
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Price, TP 
A1  - O'Gara, F 
A1  - Smith, ESC 
A1  - Pitkethley, R 
A1  - Hausler, P 
T1  - Commercial experience in developing ley farming systems for the Katherine-Darwin region, Northern Territory
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1996
VL  - 36
IS  - 8
SP  - 1059
EP  - 1067
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9961059 
N2  - 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. 
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