Land/Livestock Ratio Matrix

Trends | Underlying causes | Potential impacts on environment
Lower production objectives (i.e. from milk to reproduction) | Decrease in availability of good pastures | Palatable perennial grasses disappeared
Decrease in bush fires | Lack of standing hay | Bush encroachment More crop residues as feed
Increase crop residues as feed resource base | Increase (marginal) areas under crop cultivation at cost of pastures | Transfer of nutrients from farms without to farms with livestock, accelerated soil mining of land already marginal for crop cultivation
Decrease in duration of grazing periods for cattle Productive animals moved to other areas | Lack of standing hay | All grass produced is grazed; Bush encroachment Increase livestock pressure on environment in other areas
Increase number of goats, stagnant or decreasing number of cattle | Lack of grass, browse still available | All grass produced is grazed; Re-growth bush reduced.

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