Establishing and managing perennial pasture

1998
CC BY 4.0

Research organisaton

Trial details

Researcher(s) Peter Weston (Yalgo)
Year(s) 1998
Contributor Central West Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Nyngan, NSW
Establishing and managing perennial pasture locations
Aims
  • To report on a farm which aims to run both livestock enterprises profitably and at the same time, through good grazing management, to allow desirable native grasses and forbs to eventually replace the sown pasture species.
Key messages
  • Perennial pastures have allowed our stock to express their genetic potential even in dry years and to meaningfully measure their traits. However we hope that the introduced perennial grasses, as good as they are, will only be a short term measure until desirable native grass and forb species replace them.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments N/A
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Hay: Lucerne Pasture: Medic
Treatment type(s)
  • Management systems: Mixed farming
Trial type Article/commentary
Trial design Not applicable

Nyngan 1998 Lucerne

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Other trial notes

This article was originally published in the 1997 Grasslands Society Conference Proceedings, and appreciation is given to the editors for permitting the article to be reproduced here.

Nyngan 1998 Medic

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Other trial notes

This article was originally published in the 1997 Grasslands Society Conference Proceedings, and appreciation is given to the editors for permitting the article to be reproduced here.

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Trial source data and summary not available
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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Nyngan, NSW Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Nyngan, NSW Vertosol
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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Climate

Derived climate information

No observed climate data available for this trial.
Derived climate data is determined from trial site location and national weather sources.

Nyngan NSW

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Some data on this site is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology

SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol 16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.

Trial report and links

1998 trial report



Trial last modified: 25-11-2019 14:56pm AEST