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Pastures are set to make a return to WA farming systems this season, spurred on by rising wool and sheep meat prices and the lingering affects of the 2000 season. With the move away from intensive cropping back to mixed enterprises, many farmers have a renewed interest in growing annual and perennial pastures for sheep feed. Both programs address the use of pastures as part of a whole farming system, to the benefit of both stock and cropping programs. Agriculture Western Australia pasture project manger Donald Nicholas said there had been several advances with pastures in recent years. Mr Nicholas said there were new varieties that were being used more strategically for both stock and cropping purposes.