Thanks for putting your hand up to follow the Adaptive Grazing for Mixed Farming Resilience project funded by Meat & Livestock Australia.
About the project
Southern Dirt is running a four-year producer demonstration trial (2026 to 2029) comparing adaptive rotational grazing with continuous grazing at sites across the Great Southern. There has been little research or economic analysis on rotational grazing of sheep on winter pasture in the Great Southern, so producers have had limited local information to judge whether it would work in their system and uptake in the region has stayed low.
The trial is looking at whether better feed use and grazing management can lift liveweight gain, production per hectare and profitability, while protecting pasture species and groundcover. At each site, we’re measuring liveweight, wool, feed on offer, pasture composition, groundcover, soil nutrients and carbon, worm egg counts and gross margins.
We will be hosting workshops with grazing & industry experts, creating podcasts and creating case studies & producer guidelines as part of this project.
The following questions are used to determine your level of understanding of adaptive rotational grazing management and associated supporting practices (e.g. feed budgeting, digital monitoring tools). The knowledge and skills audit are used at the start and completion of the program to allow individuals to track their skill development and adoption of new practices and to measure impact in line with MLA’s PDS monitoring and evaluation framework. It will also be used:
1. To improve the content of future project meetings, events and activities; and
2. As part of the evaluation process for the project.
This PDS is co-funded by Meat & Livestock Australia, and Southern Dirt, with facilitation and delivery by the Southern Dirt team. The data captured in this survey is used to support the impact and success of this PDS project and the PDS program. All data, when reported publicly, is deidentified.