Catchment:
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Border Rivers – Gwydir, Northern NSW
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Collaborating Producer:
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Robert Crouch
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Location:
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10 km south west of Bundarra
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Producer Group:
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Rumbling Mountain Landcare Group
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Site Co-ordinator:
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Luc Farago
Border Rivers Gwydir CMA, PO Box 411, Inverell, NSW, 2360, E Luc.Farago@cma.nsw.gov.au
P (02) 6721-9812
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Production and Environmental Challenges
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The challenge in this region is to maintain a native pasture with a high proportion of desirable perennials and reduce the proportion of perennial weed species.
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Innovation being tested:
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What impact do different species of grazing animals (sheep, cattle, goats) have on the persistence and condition of native pastures? Four paddocks will be compared:
• Control where the paddock will be rotationally grazed with sheep, cattle and goats
• Cattle only grazing
• Sheep only grazing
• Goats only grazing
Each of the treatment paddocks will be rotationally grazed with a similar frequency and stocking density of the appropriate livestock.
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Base pasture:
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Native pasture with diverse range of summer and winter active species
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Animal systems:
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Cattle, sheep and goats
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