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Climate: General climatic conditions in many sections of the Midwest are favourable for growing grapes. Most American and French hybrid grapes can be grown where the frost-free period is from 150 to 180 days. The longest frost-free growing seasons in the region are found along the shores and islands of the Great Lakes . . . → Read More: Site Selection For Grape Seed Crops Stockmaster is a dependable, multi-purpose forage mixture. Stockmaster provides a palatable, digestible forage mixture which is an ideal pasture mixture for cattle, sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, and horses. Stockmaster is formulated with improved varieties of endophyte-free perennial ryegrass, tall fescue and orchardgrass. Perennial ryegrass establishes rapidly, performs well in a grazing situation, and is . . . → Read More: Multi-PurPose Forage Mixture For Dryland Pastures PHOTO BY: Catriona Nicholls Southern Australia has been broken down into different agro-climatic zones19 with different plant growth potential linked to temperature, moisture and light. The agro-climatic zones in southern Australia are provided in Table 1, along with the dominant land use in each zone. This Prospects Statement concentrates on the search for . . . → Read More: Perennials for the Farming Systems of Southern Australia Soil is used to construct levees and keep water in the pond. Ponds built with unsuitable soils will have levee erosion and excessive seepage, requiring more water to compensate for losses. Soil texture is the most important physical characteristic related to pond construction. Texture depends on the sizes and shapes of soil particles and . . . → Read More: Soil Characteristics Needed When Constructing Pond levees Topography And Access: Farms must be close to their market so the road access must be good. Large farms will need to have local access for heavy trucks be able to reach the farm easily, for the delivery of supplies and the efficient collection of harvested prawns. A survey is necessary, to assess the . . . → Read More: Choosing Your Site For Prawn Culture The site and soil Farm sizes vary from a few hectares to hundreds of hectares. The average turf farm size in Queensland is 16-17 hectares. Small farms Australia-wide average 9.6 hectares and medium-sized farms 37.7 hectares (Aldous et al., 2007). The land must be able to be levelled to create a plane surface for . . . → Read More: Farm Requirements - Commercial Turf Production |
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