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...
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PROJECTS
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Greenfields Project
Physical and economic analysis of pasture improvement & enterprise change at Glenlofty Victoria 2010 - 2018 Perennial Pasture Systems...
Phalaris Persistence Project
An MLA Participatory R&D Project PPS were one of the seven Victorian groups successful in applying to be part of the MLA participatory...
Pasture comparison trials
The Perennial Pasture Systems (PPS) group Producer Demonstration Scheme trial sites provide a comparison between new perennial grass...
Pasture variety trials
Four trial sites were established in 2012 trialling different varieties of grasses and legumes that PPS believes will be of value in...
Sub soil amelioration project - funded by the A W Howard Trust
Established in 2011, the site is trialling the sub soil treatment of ripping and adding a soil ameliorant in a lucerne pasture. It is...
Pasture Establishment and production in the Upper Wimmera Central region
Perennial Pasture Systems have collected some ideas for pasture establishment. The establishment of perennial grass pastures in the...
EverGraze supporting site - Tottington
Established in 2010, the site is researching a three year system of pasture establishment in the tough conditions of North Central...
PPS Soil Probe Cross-Region Partnership Project
PPS has a series of soil moisture probes and has partnered with other groups who have installed probes in a reporting network. PPS has...
Mooneys Gap
Established in 2009 it is a two paddock trial site, one trialing lucerne in the Ordovician foothill country of the Great Dividing Range,...
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