Grazing Fundamentals EDGE workshop | Derby, WA

Grazing Fundamentals EDGE is a one-day workshop designed to give you a broad understanding of the components of the grazing production systems and the core, scientifically-backed principles behind optimising grazing land productivity.

Attending this workshop will help you to:

• better understand the connection between land condition, pasture growth and animal production
• allow for climate variability when planning livestock management
• recognise the dominant land types in your region and on your property
• better align herd management with seasonal changes in pasture condition.

What you will learn:

• environmental regulators of pasture growth and quality
• local seasonal pasture growth patterns and key management dates
• how grazing affects pasture plants, their productivity and growth
• characteristics of dominant local land types and their productive potential
• how to assess land condition and how to manage livestock to maintain or achieve good land condition
• when and how to use pasture spelling
• principles behind successful grazing systems
• selective grazing, its function, and how to reduce impacts
• how to account for grazing distribution when assessing paddock carrying capacity.

Presenters: Jill Alexander (Applied Ag), Kath Ryan (DPIRD) and Matt Fletcher (DPIRD)

Download the flyer here.