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Dairy production: Long-term commitment to improving land condition, and ‘least cost planning’ ensures sustainable milk production

Website/Report

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Download points KML

Project lead

Queensland Government (DPI&F)

Partnerships

Watson’s Dairy Farm

Queensland Wetlands Program

Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation

Industries

Other

Activities

On-ground work, Planning

Case study type

Queensland Wetlands Program (QWP) management case study

Funding source

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Funding amount

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In-kind contribution

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Start date

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End date

Ongoing

Summary

Watson’s Dairy Farm in the Mary River Catchment at Conondale developed and implemented a Farm Management System (FMS) to manage pastures, effluent and riparian vegetation. Single strand electric fencing was installed to keep cattle away from the river. Additional off-stream watering points were provided and degraded banks were stabilised by planting with native riparian species. Some low level weed control was also carried out.

Benefits

The benefit of maintaining riparian vegetation was realised during the 1999 flood. While neighbouring properties lost sections of river bank, the Watson’s re-vegetated banks remained virtually intact.

Lesson

(not documented)

Reference ID

Dairy production

Last updated: 16 May 2015

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2015) Dairy production: Long-term commitment to improving land condition, and ‘least cost planning’ ensures sustainable milk production, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/dairy-production-long-term-commitment-to-improving-land-condition-and-least-cost-f7e3/

Queensland Government
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