Acknowledgement: Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority (Murrumbidgee CMA) thanks the Harden Murrumburrah Landcare Group (HMLG) and the farmers who provided information on their farm practices for the Case Studies, hosted field demonstrations and gave ongoing support for the project. Murrumbidgee CMA also thanks: Rashid Qaisrani and Alison Bowman, NSW DPI, Wagga Wagga for technical support, demonstration site management, and data collection and analysis; the HMLG Cereal Stubble Committee–Rob McColl (Chair), Tim Condon (Delta Agribusiness), Paul Parker (NSW DPI), Charlie Baldry, Terry Brown, Hugh Flanery, Peter Holding and John McGrath; the Australian Government National Landcare Program for funding support; Brendan Scott, for his assistance with data analysis; and Di Holding, AnDi Communications for production of this final report.
Background: The HMLG region is a mixed farming area, with most farms cropping between 50 and 60% of total farm area. Of this cropped area, around 60% is cereal, primarily wheat but also small areas of oats and triticale.The current management of cereal crop stubble in the region is to graze the paddock after harvest then burn the residual prior to sowing the following autumn…
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