Pasture dieback: Outcomes from 7 years of DAF research, development and extension across Queensland.
Over the last 7 years the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) has conducted research, development and extension activities across Queensland to support beef producers affected by pasture dieback.
In this webinar recording, join the DAF pasture dieback team when they provide an update (as at 24 October 2023) on the current dieback situation in Queensland and the outcomes of research into the management options available to successfully restore pasture productivity.
You can watch the full recording or use the playlist below to jump to the start of a particular section within the presentation. (29:34; published 26 October 2023 by FutureBeefAu).
Download a copy of the presentation: Pasture dieback – Outcomes from 7 years of DAF RD&E (PDF; 8.04 MB)
Additional resources:
- Pasture dieback (FutureBeef)
- Pasture dieback (Meat & Livestock Australia)
- How do I…select grass varieties tolerant to pasture dieback? (Meat & Livestock Australia)
Full recording
Playlist
- Pasture dieback: Outcomes from 7 years of DAF research, development and extension across Queensland
- Outline of presentation
- Acknowledgements
- Background
- Death of tropical grasses, typically in patches
- Pasture dieback in Queensland
- 4 stages of (dieback) symptoms
- Pasture dieback examples
- Grazing management impacts
- DAF activities and pasture dieback RD&E timeline
- Diagnostic Research: Surveys
- Diagnostic Research: Fungi and viruses
- Diagnostic Research: Micro-biome
- Diagnostic Research: Pasture mealybug
- Pasture mealybug – Heliococcus summervillei
- Will I get pasture dieback?
- What else has DAF been doing: 10 field research sites
- Workshops, forums and other engagement events
- Pasture dieback industry network
- What can be done about pasture dieback and some management strategies?
- Manage for recovery
- Improve pasture and grass susceptibility to dieback
- Sow a break crop
- Control pasture mealybug
- How has the feeling on dieback changed and what are graziers doing now?
- Summary and contact details