The four fact sheets are designed to provide a guide to increase pasture production and potential carrying capacity and at the same time improve the health of your land resource.
Fact Sheet 1: Getting started-develop a grazing plan
Why, What & How - the seven steps to improve productivity, land health and profitability.
Fact Sheet 2: Managing plants to increase pasture growth rate
Pasture growth is one of the main factors that influences livestock productivity - the ability to measure pasture growth rate allows you plan appropriate stocking rates and grazing periods.
Fact Sheet 3: Managing pastures improves soil health
Perennial plant roots are the most effective soild conditioning tool, primary soure of soil carbon and the greater density of plant roots, the greater the increase in rainfall infiltration.
Fact Sheet 4: Stocking rate, stock density & using DSE values to estimate pasture intake
Matching stocking rate to carrying capacity by knowing your feed requirements of different stock classes to help increase farm performance and increase productivity.
To help you in your grazing plan, SNEL has a Pasture Management Checklist booklet available for purchase from the SNEL office. This book compliments and goes hand it hand with the 4 Grazing Management Fact Sheets. For more information, you can access the book here.
