Assessing soil properties of rehabilitated grazing pastures for sustainable and economically viable beef cattle operations: progress report
Project report
Title | Assessing soil properties of rehabilitated grazing pastures for sustainable and economically viable beef cattle operations: progress report |
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Report Type | Project report |
Authors | Bennett, J. McL. (Author), Melland, A. R. (Author) and Eberhard, J. E. (Author) |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Number of Pages | 68 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | University of Southern Queensland |
Place of Publication | Toowoomba, Australia |
Abstract | Acland Pastoral Company (APC), as a subsidiary of New Hope Group, are undertaking progressive rehabilitation of open cut coal mining to return to grazing pasture. As such, APC seek commercially relevant research outcomes to enable them to quantify the performance of the rehabilitation program in terms of productivity and sustainability. |
Keywords | coal mine; mine site rehabilitation; Acland New Hope mine |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410405. Environmental rehabilitation and restoration |
410601. Land capability and soil productivity | |
300202. Agricultural land management | |
Public Notes | This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for the purposes of study, research, or review, but is subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. NCEA Publication 1004XXX/14/1. |
Byline Affiliations | National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2wy2/assessing-soil-properties-of-rehabilitated-grazing-pastures-for-sustainable-and-economically-viable-beef-cattle-operations-progress-report
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