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Project

Autumn/Winter Feedbase Planning

  • This project is supported by Southern Farming Systems, South West Node of the Victorian Drought Resilience Adoption & Innovation Hub, through funding from the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund and Meat & Livestock Australia.
  • 2025
  • 2
  • Rokewood & Yulecart
  • Current
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Research Question

This series of workshops was put together by Cam Nicholson, Nicon Rural Services, Lisa Miller, Jessie Wettenhall, Michelle McClure, SFS  in response to the current 2024-2025 dry-uncertain times experienced across South West Victoria. The aim of the workshops was to equip participants with the knowledge and tools to plan and make good decisions over the next 3 months. Two workshops have been delivered across two locations Rokewood and Yulecart April 30 and May 1, 2025. A webinar was held on May 22, 2025 and the recording is available below. Two more workshops are being delivered in Ararat June 3 and Skipton June 4,2025

The workshop focused on assessing and planning to meet feed requirements for the Autumn/Winter under dry conditions with Lisa Miller & Michelle McClure, SFS.

Research Information & Objectives

The Tools and Resources below are to be used as a guide only, all pasture and crop modelling requires many assumptions (soil characteristics, fertility, utilisation etc). The pasture & crop growth graphs and tables were modelled assuming a soil fertility of 90% eg. Olsen P = 11 ppm, Colwell P = 23 ppm (low PBI) to 40 ppm (high PBI), Colwell K = 90 ppm (sand) to 120 ppm (clay) and KCL Sulphur of 6 ppm.  Changing fertility by 5% resulted in about a 5% change in monthly dry matter production (greater if fertility was lower).  ​If users have higher and poorer performing pastures, chose the same pasture type but modify the monthly pasture grown. ​ The outputs are a guide only.  Every effort is made to ensure this information is accurate. All users who rely on this information do so at their own risk ©2025. All information produced by Southern Farming Systems is copyright and is not to be reproduced in any from or distributed to other persons without written permission.

Workshop Tools & Resources

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