To assess the yield and grain quality effect of grazing on currently grown commercial cereal varieties via paddock scale demonstrations in the Rainbow district.
Key messages
Four farmer grazing cereal demonstrations showed no difference in yield between grazed and un-grazed crops.
Grazing increased screenings in all four demonstration paddocks.
Lead research organisation
N/A
Host research organisation
N/A
Trial funding source
Caring for our Country
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
The Multi purpose crops project is supported by BCG and the Rainbow and District Landcare Group through funding from the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country program.
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.
Rainbow VIC
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.
