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Forage brassicas for autumn/winter milk production

Agriculture Primefact
Primefact Number: 1103    Edition: First edition    Released/reviewed: May 2011

This Primefact relates specifically to the use of forage brassicas to provide autumn/winter feed for milk production.

Although this Primefact mainly applies to dairying along the NSW coast, brassicas may also suit inland irrigated dairying areas where a March sowing is feasible.

Topics include:

  • Advantages in using forage brassicas
  • Species choice
  • Establishment
  • Nutrition
  • Grazing management
  • Supliments
  • Diseases
  • Pests
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