Catchment:
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South Australia
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Collaborating Producer:
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Mark Buckett
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Location:
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Naracoorte
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Producer Group:
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South East Prime Livestock Achievers
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Site Co-ordinator:
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Penny Roberts Craig
172 Smith Street, Naracoorte, SA 5271.
08 87620895
penny@rbm.com.au
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Production and Environmental Challenges
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The aim at this site is to increase the water use efficiency, ground cover and pasture production by increasing the perennial content of the pastures and changing the current stock grazing practices.
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Innovation being tested:
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The value of a winter active Tall fescue pasture to provide additional herbage and increase ground cover compared to annual pastures common in the region.
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Base pasture:
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The base pasture is annual grass (ryegrass, barley grass) with minimal phalaris (perennial).
The improved paddock has been renovated and sown to winter active fescue
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Animal systems:
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Prime lamb production
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Results so far:
The latest results (May 2010) can be downloaded here
For further information download the case study here (2009)
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