Catchment:
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Glenelg Hopkins
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Collaborating Producer:
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John, Jo, Adam & Keith Forsyth
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Location:
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Mokanger Rd, Cavendish |
Producer Group:
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Cavendish Fertiliser Group
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Site Co-ordinator:
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Harry Armstrong
Agronomist with Vickery Bros.
P: 0417058095
E: harry@vickerybros.com
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Production and Environmental Challenges
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Provision of high quality feed for livestock throughout season.
Capturing some benefits from late spring / summer rainfall events.
Increased summer pasture growth will also dry out the soil and reduce water-logging. Higher density of perennials will provide greater ground cover throughout the year.
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Innovation being tested:
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Sardi 7 Lucerne & Stamina GT6 Lucerne to be used primarily for grazing.
Comparing production, stocking rate and profitability with a typical annual grass/sub clover pasture.
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Base pasture:
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Typical pasture for region has reduced perennial grasses present and therefore consists of annual grasses and sub clover. Response to summer rainfall is minimal.
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Animal systems:
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Prime Lambs. Winter lambing, most lambs sold prior to Christmas, with some shorn and carried over summer.
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Latest results:
Very light sandy soil. 31 ha divided into 4 roughly equal size paddocks. Half sown to Sardi 7 other half to Stamina GT6. Sown September 2008 @ 10kg/ha with 100kg/ha DAP. Rape/Plantain sown spring 2007. Currently being grazed with shorn lambs.
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