Regional Publications

These publications provide local trial results and practical examples from the nine Grain & Graze regions listed below. They also discuss regional farming issues and practices.

Avon (south WA)
Border Rivers (QLD and NSW)
Central West/Lachlan (central NSW)
Corangamite/Glenelg-Hopkins (south-west VIC)
Eyre Peninsula (south-central SA)

Mallee (NSW, SA, VIC)
Maranoa / Balonne (QLD)
Murrumbidgee (NSW)
Northern Agricultural Region (south-central WA)

Avon

Newsletter from the Avon Biodiversity Project - March 2007	Avon Biodiversity Newsletter March 07 (pdf - 172KB)
An Analysis of Sheep Stocking Rates in the Avon - the barriers and drivers to increasing stocking rates in the Avon - Report	Analysis of Sheep Stocking Rates in the Avon (pdf - 239KB)
Awareness & adoption of lucerne in the Central Wheatbelt - Report.	Lucerne in the Central Wheatbelt (pdf - 227KB)

Border Rivers

Multiple Enterprises Provide for Flexibility - a Border Rivers Case Study - Media article	Border Rivers Case Study - John and Liz Wood (pdf - 153KB)
Summary of Border Rivers' Grain & Graze Projects	Border Rivers' Projects Summary (pdf - 60KB)
Grain & Graze Comes to Border Rivers - Media clip	Grain and Graze Whole-farm Research.pdf (pdf - 98KB)
Trials of Burgundy Bean Boost Productivity - Media article	Burgundy Bean Trials - Charles Linden (pdf - 130KB)
Mixed Farming Decisions Not Always Objective - Media article	Decisions in Mixed Farming - Border Rivers (pdf - 164KB)

Central West/Lachlan, NSW

Central West/Lachlan Grain & Graze Projects - Fact sheet	Central West Lachlan Grain & Graze (pdf - 332KB)
Perennial Species - Fact sheet	Fact Sheet 1. Perennial Species.pdf (pdf - 366KB)
Growing native perennial grasses - Fact sheet	Fact Sheet 2. Native Grasses.pdf (pdf - 544KB)
Central West/Lachlan Introduced grasses - Fact sheet	Fact Sheet 3. Introduced Grasses.pdf (pdf - 534KB)
Central West/Lachlan Old Man Saltbush - Fact sheet	Fact Sheet 4. Old Man Saltbush.pdf (pdf - 911KB)
Central West/Lachlan Lucerne - Fact sheet	Fact Sheet 5. Lucerne.pdf (pdf - 920KB)
Pasture Cropping as a Whole Farm System - Fact sheet	Case Study Barton Farm (pdf - 609KB)
Intensifying & Diversifying a Mixed Farming System - Fact sheet	Case Study Cavanagh Farm (pdf - 587KB)
Mixed Farming with Old Man Salt Bush - Fact sheet	Case Study Chase Farm (pdf - 605KB)
Low Risk Farming in a Variable Climate - Fact sheet	Case Study James' Farm (pdf - 566KB)
Intensive Conservation Farming - Fact sheet	Case Study Langley Farm (pdf - 846KB)
Farming with an Eye to Effective Succession - Fact sheet	Case Study Tanswell Farm (pdf - 606KB)
Regional Biodiversity Project - Report	Central West/Lachlan Biodiversity Report - (pdf - 547KB)

Corangamite/Glenelg-Hopkins, Vic

Grain & Graze Projects - Growing Lucerne in a Cropping System; Managing Stubbles; Integrated Pest Management - Brochure	CGH Grain & Graze Projects (pdf - 1371KB)
Trial Results 2006 - Grazing Cereals, Integrated Pest Management and Reduced Waterlogging	G&G Trial Results Corangamite 2006 (pdf - 804KB)
Grazing Cereals Boost Winter Feed Production - Media article	Grazing Cereals (pdf - 103KB)
Exploring Grazing Options for Winter Wheats - Media article	Grazing Winter Wheats (pdf - 111KB)
Growing Lucerne in Raised Beds as a Break Crop - Media article	Stock and Lucerne CGH (pdf - 60KB)
Retained Stubble Pays Dividends - Media article	Stubble Management (pdf - 104KB)
Increase Productivity with Mixed Farming - Bruce and Judy Wilson, Murdeduke - Media article	Improve with Grain and Graze Murdeduke (pdf - 88KB)
Farming Decisions Needs Whole-Farm Approach - Media article	Decision Making Needs Facts (pdf - 132KB)
Reduced Waterlogging of Pastures - Media article	Reduced Waterlogging - Surface Drainage (pdf - 68KB)
Fungicide Spraying Wheat at Growth Stage 39 - Media article	Fungicide Spraying at Growth Stage 39 (pdf - 167KB)
Growth Rates of Lambs Grazing on Lucerne Boosted by Supplements - Media article	Lambs Grazing Lucerne (pdf - 72KB)
Description of Integrated GG Program - Summary	Integrated G&G Program (pdf - 64KB)

