May 23, 2017
South Burnett graziers are being urged to take part in a Meat and Livestock Association survey investigating pasture dieback.
MLA defines dieback as grass dying in an entire paddock or a significant area of a paddock.
Bluegrass pasture dieback has been reported along the coastal and inland areas of Central Queensland and in the Wide Bay Burnett.
There are also reports of Native Bluegrass, Rhodes, Signal and Pangola grass in the Wide Bay Burnett region dying.
DAF Senior Extension Officer Damien O’Sullivan has urged all graziers with affected pasture to complete the online survey.
“It is hoped this information will help attract funds to investigate the issue,” he said.
MLA wants to assess the spread and extent of the dieback.
It plans to hire a drone and image analysis company to aerially map the affected areas once a month for 12 months to monitor the spread or abatement of dieback.
The association will then add this imagery to 20-plus years of satellite imagery to enable an historic lookback at the issue.
- External link: MLA Pasture Dieback Survey
