9. Late spring sown perennial pasture / NEW GRASS Tetraploid ryegrasses Hybrid ryegrasses Late heading ryegrasses
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13. Fractional degradation rate of different forages (/hr) Hrs to Fresh Forage 50 % Perennial ryegrass 0.114 6 Kikuyu 0.071 10 Paspalum 0.068 10 White clover 0.195 3 Chicory 0.260 2.5 Plantain 0.246 2.5 Adapted from Burke et al . 2000 Proc. NZ Soc. An Prod. What makes herbs so effective
19. Red Clover Systems Autumn (March – April) Italian Red clover Pasture Pre mass (kg DM/ha) 0 1900 1900 Growth (kg DM/ha/day) Stocking rate (lambs/ha) 0 27.3 28.2 LWG (g/day) 0 268 110 LWG/ha (kg/ha/day) 0 7.3 3.1
20. Red Clover Systems Autumn (April-May) Italian Red clover Pasture Pre mass (kg DM/ha) 2150 0 1250 Growth (kg DM/ha/day) Stocking rate (lambs/ha) 29.3 0 18.3 LWG (g/day) 155 0 43 LWG/ha (kg/ha/day) 4.5 0 0.8
21. Red Clover Systems Spring (Sept – Dec) Italian Red clover Pasture Animal grazing days 588 1120 555 Stocking rate (ewes/ha) 30 21 13
22. Red Clover Systems 2 nd Summer (Dec – present) Hunter Red clover Pasture Pre mass (kg DM/ha) 2500 2500 2150 Growth (kg DM/ha/day) Stocking rate (lambs/ha) 40 43 35 LWG (g/day) 191 292 72 LWG/ha (kg /ha/day) 7.6 12.7 2.5
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27. Examples of Agricom Systems Work Maximizing Productivity from Hunter Benefits of Tonic as a Lactation feed for Lamb finishing Maximizing productivity from Winfred Red Clover forage systems (Starting spring 08)
48. Tonic plantain in Western District Victoria Being used for early lambing of cull ewes Photo 22 June 2010
49. Four year old Tonic plantain in Western District Victoria Being used for Autumn/Winter Lamb finishing Photo 22 June 2010
50. Tonic plantain & Lucerne in Western District Victoria Being used for stud ram lamb finishing Photo 22 June 2010
51. Tonic plantain & Lucerne in Western District Victoria Being used for stud ram lamb finishing Photo 22 June 2010
52. Early august lambing triplet ewes set stocked in Seddon Pure Tonic plantain in its 3 rd winter Photo 2 nd August 2010
53. Merino ewe hogget's Awtere valley near Dashwood Pure Tonic plantain in its 2nd winter Photo 2 nd August 2010
54. Tonic plantain in its 3 rd winter Sown @ 6kg into run out AR1 perennial ryegrass North Canterbury Photo 2 nd August 2010
Editor's Notes
Maximising productivity on your summer crop may be as simple as eating less of what you grow…. That’s right eating less of what you grow may make you more profitable.. Good morning, my name is Glenn Judson and I a nutritionist speaking to you today on behalf of Agricom. Over the next 20 minutes I want to describe to you the grazing management which I believe is necessary to optimise productivity from this system and give you some tools so you are able to achieve this in your systems. Ill be covering three main points and these are 1. the effect of lamb daily allowance on DM production, 2. the effect of daily allowance on animal performance and 3. utilisation and the use of residual to fine tune your management to optimise your performance. Ill show some data and photos on screen to illustrate my points and I would ask that if you have any questions that you direct those to me at the end of the presentation. So by the end of this presentation you will have a clear understanding of the grazing management which is needed to optimise productivity from summer cropping system and you will have some visual tools from which you will be able to fine tune your management
What is the place of red clover in the dryland scene? Crown type red clover is not generally suitable for hill country, but the spreading and creeping types may prove more suitable under closer grazing, particularly in winter warm areas. The best use of red clover is probably more as a monoculture special purpose stand of high quality feed for finishing young stock over the spring/summer period, provided it can fit with the rest of the system with economic benefit to the whole system. Care will be needed in selecting the most appropriate sites, such as moist, fertile, river flats and valley bottoms, and controlling the area used to ensure the winter carrying capacity of the farm is not affected.
Maximising productivity on your summer crop may be as simple as eating less of what you grow…. That’s right eating less of what you grow may make you more profitable.. Good morning, my name is Glenn Judson and I a Program Leader for Animal Nutrition with Agricom. You maybe aware of some of the Agricom brands such as Hunter leaf turnip, and Winfred forage rape and Sovereign Kale. Over the next 30 minutes I want to describe to you the grazing management which I believe is necessary to maximize productivity from this system and give you some tools so you are able to help your clients achieve this in thier systems. Ill be covering three main points and these are 1. the effect of daily allowance or grazing intensity on DM production, 2. the effect of daily allowance or grazing intensity on animal performance and 3. utilisation and the use of residual to optimise your management to maximise your performance. Ill continue to show you some data and photos on screen to illustrate my points and I would ask that if you have any questions that you direct those to me at the end of the presentation. So by the end of this presentation you will have a clear understanding of the grazing management which is needed to maximise productivity from summer cropping system and you will have some visual tools from which you will be able to help fine tune your clients management
Take home message . An allowance of about 2- 2.5kg/hd/day optimises liveweight gain per hectare
So before I conclude I would like to thank you for your attendance and interest. Remember today I spoke to you about optimising lamb performance on summer crops and I covered three things, DM production, animal performance and utilisation. Over-grazing reduces subsequent regrowth and optimumm animal peroduction occurs at allowances between 2 and 2.5 when we are utilising 65% of the crop, eating all lamina and 50% of petiole.
Maximising productivity on your summer crop may be as simple as eating less of what you grow…. That’s right eating less of what you grow may make you more profitable.. Good morning, my name is Glenn Judson and I a nutritionist speaking to you today on behalf of Agricom. Over the next 20 minutes I want to describe to you the grazing management which I believe is necessary to optimise productivity from this system and give you some tools so you are able to achieve this in your systems. Ill be covering three main points and these are 1. the effect of lamb daily allowance on DM production, 2. the effect of daily allowance on animal performance and 3. utilisation and the use of residual to fine tune your management to optimise your performance. Ill show some data and photos on screen to illustrate my points and I would ask that if you have any questions that you direct those to me at the end of the presentation. So by the end of this presentation you will have a clear understanding of the grazing management which is needed to optimise productivity from summer cropping system and you will have some visual tools from which you will be able to fine tune your management
So before I conclude I would like to thank you for your attendance and interest. Remember today I spoke to you about optimising lamb performance on summer crops and I covered three things, DM production, animal performance and utilisation. Over-grazing reduces subsequent regrowth and optimumm animal peroduction occurs at allowances between 2 and 2.5 when we are utilising 65% of the crop, eating all lamina and 50% of petiole.
