Offered Papers Theme C: Delivering the Benefits from Grassland
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Publication Date
2005
Location
Dublin Ireland
Description
Intensification of production in the water-limited grasslands of temperate Australia has increased the need to quantify their sustainable carrying capacity. Empirical rainfall-based rules for estimating stocking rate fail when used in districts with differing weather patterns, or when soil and pasture resources limit the utilisation of rainfall. Grazing systems simulation should help to overcome these problems because local conditions can be taken into account. This study investigated the impact of soil resources on potential stocking rate, profitability and production risk in a local climatic area of the southern tablelands of NSW, Australia.
Citation
Simpson, Richard J.; Salmon, L.; Graham, P.; Moore, A. D.; Stefanski, A.; Marshall, D. J.; and Donnelly, J. R., "Systems Simulation Assists Land Capability Estimation in Australia’s Temperate Grasslands" (2005). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 39.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeC/39)
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Systems Simulation Assists Land Capability Estimation in Australia’s Temperate Grasslands
Dublin Ireland
Intensification of production in the water-limited grasslands of temperate Australia has increased the need to quantify their sustainable carrying capacity. Empirical rainfall-based rules for estimating stocking rate fail when used in districts with differing weather patterns, or when soil and pasture resources limit the utilisation of rainfall. Grazing systems simulation should help to overcome these problems because local conditions can be taken into account. This study investigated the impact of soil resources on potential stocking rate, profitability and production risk in a local climatic area of the southern tablelands of NSW, Australia.
