FarmTalk #29 – Estimating Groundcover for Erosion Control on Low Rainfall Grazed Land

Fact Sheet #29 – February 2008

Phil Baird RMAP, Peter Jessop NSW DPI, John Leys NSW DECC

The issue
Wind and water erosion cause significant negative environmental impacts and losses in productivity and profitably for graziers.
The most effective way of controlling erosion is by maintaining and improving groundcover.
This farmtalk describes how to assess the erosion risk of a grazing paddock by measuring groundcover using step pointing.