An online system for calculating and delivering long-term carrying capacity information for Queensland grazing properties. Part 1: background and development
G. Stone A E , B. Zhang A , J. Carter B , G. Fraser A , G. Whish C , C. Paton D and G. McKeon A
+ Author Affiliations
- Author Affiliations
A Grazing Land Systems, Queensland Department of Environment and Science, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia.
B Remote Sensing Centre, Queensland Department of Environment and Science, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia.
C Animal Science, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia.
D EcoRich Grazing, Goombungee, Queensland 4354, Australia.
E Corresponding author. Email: Grant.Stone@qld.gov.au
The Rangeland Journal 43(3) 143-157 https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ20084
Submitted: 21 August 2020 Accepted: 4 August 2021 Published: 22 October 2021
Journal Compilation © Australian Rangeland Society 2021 Open Access CC BY-NC-ND
Abstract
This paper (Part 1) describes the development of a new online system that estimates long-term carrying capacity (LTCC) for grazing properties across Queensland, Australia. High year-to-year and multi-year rainfall variability is a dominating feature of the climate of Queensland’s grazing lands, and poses major challenges for extensive livestock production. The use of LTCC is one approach used by graziers to reduce the impact of rainfall variability on land condition and financial performance. Over the past 30 years, scientists, graziers and their advisors have developed a simple approach to calculating LTCC ((average annual pasture growth × safe pasture utilisation) ÷ annual animal intake). This approach has been successful at a property scale (regional south-west Queensland) and in a wider application through Grazing Land Management (GLM) regional workshops. We have built on these experiences to develop an online system (as described in detail in Part 2; Zhang et al. 2021; this issue) that incorporates the simple LTCC approach with advances in technology and grazing science to provide LTCC information for Queensland grazing properties. Features of the LTCC system are: (1) assimilation of spatial datasets (cadastral data, grazing land types, climate data, remotely-sensed woody vegetation cover); (2) a pasture growth simulation model; (3) land type parameter sets of biophysical attributes; and (4) estimates of safe pasture utilisation. The ‘FORAGE LTCC report’ is a major product of the system, describing individual property information that allows detailed analysis and explanation of the components of the LTCC calculation by land type and land condition. The online system rapidly analyses property spatial data and calculates paddock/property LTCC information. For the 10 months between November 2020 and August 2021, over 4000 grazing property reports have been requested in Queensland, and has proven to be a sound basis for ‘discussion support’ with grazier managers and their advisors.
Keywords: safe pasture utilisation, livestock carrying capacity, stocking rates, land condition, rainfall, pasture growth, buffel grass.
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