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Case Studies
More detailed information about on-farm trials of saltland management options, mostly from SGSL sites
Case studies of 10 successful saltland farmers from around Australia
Revegetating a saline site with puccinella, near Wellington
Pasture mixes for saline and waterlogged sites
Revegetating saltland with tall wheatgrass pastures - Banoon
Rehabilitating erodible saline land with pasture
Native couch grasses for rehabilitation and grazing on a saline site - West Hume
Pasture seeding using mulch on an extremely saliine scald at Derriwong
Perennials in Profitable Farming Systems (2010) Future Farm Industries CRC
Pasture options for hostile (saline/sodic) soils - Bellata
Revegetating a salt scald with pastures
Carrying capacity on saline soils
Revegetating a salt scald in the Narangerie Valley
Revegetating a very salty scald in the Narangerie Valley
Turning salt of the earth into wool for the world
Establishing pastures in a saline scald near Boorawa
Productive lucerne from a wet, salty paddock
Reclaiming a bare, eroded salt scald
Managing salinity at Hedlow creek
Fitting saltland into the whole farm system, rejuvenating puccinellia pastures
Perennials in Profitable Farming Systems - FFI CRC (2010)
Puccinellia and tall wheatgrass
Getting the most out of puccinellia and tall wheatgrass
Saltbush for risk reduction and production
Rising to the challenge - making saltland work with puccinellia and trace elements
Reclaiming productivity with puccinellia
Restoring natural drainage lines - Pulling the plug on salt
Weed control in established puccinellia to rejuvenate old stands
Future Farm 4 - Working with dryland salinity
Future Farm 4 - Working with dryland salinity
Ag WA Farmnote: 62/96
The value of perennials when cropping - a farmer case study with saltbush, oil mallees and lucerne for J E & A K Pepall
Options for dealing with a water challenge - a farm case study using saltbush, tall wheat grass and lucerne by Geoff Whitaker
Farmer Case Study, Walsh I, Powell J, LLoyd M, Munday B and Brewin D (2002) PURSL
Bulletin - 17 case studies from the South Coast Region of WA
"Our vision is to regenerate and rejuvinate our soils, animals, pastures, people and profits" - Robert & Caroline Rex, Wagin Have a yarn - WA
Have a Yarn: It is a very good tool that uses the water and increases productivity
Have a Yarn: It is good to have pastures that benefit from summer rains and provide feed out of season
Have a Yarn: But once they found it, they were into it.
Have a Yarn: There is nothing better than seeing green in the middle of summer
Have a Yarn: Lessons learnt from a saltland pasture
Have a Yarn: You have got to protect the land first for it to be successful
Have a Yarn: Perennials broaden sheep grazing options at Wandering
Have a Yarn: The trial has taught us never to give up on an area.... whatever the salinity
Have a Yarn: Chaff provides a nice fresh environment in which plant roots can become established.
Have a Yarn: I'm interested in trying to make it work on a commercial scale.
Have a Yarn: By using drains we're trying to demonstrate we can do something about it.
Have a Yarn: Getting a better idea about saltland - grazing salt pastures over summer
Have a Yarn - Looking over the fence - Is their grass greener? Perennial pasture for saline land
Have a Yarn: Grazing saline land with perennial grasses
Have a Yarn 12: Resurrecting starvation corner with an Evergreen saltland mix
Have a Yarn: Profit from Prospect Salt with saltbush and subtropical perenial grasses
Have a Yarn: Cattle thrive on a saltbush diet
Have a Yarn: Productivity potential of salty country
Have a Yarn: Stopping the spread of salt-affected area
Have a Yarn: Local trial work leads to success with saltbush and perennial grasses
Have a Yarn: Planting saltbush on saline land has become a must
Have a Yarn: Increased surface drainage equals increased production
Have a Yarn: Preventing a site from deteriorating with saltbush alleys
Have a Yarn: Salinity - a learning experience with saltbush and tropical grasses
Have a Yarn: Transforming saltland country with saltbush
Have a Yarn: Eyes opened to the value of perennials as a stockfeed
Have a Yarn: How sheep can benefit from saltland
Have a Yarn: Raised beds and drainage renovate unproductive areas
Have a Yarn: Tackling salinity in its infancy with saltbush and saltland pasture mix
Have a Yarn: PERFECT Fit - saltland grazing trial fits with current farm management practices
Have a Yarn: Making the most of an opportunity to create feed for sheep during autumn
Have a Yarn: From barren to bountiful, thanks to SGSL, and saltbush |