Budgeting for healthy forage and production
WOULD you like to make more precise decisions on how many stock your land can support?
The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPIF) will run Stocktake forage budgeting workshops in November which aim to give graziers a support system for determining land condition, available paddock feed and long-term carrying capacity.
Graziers often face tough decisions on stock numbers, juggling optimum productivity with their future pasture condition.
Rangeland Scientist with Longreach DPIF Jenny Milson said the department has created a comprehensive tool kit for calculating ‘forage budgets’, which include the best information and techniques available for assessing land condition.
"This will be especially relevant during drought because it will ensure graziers maintain good land condition so they can make better use of the rain when they get it," Miss Milson said.
One new tool developed as part of the package is the Stocktake computer program which will aid graziers in making informed decisions.
"We train participants on how to assess land condition and measure pasture yields and then show them how to use the gathered information in the Stocktake program," Miss Milson said.
"The program stores photographs and yield information for monitoring purposes and for calculating stocking rates.
"Graziers can play around with the program and create different scenarios by varying things like stock numbers, weight or animal classes to see what decisions are most economically sustainable for them."
Miss Milson said another benefit to using the Stocktake program is that it allows graziers to monitor and record the condition of their land over time.
"Most graziers are adept at keeping information in their heads but this package provides an opportunity to record information and observations for future years and generations.
"Our package will not only give them the best methods to assess land condition but provide the tools for them to quantify and fine tune the decision of how much stock to run."
The one-day workshop is limited to 15 participants and will cost $275 per business with a 50 per cent FarmBis subsidy available for eligible grazing enterprises.
The workshops will be held at the DPIF’s Toorak Research Station, south of Julia Creek, on November 28; in Winton/Corfield area on November 29; and in the Ilfracombe Shire on November 30.
To register for the Toorak workshop contact Rebecca Anders on 4747 2031 or email rebecca.anders@dpi.qld.gov.au
For the Winton/Corfield and Ilfracombe workshops contact Genevieve Nash or Jenny Milson at the DPIF Longreach on 4658 4400.
The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPIF) will run Stocktake forage budgeting workshops in November which aim to give graziers a support system for determining land condition, available paddock feed and long-term carrying capacity.
Graziers often face tough decisions on stock numbers, juggling optimum productivity with their future pasture condition.
Rangeland Scientist with Longreach DPIF Jenny Milson said the department has created a comprehensive tool kit for calculating ‘forage budgets’, which include the best information and techniques available for assessing land condition.
"This will be especially relevant during drought because it will ensure graziers maintain good land condition so they can make better use of the rain when they get it," Miss Milson said.
One new tool developed as part of the package is the Stocktake computer program which will aid graziers in making informed decisions.
"We train participants on how to assess land condition and measure pasture yields and then show them how to use the gathered information in the Stocktake program," Miss Milson said.
"The program stores photographs and yield information for monitoring purposes and for calculating stocking rates.
"Graziers can play around with the program and create different scenarios by varying things like stock numbers, weight or animal classes to see what decisions are most economically sustainable for them."
Miss Milson said another benefit to using the Stocktake program is that it allows graziers to monitor and record the condition of their land over time.
"Most graziers are adept at keeping information in their heads but this package provides an opportunity to record information and observations for future years and generations.
"Our package will not only give them the best methods to assess land condition but provide the tools for them to quantify and fine tune the decision of how much stock to run."
The one-day workshop is limited to 15 participants and will cost $275 per business with a 50 per cent FarmBis subsidy available for eligible grazing enterprises.
The workshops will be held at the DPIF’s Toorak Research Station, south of Julia Creek, on November 28; in Winton/Corfield area on November 29; and in the Ilfracombe Shire on November 30.
To register for the Toorak workshop contact Rebecca Anders on 4747 2031 or email rebecca.anders@dpi.qld.gov.au
For the Winton/Corfield and Ilfracombe workshops contact Genevieve Nash or Jenny Milson at the DPIF Longreach on 4658 4400.
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