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2010
Mar 16

Pasture Establishment and Management – Data Sheet

Pasture Establishment

“Native grasses are accepted to be those that were here prior to European settlement.

Many native grasses are deep-rooted, acid soil tolerant perennial grasses. The fact that many are year-long green perennials makes our understanding of them an important part of our agricultural practice.”

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Native Grass Management (PDF – 2 pages, 124kB)

Posted by Admin Filed under the cateogry Australian Grasslands 0 Comment(s) Tags: pasture

2010
Feb 24

EverGraze: Native pastures for sustainable agriculture

Native pastures for sustainable agriculture

“A wide range of native perennial grasses occur in our pastures. If recognised andproperly managed these grasses can be very
productive. Native grasses have persisted well on most farms due to their persistence in acid and low fertility soils, a greater tolerance to a wide range of soil texture types, and drought and frost tolerance….”

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EverGraze: Native Grasses brochure – (PDF – 6 pages, 2.3MB)

Posted by Admin Filed under the cateogry Flora and Fauna, Victorian Grasslands 0 Comment(s) Tags: agriculture, native, pasture, sustainability