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CQ Graziers sum up their learnings from Reef Trust 1
CQ Graziers sum up their learnings from Reef Trust 1
Central Queensland landholders share three years of learnings from their involvement with Reef Trust 1 project.
Tackling feral pigs together increases effectiveness
Tackling feral pigs together increases effectiveness
In 2013, a group of Theodore landholders were experiencing crop damage, grazing land damage and a spreading weed problem—all caused by feral pigs.
Grazing for the future
Using new techniques and technologies in an age-old industry
Dan Burnham is a fifth generation grazier, but even with his background and grazing blood, he believes there’s always more to learn, more profitable ways to graze and more country to protect.
GRASS Case Study
GRASS Case Study
Property owners Ben and Nicole Featherstone have been working hard to improve land condition on their central Queensland grazing property, 'Kenkara'. Learn how funding through the GRASS program is helping them to reach their goals.
Case Study
Calliungal Wetland Case Study
A Queensland Government case study focusing on managing cattle and wetlands where three rivers meet; on the Calliungal floodplain.
Supporting landholders to save their soils and the reef
Project Snapshot - Gully Remediation in the Fitzroy
PROJECT SUMMARY • Over 190 landholders canvassed, 44 landholders engaged across five Fitzroy subcatchments • 176 property visits and 56 site assessments • 53 erosion management plans developed • 3,441 hectares of gullies and vulnerable land (i.e. scalds) fenced for stock exclusion • 140 hectares of gullies treated through erosion control structures • 652 erosion control structures constructed • Four demonstration site field days to promote gully remediation and soil saving management practices
Multi-topic Forum – Workshop Summary
Multi-topic Forum - Workshop Summary
Practical ways to boost production, performance and profit. Held at the Rocky Sports Club on 20 November, 2018.
Improving land management makes long-term sense
Improving land management makes long-term sense
The annual rainfall at Brian and Judy Pownall’s property Leichhardt, located roughly 25 kilometres east of Dysart, is just 600 mm. However, a month after installing new contour banks in their cultivation areas, they received almost all their annual rainfall in just 10 days. Despite the deluge, the new contour banks held, proving their value and ensuring valuable soil and moisture was not washed away into the local creek after the downpour.
Growing better Halting run-off in horticulture
Growing better Halting run-off in horticulture
Rainy weather in CQ in the last few years has been a boon for local wetlands, and the fish, birds and other wildlife that rely on them. One local grower is helping protect local natural beauty by reducing run-off from his property.
