To compare the growth rates and dry matter production of alternative pastures with traditional medic pastures, attempting to provide more feed earlier in the growing season to help reduce the ‘feed gap’ between late summer and winter
Key messages
Amount and quality of feed are important considerations when grazing livestock.
Trade off between dry matter produced and nitrogen fixed by legumes.
Barley and canola/vetch had fastest early growth rate to mid August.
Oats/vetch and canola had the fastest growth rate between August to September.
Alternative pastures produced more dry matter overall than current medic varieties.
Lead research organisation
Upper North Farming Systems
Host research organisation
N/A
Related program
Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems
Acknowledgments
Gilmour Catford (Morchard farmer); Andrew Lake (seed distribution, Pristine Forage Technologies); Jake Howie (SARDI); Craig John (Juncea oilseed, Viterra); Phil Green (fertiliser distribution and low drift nozzles, Northern Ag, Booleroo Centre); Larn McMurray (seed distribution, SARDI); Barry Mudge (paddock activities); Nigel Wilhelm (trial sowing, SARDI); Peter Telfer (trial sowing, SARDI).
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.
Jamestown SA
CAUTION: Trial site locality unknown; Climate data sourced from Upper North Farming Systems office location
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.
