Supporting Site Details

Catchment:

South West WA

Collaborating Producer:

Jim and Lorraine Dorrell

Location:

Producer Group:

Manjimup Pasture Group

Site Co-ordinator:

Paul Omodei
Agrom Management, Farming System Solutions
PO Box 735
Manjimup WA 6258
08 9777-2980 
paul@agrom.com.au

Production and Environmental Challenges

The challenge in this region is to maintain or increase the perennial component of the pasture while increasing the overall productivity of the pasture grazing system. In the Warren catchment, the aim is to have 25,000 ha under perennial pastures to improve the quality of water in the river.

Innovation being tested:

A new pasture was established in 2007.
The Innovation paddock was sown to a mix of Whittet Kikuyu and Palestine strawberry clover.

Base pasture:

Results from the Innovation site will be compared with non treated sections of the same paddocks that contain annual grasses and broadleaf weeds.

Animal systems:

Beef cattle