Nuture the Land: My philosophies of pastoral management in central Australia.

Abstract

The continued productivity of Australia's arid and semi-arid pastoral industry is dependent on the correcr stocking of rangelands and the reclamation of degraded country now. Over the past 25 years as a pastoralist, I have applied management principles and techniques which I believe are also generally applicable throughout Australia's rangelands. During that time, we have reduced stock numbers, cleared our station of a hefty debt, substantially improved the station and the quality of the herd, undertaken considerable land reclamation work and seen the condition of productive grazing country improve. This article describes how it has been achieved in the hope that some of these management principles might gain wider acceptance throughout pastoral Australia.