Rural News | Phil Cranney

By Phil Cranney
November 23 2017 - 4:00am
Keep in Mind: Pasture establishment can be a very costly exercise. Therefore the more work a producer can put in the better chance of success.
Keep in Mind: Pasture establishment can be a very costly exercise. Therefore the more work a producer can put in the better chance of success.

Planting new pastures is probably the last thing on the mind of Blayney producers, as the soil moisture profile rapidly drys out to a zero balance. It has been a seesaw season given the early Autumn rains, with many pasture varieties selling out this Autumn. Many paddocks earmarked for new pasture in Autumn 2018 have already been sprayed out in preparation to fill that soil water profile over the warmer (wishfully wetter) months. Blayney sheep and cattle producers can now access the local pasture trial data from the MLA website. The Stonestreet family hosted the trial site on their Glenelg road property north of Blayney from 2012 till 2015. Full credit to David Harbison, from DR Agriculture Pty Ltd, who was the researcher running this site under some trying weather conditions.

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