McCaskill M (Victorian Department of Primary Industries), Borg D (Victorian Department of Primary Industries)

In southwestern Victoria, saline land is often an under-utilized resource which has the potential to produce pasture to provide summer weight gains for livestock. Sowing adapted pasture species into mildly saline land can increase carrying capacity by two- to four-fold. For small areas of saline land, or where the land is strongly saline, it is preferable to fence the area separately and manage it to encourage native summer-growing species. Plant indicators of saline land are discussed together with measuring salinity, grazing management and pasture management for saline land (A).