
%0 Journal Article
%A Price, TP 
%A O'Gara, F 
%A Smith, ESC 
%A Pitkethley, R 
%A Hausler, P 
%T Commercial experience in developing ley farming systems for the Katherine-Darwin region, Northern Territory
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1996/12/01
%V 36
%N 8
%P 1059-1067
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9961059
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9961059 
%X This paper examines the past, present and likely future commercial development and adoption of ley farming systems in the Katherine-Darwin region(about 12-14°S, 131-132°E, elevation 30-1 10 m) of the Northern Territory. Producers' current practices, adaptations and the extent to which they have adopted a systems approach are reported. Advantages of ley farming and the constraints to its more rapid adoption are described. Also discussed are aspects of crop, cattle and hay production; weed, insect and plant disease control, and management; on-farm demonstrations and the economics of crop production, from the producer's perspective, in the context of ley farming. 
