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Livestock Production: Arrotas provides high quality green feed for stock late in the season. This gives it the ability to maintain high lamb growth rates into summer. In experiments conducted by DPI Victoria at Hamilton, in 2004-06, lambs grazing pure Arrotas maintained higher growth rates from November to late December than lambs grazing either . . . → Read More: Establishment Recommendations For Arrowleaf Clover For High Rain Fall Areas An understanding of the attributes required for long-term yield is very important in selecting the right lucerne cultivar. New cultivars have been bred in Australia that possess these attributes. Similarly, the attributes of contemporary North American cultivars now cater better for our needs. The attribute values listed in Table 2.1 indicate that they vary . . . → Read More: Selecting the Right Lucerne Cultivar selection The most important factors in the persistence of lucerne cultivars are the resistances to phytophthora root rot and colletotrichum crown rot and the application of appropriate cutting and/or grazing management. Of the cultivars now available for irrigated hay production, the best semi-dormant cultivars are generally more persistent than the best winter-active cultivars. . . . → Read More: Management Factors Influencing Persistence and Production in Lucerne Choice of cultivar The ‘traditional’, though now superseded, cultivar Hunter River (a semi-dormant) produced eight hay cuts per year under irrigation in south-eastern Queensland. By comparison, a winter-active cultivar will produce another one or two cuts per year and these occur in the cool season. Conversely, winter-dormant types produce up to four cuts less . . . → Read More: Relevance of Dormancy and Growth Patterns in Lucerne to Producers Photo by C Goodwin Worm control programs are an integral component of farm management programs on most sheep properties. Each state has detailed worm control programs designed to manage worms to minimise production losses and delay drench resistance. Two broad programs encompass the winter rainfall regions where Teladorsagia (brown stomach worm, . . . → Read More: Management of worms in sheep This tool allows you to determine your average pasture supply, and likely variability, based on long-term weather records. The mid-monthly estimates of pasture growth rates (kg DM/ha/day) below are for average seasonal conditions for a range of localities and regions across the high rainfall and wheat–sheep zones of Australia. They are from State PROGRAZE® manuals, available . . . → Read More: Daily pasture growth estimates |
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