Summer grasses hold feed-gap value

Catherine Miller
Updated December 31 2015 - 8:55am, first published April 16 2014 - 4:00am
NICHE PASTURES: CSIRO researcher Andrew Smith (pictured right with Bill Davoren, Loller farm, Karoonda) believes summer-active tropical and subtropical grasses more commonly found in Qld have a potential role as a “niche” perennial pasture.
NICHE PASTURES: CSIRO researcher Andrew Smith (pictured right with Bill Davoren, Loller farm, Karoonda) believes summer-active tropical and subtropical grasses more commonly found in Qld have a potential role as a “niche” perennial pasture.

SUMMER-ACTIVE tropical and subtropical grasses more commonly found in Qld may help fill the summer feed gap and stabilise soils vulnerable to erosion on mixed-farming properties in the SA Mallee.

Catherine Miller

Stock Journal's livestock editor and South East correspondent.

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