To investigate pasture production and utilisation by sheep.
Key messages
The very dry conditions of 2002 produced little green pasture for sheep, with a maximum for the year of 160 kg/ha green feed-on-offer available in July. Stocking rates ranged from 2 to 5.4 dry stock equivalents per effective grazing ha. The stocking rates in the Reduced Till and Fuel Burner systems were higher than for 2001. Supplementary feeding from April, with ewes placed in a stock containment area in October supported sheep in the Hungry Sheep system.
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
Climate
Derived climate information
No observed climate data available for this trial. Derived climate data is
determined from trial site location and national weather sources.
Jil JIl VIC
NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to
construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol
16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.
