The ‘Centre for Perennial Grazing Systems’ is the NSW Department of Primary Industries research and development base for the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales.

Grazing provides the mainstay agricultural activity on the Northern Tablelands. Because of high rainfall, long growing season and the adaptive potential of temperate perennial species, the Northern Tablelands is credited as the premier pasture environment in Australia for intensive grazing systems.

As NSW DPI’s base for the high rainfall zone in northern NSW, the Centre provides research and advisory programs for eastern Australia’s sheep and cattle industry based on temperate perennial pastures.

Research and advisory work at the Centre is directed at improving the pasture base for grazing animals, and at developing industry capability to produce livestock products to commercial specifications through:

• building the knowledge base for pasture improvement technology
• managing feed-gaps to redress nutritional limitations
• matching livestock genetics to feed and management applications, and,  
• developing technology packages for 'best management practice'.