Eyre Peninsula

Grazing Cereals on Eyre Peninsula - Summary	Grazing Cereals Insights on EP (pdf - 71KB)
Sheep Nutrition on Eyre Peninsula - Summary	Sheep nutrition on Eyre Peninsula.pdf (pdf - 39KB)
Farm Profit Workshops on EP - Media article	Farm Profitability Workshops (pdf - 139KB)
Farm Profit Workshops on EP - Media article	Farm Profit Workshops EP (pdf - 113KB)
Mixed Farming Leads to Productivity Gains on EP - Media article	EP case study (pdf - 215KB)
Summary Introduction to EP Farming Systems Manual 2006	Summary Introduction EPFS Manual (pdf - 1043KB)
Complete Introduction to EP Farming Systems Manual 2006	Complete Introduction EPFS Manual 06 (pdf - 1284KB)
Cereals Trials - 8 projects	Cereals EPFS Manual 06 (pdf - 1922KB)
Break Crops Trials - 5 projects	Break Crops EPFS Manual 06 (pdf - 1409KB)
Pastures Trials - 6 projects	Pastures EPFS Manual 06 (pdf - 894KB)
Livestock Trials - 11 projects	Livestock EPFS Manual 06 (pdf - 1718KB)
Farming Systems Trials - 8 projects	Farming Systems EPFS Manual 06.pdf (pdf - 3413KB)
Risk Management Trials - 6 projects	Risk Management EPFS Manual 06 (pdf - 1914KB)
Disease Trials - 7 projects	Disease EPFS Manual 06 (pdf - 2660KB)
Nutrition Trials - 3 projects	Nutrition EPFS Manual 06 (pdf - 1664KB)
Soils Trials - 7 projects	Soils EPFS Manual 06 (pdf - 3536KB)
Tillage Trials - 6 projects	Tillage EPFS Manual 06 (pdf - 2663KB)
Weeds Trails - 5 projects	Weeds EPFS Manual 06 (pdf - 1449KB)
Cleve Area School Trials	Cleve Area School Trials (pdf - 95KB)
Water, Disease and Soil Main Focus for Minnipa Ag Centre - Media article	Soil and Water Focus (pdf - 399KB)
Renewed Interest in Integrating Livestock	Livestock in System (pdf - 203KB)
Some Minnipa Ag Centre Kommunication - Dec 2005 newsletter	sMACk 1 Dec 2005 (pdf - 975KB)

Mallee, NSW, Vic and SA

Mallee Grain & Graze projects - Overview brochure	Mallee Grain & Graze Projects (pdf - 971KB)
Mallee Grain & Graze Results May 2006	Mallee Grain & Graze Results May 2006 (pdf - 945KB)
Managing Sheep Production from a Chnaging Feed Base	Sheep Production from Changing Feed Base (pdf - 1097KB)
Fewer Ewes Improves Livestock Production - Matthews Family	Ewe Cull Lifts Clip (pdf - 204KB)
Soil Biodiversity Monitoring Results 2005	Soil Biodiversity Results 2005 (pdf - 368KB)
Mixed Farming Decisions Need Facts	Mixed Farming Decisions (pdf - 140KB)

Maranoa Balonne, QLD

Detailed Regional Description - climate, soils, pastures.	Detailed Regional Description
Stakeholders' Priorities for Projects	Stakeholders' Priorities Maranoa Balonne (pdf - 34KB)

Murrumbidgee, NSW

Murrumbidgee Grain & Graze Projects - Overview	MBG Grain & Graze Projects (pdf - 377KB)
Murrumbidgee Grain & Graze Projects - Fact sheet	Murrumbidgee Fact Sheet Nov 06 (pdf - 344KB)
Five Focus Farms. Aug 06 - Mar 07 - Fact sheets	Focus Farm Fact Sheets
Coolamon Focus Farm. Aug 06 - Mar 07 - Fact sheet	Coolamon Focus Farm
Euroley Focus Farm. Aug 06 - Mar 07 - Fact sheet	Euroley Focus Farm
Sebastopol Focus Farm. Aug 06 - Mar 07 - Fact sheet	Sebastopol Fact Sheets
Tarcutta Focus Farm. Aug 06 - Mar 07 - Fact sheet	Tarcutta Fact Sheets
Tootool Focus Farm. Aug 06 - Mar 07 - Fact sheet	Tootool Fact Sheets

