Fire and regenerative rangeland management
“The impact that fire has on a livestock enterprise in terms of profit, forage production, biodiversity and the soil microbiome depends on a number of factors. These include, amongst others, the perennial basal cover of the soil, the amount of bare ground, the ratio of perennial to annual grasses, the density of the bush and the soil type.
Other factors focus on the fire itself. Is it a head or rear fire? What are the environmental conditions, such as wind speed, humidity and fuel load, during the fire? Is it a cool, early-season burn (when grass plants just start going dormant) or a hot, late-season burn? All of these will determine the impact of the fire.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIRE
Fire can never be applied as a single tool; it always occurs within
