Pasture paddock aspect is key

By Andrew Norris
Updated December 29 2015 - 11:05am, first published October 8 2011 - 4:00am
Yass grazier, John Ive, has discovered the benefits of fencing and grazing according to aspect, after implementing a 12-point farm plan initiated more than 30 years ago.
Yass grazier, John Ive, has discovered the benefits of fencing and grazing according to aspect, after implementing a 12-point farm plan initiated more than 30 years ago.

THERE is money to be saved in fertiliser costs and to be made in better grazing management through knowing the effects of soil depth, water holding capacity and slope aspect, according to a study started in 2001 by NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Bathurst district agronomist, Dr Belinda Hackney.

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