High rainfall pastures
Pastures in the high rainfall area — more than 600mm annual rainfall — of south-west Western Australia can be highly productive, supporting mainly beef and dairy cattle, with some sheep and other grazing livestock.
These pastures are mostly either near the coast, near waterways or near to competing land uses, and movement of nutrients from pastures can degrade water quality in rivers and estuaries and cause problems for people using those resources.
Many high rainfall pasture soils have more phosphorus than is needed to maintain optimal pasture growth, are often deficient in potassium and sulfur, and can be too acid.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development provides technical and other services to industries in the high rainfall area to improve profitable and sustainable agriculture, and to minimise offsite negative impacts from agriculture.
See Also
- Phosphorus for high rainfall clover pastures
- Soil sampling high rainfall pastures
- Potassium for high rainfall pastures
- Sulfur for high rainfall pastures
- Tissue testing for high rainfall pastures
- Micronutrients (trace elements) for high rainfall pastures
- Environmental impact of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers in high rainfall areas
- Whole farm nutrient mapping
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