Saltland Pastures
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Click here to for more information about the Saltland Pasture Redemption Project.
To learn more about Mallee Seeps please visit the project web site here https://msfp.org.au/mallee-seeps/
Saltland Pastures - General Information
General information about Saltland Pastures and links to useful resources
Messina Establishment and Management - Some Tips for Success
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Saltland Pastures for South Australia Manual
The Saltland Pastures South Australia Manual provides information about saltland pastures and fodder shrubs, and is targeted at land managers, agronomists and extension workers. Information is based on trial and demonstration work carried out across South Australia, and much of it from within our region. This manual contains good quality information relevant to our local conditions.
After looking through this manual land managers should be able to;
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A collection of Salt Tolerant Pasture Fact Sheets
FODDER BEET AND KIKUYU DEMONSTRATION AT COOKE PLAINS
This fact sheet covers the steps undertaken and results obtained from seeding Fodder Beet and Kikuyu on saline soils at Cooke Plains over the 2019-2020 season with some success.
Fodder Beet and Kikuyu on Saline Soil Fact Sheet
SALTLAND MANAGEMENT
Saltland - What do you do with it?(3150 kb)
Saltland Management - The place of pastures(67 kb)
Saltland Pasture Recommendations(74 kb)
SOIL TESTING FOR SALINITY
Measuring salinity Understanding the numbers(233 kb)
Soil Salinity Sampling Fact Sheet(87 kb)
Soil Salinity ECe crop and pasture tolerance chart(91 kb)
Dryland Salinity information sheet(97 kb)
You have nearly every other tool in your shed.
Why not have a hand held EC Meter to measure salinity levels in your water and soil?
Hand held EC meter article(420 kb)
Puccinellia Establishment & Management
Puccinellia Perennial Sweet Grass(5371 kb)
Fertiliser and Puccinellia Fact Sheet
Feed Value of Puccinellia Fact Sheet(89 kb)
Tall Wheat Grass Establishment & Management
Lucerne and Tall Wheat Grass in a Pasture Mix Fact Sheet.
Sheep Production on Saline Land
UREA APPLIED TO PUCCINELLIA PASTURES INCREASES SHEEP PRODUCTION SGSL Research(103 kb)
Photo above: Messina Seedling 2017
Resilience through Perennials
Sam Lehmann, a third generation farmer from Cranbrook Western Australia, talks about his passion for a farming life. Working close with his parents, he has transformed unproductive country into land that is now an important and profitable part of his farming business. He shows how perennial species such as salt bush and kikuyu have positively changed the way he farms and the important role his wife and children play in keeping a balanced life and plans for the future.
Resilience through Perennials click here to access the Youtube link.
Foraging for the Future
Farmer Ian Walsh tells his story about restoring marginal farmland on his broad acre family property in Cranbrook Western Australia. The once marginal farmland has been restored using perennial forages and is now a productive and sustainable part of the whole farming system. Ian has worked with the CSIRO to measure methane emissions and production benefits of this restored part of the farm.
Click here to access the Forage for the Future Youtube link.