Newsletter No. 62 - September 2024
Download here: PPS 15th Annual Conference; Ararat Town Hall; Ararat, Tuesday September 17th, 2024 The 15th Annual PPS conference is not...
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NEWS & PROJECTS
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO
- Sep 6
Kasenda Village (Uganda) update September 2024
Kasenda village continues to build its resilience, and now boasts an enviable reputation in Uganda as a community that has transformed...
- Aug 23
PPS 2024 Conference schedule released
Download flier here: Speakers Soil management; getting the fundamentals in order; Jason Condon; Charles Sturt Uni, Wagga NSW Livestock...
- Aug 13
Sustainable Pasture Grazing Management Through Feed Quality Measurement
"Dealing with a tough winter" presented by Jess Revell Jess is the principal nutritionist and animal production consultant with Rumenate...
- Aug 13
PPS Pasture Survey
Since 2012, PPS has surveyed members annually on their pasture establishment program. The use of grazing cereals was added to the survey...
- Aug 13
Informed decisions for managing climate variability in grazing systems
Cibolabs uses satellite imagery to estimate pasture biomass and ground cover for grazing systems across Australia
- Jul 11
Sustainable Pasture Grazing Management Through Feed Quality Measurement
Is Your Pasture Feeding Your Flock? PPS studied pasture quality decline throughout the spring and early summer.
- Jul 11
Newsletter No. 61 - June 2024
Download here: PPS 15th Annual Conference; Ararat Town Hall; Ararat, Tuesday September 17th, 2024 A great line up of presenters will soon...
- Jun 13
Perennial Pasture Systems 13th Annual Study Tour; South Australia June 2023
Since the group’s inception in 2007, PPS has recognised the value of members visiting leading farms in other regions as well as being inform
- Apr 25
Kasenda Village (Uganda) update March 2024
Lynne & I visited Uganda last year, where we had a great couple of weeks reconnecting with Wilson and the village – our last trip was in...
- Oct 12, 2022
Informed decisions for managing climate variability in grazing systems.
Click here for the September 2022 Seasonal Report for the Moyston, Stawell and Tottington regions. Click here for the October 2023...
- Sep 22, 2022
13th Annual Conference
The 13th Annual Conference was held on Tuesday 23rd August, 2022. The speaker sessions took place in the Ararat Town Hall, including...
- Mar 2, 2022
Sustainable Pasture Grazing Management Through Feed Quality Measurement
The project is providing evidence based science for producers to identify plant quality loss before it effects animal production. The...
- Feb 2, 2021
Fescue Project; Fescue; A Low Rainfall Pasture Tool?
Aim; to demonstrate that winter active fescue can be a valuable pasture system tool in the <550 mm rainfall zone in Victoria....
- Feb 20, 2020
PPS Annual Grass Control Project
Three year farm demonstration exploring a broad range of management techniques for controlling annual weeds in pastures. The incursion of...
- Jun 24, 2019
High Production Annual Forage in Perennial Systems Project
PPS commenced a new project in 2017 as part of the MLA PDS program to look at the use of annuals in perennial pasture-based systems. The...
- Jun 24, 2019
PPS variable Lime Project
PPS completed a variable lime application project from 2013 – 2016 Soils in much of the Upper Wimmera and Central Victorian region are...
- Jun 24, 2019
Girls & Grass Advisory Group
Established in 2016 to enhance the aims and objectives of PPS by instigating activities that support rural women and therefore improve...
- Jun 24, 2019
Innovative Use of Gibberellic Acid
The project is funded through the MLA EPDS program; and is being conducted in collaboration with Agriculture Victoria The Perennial...
- Jun 24, 2019
PPS Study Tours
Since the group’s inception in 2007, PPS has recognised the value in members visiting leading farms in other regions as well as being...
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