Peck, Gavin, Johnson, Brian, Chudleigh, Fred, Guppy, Chris, Lawrence, David, Buck, Stuart, and O'Reagain, Joe (2016) Phosphorus fertilizer offers a huge opportunity to increase productivity and profitability of sown pastures in northern Australia. In: Proceedings of the Northern Beef Research Update Conference. p. 161. From: Northern Beef Research Update Conference, 15-18 August 2016, Rockhampton, QLD, Austalia.

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Abstract

The Brigalow Belt bioregion of Queensland is an important part of the northern Australian beef industry as it supports a large proportion of the sown pastures and cattle herd with relatively high stocking and growth rates. Clay soils were widely thought to have adequate plant available phosphorus (P) levels for sown pastures leading to extremely low rates of fertiliser use. Recent studies show large and increasing areas of low plant available soil P and large responses by pasture legumes to P fertiliser precipitating a review (Peck et al., 2015) which this paper summarises.

Item ID:	82800
Item Type:	Conference Item (Abstract / Summary)
Keywords:	Agronomy; Legumes; Seeding rates; Legume establishment; Pasture Rundown; Pasture; Beef; Desmanthus; Desmanthus virgatus; Pasture rundown; Productivity decline; Legumes; Beef; Southern Queensland; Central Queensland;
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Date Deposited:	20 May 2024 02:15
FoR Codes:	30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3004 Crop and pasture production > 300403 Agronomy @ 100%
SEO Codes:	10 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 1005 Pasture, browse and fodder crops > 100505 Sown pastures (excl. lucerne) @ 100%
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