News Releases
Results prove perennials worth
Latest research shows that well managed perennials have an important place in grazing systems of south-west Western Australia (WA), according to Paul Sanford, WA Proof Site Leader for the EverGraze More Livestock from Perennials project .For the full article, download here.
Future agriculture needs leadership
According to Andrew Campbell, former head of Land and Water Australia and a Director of the Future Farm Industries CRC, agriculture in southern Australia is ‘sleep walking off a cliff and it is time to wake up!’
In his opening address at the recent Grasslands conference in Geelong, Andrew was provocative and encouraged producers to plan and manage their businesses on the assumption that rapid environmental change will continue.
‘It is not a blip’, said Mr Campbell. ‘Climate, water, energy and food are converging as never before. Agriculture now, will not be good enough in the future’, he said.Andrew predicted there will be severe oil shortages before 2020 and we will need to double food production by 2050. For the full Grasslands conference paper, download here.
 EverGraze a winner at Grasslands conference
EverGraze made its presence known at the recently held 50th Grasslands Society's Annual Conference in Geelong with its EverGraze Research Leader, Angela Avery, and the EverGraze National Advisory Committee Chair, Chris Mirams, delivering well received papers. EverGraze also took out the Best Trade Site and Best Poster (on Split Joining) with Chris Mirams winning the Best Paper Award. This focus on the quality work being done by the project has seen its website experience a 24% increase in traffic (a total 190 unique visitors) in just one week. The Grassland Society of Southern Australia Inc. is a not for profit organisation formed in 1959 to encourage the transfer of information and technology relating to grassland farming in southern Australia. EverGraze is a Future Farm Industries CRC, MLA and AWI research and delivery partnership.
Chris Mirams, Angela Avery & Geoff Saul at the recent Grasslands conference.
Right Plant,Right Place, Right Purpose
What is EverGraze? And how is it developing and testing new systems across Southern Australias high rainfall zones. To go to the article, click here
New focus on managing native perennials
Finding out how native pastures can be managed to improve farm productivity while helping the environment is the focus of a new EverGraze® research site located near Holbrook, new south Wales. To go to the article, click here
Pairing perennials proves profitable
Western Australian couple, Thys and Erin Gorter, have discovered the wonders of finishing prime lambs on perennial pastures. Thanks to their EverGraze® Supporting Site, the pair established a mix of lucerne and chicory and are now enjoying the savings reaped from reduced supplementary feed costs. To go to the article, click here
Sub-tropical pasture establishment - worth the wait
Brett and Bernadette Holz are making their firs foray into subtropical perennial pastures with an EverGraze® Supporting Site and they recently shared their establishment experiences. To go to the article, click here
Perennial pastures - more than just a pretty face
For South Australian graziers, Jeff, Anne and Cameron England, perennial pastures deliver more than just a green landscape in the midst of a dry summer. The England’s combination of lucerne, chicory, phalaris and cocksfoot provides year-round stock feed and has empowered the family to take marketing decisions back into their own hands. To go to the article, click here
Getting back to nature
Driven by a goal of working with nature, not against it, EverGraze® Supporting Site grazier, Matt Carter from NSW shared his success with native perennial pasture. To go to the article, click here
Perennial pastures prove production worth
Changing to improved perennial pastures and rotational grazing is helping Mark Buckett, Naracoorte, South Australia, increase lamb production and better use available feed. He recently shared some early results of his EverGraze® Supporting Site. To go to the article, click here.
 Federal Minister Hon. Tony Burke visits EverGraze
In late May, the Federal Minister for Agriculture Hon. Tony Burke received a first-hand briefing on the EverGraze project by visiting the project’s Hamilton Proof Site and touring a farm Supporting Site in the company of EverGraze’s National Advisory Committee and the EverGraze Regional Group.
The trip started with a visit to nearby Jigsaw Farms where he saw some EverGraze farming systems in action.
Once at the Proof Site, the Minister heard about the research underway at Hamilton from Ralph Behrendt who emphasised that productivity gains experienced at the site were superior to district best practice.
The Minister made the most of his opportunity to talk with farmers during the whole trip, and conducted interviews with some of them for his web-site. He gained a sense of the power of good science-farmer collaboration supported by the passion of farmers in the region for EverGraze.
Hon. Tony Burke chats with Andrew Speirs and Don Price
Keys to successful lucerne establishment
This article describes our experiences in establishing lucerne on the Hamilton EverGraze Proof site, some of the problems we faced and how we would do it again. To go to the media release, click here.
Split Joining proves flexible in a variable climate
Merino producers will achieve greater flexibility and reduce risk in their ewe operations by adopting a split joining strategy, according to recent research coming out of EverGraze — more livestock from perennials. The following article highlights the benefits and best approach for producers looking to adopt the innovative strategy in their flocks.To go to the media release, click here.
Big interest in Namoi native pastures
The key message of the EverGraze field days was to manage native pastures to promote desirable species while increasing the profitability of livestock enterprises using these pastures. To go to the media release, click here.
Lucerne establishment ~ Get the basics right!
There are some general principles when it comes to establishment of lucerne. Reg Hill, Australian Research Manager for PGGWrightsons Seeds highlighted that to grow lucerne successfully you had to get the basics right.To go to the media release, click here.
News Releases 2008
New site for Orange focuses on managing native pasture
A field day on 13 February at Panuara site will provide producers with an opportunity to see how the EverGraze project will manage native pastures to boost profits and enhance the environment. Further details
EverGraze getting the system right
At research „proof‟ sites near Wagga, EverGraze is evaluating the role of perennial pastures such as lucerne, phalaris, tall fescue and chicory in sheep production systems. Further details
EverGraze results on show
EverGraze Scientists were positive about the recent research results obtained from the ‘proof sites’ presented at a forum recently. Further details
New focus on managing native pasture
Finding out how native pastures can be managed to improve farm
productivity while helping the environment is the focus of a new
EverGraze research site located near Holbrook. Further details
Seymour gets the EverGraze Road Show Spectacular Rolling
Over 40 participants attended the first of a series of field days as part of the “EverGraze Road Show” to be held across Victoria this Spring. Further details
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