Northern Agricultural Region, WA

Northern Ag Region's Grain & Graze Projects

Northern Ag Grain & Graze Projects (pdf - 2618KB)

Evergreen Farming Group's Grain & Graze Projects, Badgingarra.
Case Studies:

de Pledge Family - Cell grazing beef cattle, subtropical perennial grasses.
Lethlean Family - Mixed farming, cropping, tagasaste, sheep, trade cattle. Boosting stocking rates.
Panizza Family - Sheep and wool. C4 grasses, subtropical perennial grasses.
Wilson Family - cattle, tagasaste, subtropical perennial grasses. Extended growing season.

pdf Evergreen Grain and Graze (pdf - 1100KB)

pdf Joe de Pledge Case Study (pdf - 800KB)

pdf Graham Lethlean Case Study (pdf - 717KB)

pdf Aubrey Panizza Case Study (pdf - 646KB)

pdf Bob Wilson Case Study (pdf - 874KB)

Liebe Farming Group's G & G Projects, Buntine.
Case Studies:

Butcher Family - Cropping, Merino sheep. Salt country, Eucalypts and saltbush alleys, perennial grasses and lucerne.
Carter Family - Wheat-lupins or wheat-pasture. Merino sheep, Salt country, perennial grasses and saltbush.
Fitzsimons Family - Cropping, Merino sheep, saltbush.
White Family - Cropping, Merino sheep, Salt country, puccinellia, tall wheat garss, salthbush, bluebush.

pdf Liebe Group's Grain and Graze (pdf - 1158KB)

pdf Gary Butcher Case Study (pdf - 521KB)

pdf Keith Carter Case Study (pdf - 775KB)

pdf Ross Fitzsimons Case Study (pdf - 560KB)

pdf Tony White Case Study (pdf - 492KB)

Mingenew-Irwin Group's G & G Projects, Minigenew.
Case Studies:

Forsyth Family - Wagon wheel cell grazing, cattle, tagasaste, subtropical perennial grasses. Share profit alliance to finish cattle for export.
McTaggart Family - Cropping, bluebush, Angus calttle.
Heitman Family - Cropping, tagasaste, subtropical perennial grasses on white sandy soils., Murray Grey cattle and sheep.
Gillam Family - Cropping, Merino ewes, breeding and trade cattle, tagasaste, subtropical perennial grasses.

pdf MIG Grain and Graze Projects (pdf - 1110KB)

pdf Craig Forsyth Case Study (pdf - 661KB)

pdf Rob McTaggart Case Study (pdf - 1184KB)

pdf Alan Heitman Case Study (pdf - 569KB)

pdf Rob Gillam Case Study (pdf - 1370KB)

Victoria Plains' Grain & Graze Projects.
Case Studies:

Lefroy Family - Grazing, cropping, stud Merinos, cattle. Salt country planted to saltbush, Rhodes grass and more.
Brennan Family - Cropping, Merinos, prime lambs, Damaras and Dorpers. Lucerne, saltbush and tagasaste.
Tim Nixon Family - Angus cattle, sheep, feedlot. Cropping, perennial grasses, tagasaste.
Don Nixon Family - Angus cattle, annual pastures ryegrass, blue lupins, Dalkeith and Balansea clover, tagasaste.
Sandler Family - Cropping, Merinos and cross-bred sheep, plus lambs. Cadiz serradella and Dalkeith subclover sown into annual pastures, saltland pastures, lucerne, tagasaste.

pdf Victoria Plains' Grain and Graze (pdf - 615KB)

pdf Bruce Lefroy Case Study (pdf - 1605KB)

pdf Adrian Brennan Case Study (pdf - 1146KB)

pdf Tim Nixon Case Study (pdf - 1102KB)

pdf Don Nixon Case Study (pdf - 1421KB)

pdf Don Sadler Case Study (pdf - 724KB)

Detailed Regional Description - climate, soils, pastures.

pdf Detailed Regional Description (pdf - 419KB)