Grazing land management (GLM) EDGE will provide you with knowledge to strategically manage your grazing business to optimise productivity.
Attending this workshop will help you to:
- understand how your land types influence productivity
- recognise the dominant land types in your region and on your property
- critically asses different grazing systems
- understand how soil properties influence plant growth
- understand soil health and the factors that impact on it
- know what land condition is, how it’s assessed, and how to manage livestock to maintain or achieve good condition
- understand the role of fire in your country
- understand the role of sown pastures in grazing enterprises
- understand the principles and planning steps for successfully managing weeds
- understand the principles and planning steps for land reclamation.
What you will learn:
- selective grazing, its function, and how to reduce impacts
- how to identify key plant species
- the ecosystem processes that underpin productivity
- basic principles of effective grazing systems
- how to assess long term carrying capacity of paddocks and properties
- forage budgeting to manage variation in pasture on offer
- how to choose appropriate tools and strategies to improve land condition and carrying capacities
- methods of reclaiming severely degraded grazing land
For any questions, please contact:
Alex Thomson
alexandra.thomson@daf.qld.gov.au
0436 631 612
