Not too early to plan pasture seed now for next sowing

By Bob Freebairn
July 27 2020 - 5:00am
Yellow serradella regeneration early April 2020 in an experiment at Uranquinty conducted by Dr Belinda Hackney. Despite drought, summer sowing with appropriate technology resulted in good regeneration and growth in 2020.
Yellow serradella regeneration early April 2020 in an experiment at Uranquinty conducted by Dr Belinda Hackney. Despite drought, summer sowing with appropriate technology resulted in good regeneration and growth in 2020.

DETAILED research by Wagga Wagga DPI research agronomist Dr Belinda Hackney and interstate colleagues including Prof. John Howieson, Dr Ron Yates (Murdoch University) and Dr Angelo Loi (DPIRD WA), with significant farm adoption, shows frequent big advantage of sowing winter legumes ahead of autumn breaks, notably the case with hard seeded species like biserrula, serradella and gland clover.

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