This publication covers where pastures fit in a farming system for livestock, cropping and the environment.
Table of contents:
Section 1: Your farming system
- Where pastures fit in the farming system
- Pastures in a livestock system
- Pastures in a cropping system
- Fodder crops in a farming system
Section 2: Establishing pastures
- The essentials of establishment
- Inoculating and pelleting legume seeds
- Selecting machinery for establishment
- Selecting the pasture species
Section 3: Managing for sustainable pastures
- Grazing management
- Plants and animal health
- Conserving pastures
- Fertilisers for pastures
- Managing soils under pastures
Section 4: Water use and irrigation for pastures
- Planning for irrigation
- Pasture and crop requirements
- Irrigation systems
Section 5: Managing risks to pastures
- Soil acidity
- Soil structural problems
- Soil erosion
- Soil salinity
- Weeds in pastures
- Pasture pests
- Pastures in a changing climate
- Dealing with drought
- Pastures and floods
- Pastures and fire
- References and further reading
Published in 2014, Pastures in a farming system is part of the AgGuide series and is 198 full-colour A4 pages.
Price includes GST, postage and handling within Australia.
$55.00
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