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Publication Date
3-2021
Series Number
4915
Abstract
The Bulletin is a comprehensive guide for pastoralists, agronomists, agribusiness and the broader community on the growing of irrigated crops and pastures within a rangeland pastoral setting.
Dispersed irrigation developments on stations throughout the northern rangelands (sometimes referred to as mosaic agriculture) has created opportunities for the introduction of more productive forage species and pastoralists can now grow high quality forage for 12 months of the year. This can help to overcome the key constraint of traditional pastoral systems, the low quality of the feed over the dry season that typically results in stock losing condition.
Number of Pages
214
ISSN
1833-7236
Keywords
Mosaic agriculture, Pilbara, Kimberley, Irrigation, Economics, Perennial grasses, C4 grasses, Warm season grasses, tropical grasses, tropical legumes, Lucerne, beef cattle, Rhodes grass, Pests, Diseases, Western Australia
Disciplines
Agricultural Economics | Agricultural Science | Agriculture | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Beef Science
Recommended Citation
Moore G, Revell C, Schelfhout C, Ham C and Crouch S (2021) ‘Mosaic agriculture: a guide to irrigated crop and forage production in northern WA’, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Bulletin no. 4915, Perth.
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