Johnson sowed leucaena and desmanthus in cultivated strips in a buffel grass paddock near Dulacca in 2008. Leucaena grew well initially, has persisted in some…
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In long-term pastures grasses and legumes are usually planted at the same time (except for leucaena, where the grass is established after the legume). These pasture types can…
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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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Did you know? Legumes can provide high quality feed in the dry season when native pastures decline Well managed pastures can last 30 years Good pasture management will…
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The Demonstrating recovery of pasture productivity: Mulga Lands – Bollon project used four producer demonstration sites on three commercial properties to demonstrate recovery of pasture productivity, through pasture…
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With decades of experience in pasture improvement, the Anderson family near Theodore have tried and tested a number of tropical legumes including leucaena, desmanthus, stylos and more. In…
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Grazing land management is about managing your cattle to make the most of your pastures while maintaining or improving land condition and biodiversity.

Native pastures are the primary source of feed for cattle production in the Katherine region. Introduced species have an important role as special purpose pastures. Part 1 (this Agnote) briefly describes the major pasture species and Part 2 (Agnote E69) outlines the common uses of introduced pastures.