Catchment:
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Glenelg Hopkins
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Collaborating Producer:
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Stuart and Kerrie Ellis, Brewster
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Location:
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Between Beaufort and Ballarat
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Producer Group:
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Upper Mount Emu Creek Landcare Network
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Site Co-ordinator:
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Laurie Norman
Farm Advisory Service, RMB A 480 Ballarat 3352
T: (03) 5343-2555
E: lnorman@farmadvisoryservice.com
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Production and Environmental Challenges
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The aim of this site is to better match pasture species to the landscape and overcome current limitations to feed supply over summer and autumn while increasing water use.
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Innovation being tested:
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Summer active pasture: lucerne sown on 25% of the area
Winter active pasture: perennial ryegrass, winter active tall fescue and sub clover sown on 25% of the area
Winter-spring pasture: summer active tall fescue, phalaris, lucerne and sub clover sown on 25% of the site
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Base pasture:
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The current pastures in the area contain older cultivars of ryegrass, and are dominated by annual species
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Animal systems:
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The site will be grazed by ewes and lambs
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