EverGraze Fact Sheets

General information about EverGraze

• National brochure
• Right Plant, Right Place, Right Purpose
• EverGraze Contacts

EverGraze Actions

Provide information on how to take up opportunities from EverGraze or related research. They  contain information for producers on what should be done and how to do it.

The following EverGraze Actions are now available for download - click on the title to download the PDF.

• EverGraze Action - Growing and using Chicory on the East Coast (455kb)
• EverGraze Action - Growing and using Chicory in WA (461kb)
• EverGraze Action - Perennial grass hedges provide shelter at lambing (492kb) 
• EverGraze Action - Growing and using Lucerne (475kb)
• EverGraze Action - Growing and using Kikuyu in WA (458kb)
• EverGraze Action - Growing kikuyu for summer feed and soil cover (461kb) 
• EverGraze Action - Grazing Phalaris for production and persistence (419kb)
• EverGraze Action - Productive, persistent Perennial Ryegrass(481kb)
• EverGraze Action - Split joining reduces risks and provides options (420kb)
• EverGraze Action - Growing and using summer active Tall Fescue (542kb)
• EverGraze Action - Growing and using winter active Tall Fescue in southern Australia (674kb)
• EverGraze Action - Native pastures of the Eastern Namoi (2MB)
• EverGraze Action - Management of native pastures in Victoria (452kb)

EverGraze Exchange

• EverGraze Exchange - Improving survival of lambs (588kb)
• EverGraze Exchange - Grazing management systems explained (600kb)
• EverGraze Exchange - Proven and promising perennials for WA (800kb)

EverGraze Native Perennials

• Native pastures for sustainable agriculture - NE Victoria
• Native pastures of the Eastern Namoi - NSW - (2MB)
• Native pastures of the Bundarra District - NSW - (2MB)
• Poster - Identifying Native Perennial Grasses (637kb)
• EverGraze Action - Management of native pastures in Victoria (452kb)

• A guide to common native grasses of central west NSW - pages 1-40
• A guide to common native grasses of central west NSW - pages 41-82
• A guide to managing perennial pastures on slopes
• A guide to managing perennial pastures on tablelands
• A guide to managing perennial pastures on plains
• Economic benefits of well managed perennial pastures

Posters

• Identifying Native Perennial Grasses (637kb)
• What is Split Joining? (1.0MB)
• Split joining of Merino ewes creates flexibility in a variable climate (1.0MB)
• Establishment of kikuyu at Hamilton
• Establishment of lucerne at Hamilton

Case Studies

NSW

• Getting back to nature - Matt and Melanie Carter, Gunnedah
• Sub tropical pasture establishment ~ worth the wait - Brett and Bernadette Holz, Quirinidi
• Native pastures prove their value - Chris Mirams, Woomargama
• Split Joining put in to practice - David Hewlett, Yass
• Tagasaste adds flexibility - Wes Brown, Cargo

• Changed management of steep gorges - Scott Young, Fiskville
• Perennial pasture systems put in practice – Rod and Bernadette Vearing
• Native grasses an asset for steep hills – Ian and Susan Maconachie
• Grazing management makes the difference - Judy and Chris Griffiths, Wangaratta
• Paddock subdivision allows more strategic grazing - Terry Hubbard, Three Sisters

Tasmania

• Spanish cocksfoot, leading the way - Humbertson McKenzie, Fingal Valley

South Australia

• Perennial pastures - m0re than just a pretty face - Jeff, Anne and Cameron England, Kingston
• Perennial pastures prove production worth - Mark Buckett, Naracoorte
• Kikuyu is king on Kangaroo Island - Trevor, Lyn Colin and Keith Bolto, Kangaroo Island
• Kikuyu offers low input, low maintenance alternative - Austin and Joy Johnson, Fleurieu Peninsula

Western Australia

• Pairing perennials proves profitable - Thys and Erin Gorter, Mobrup

WA Financial Case Studies

• Backgrounding lambs on chicory/lucerne pastures at Kojonup - Thys and Erin Gorter
• Tall fescue benefits beef cattle near Manjimup - David, John and Danielle Mottram
• Winter active tall fescue boosts stocking rates and farm profits - Kelvin and Estelle Ridgeway
• Kikuyu provides flexible grazing for sheep south-west of Kojonup - Daniel and Narelle Simpson

Conference Papers

• Establishment of lucerne at the Hamilton Proof site
• Establishment and persistence of kikuyu at the Hamilton Proof site