Forage and fodder crops
Forage and fodder crops include forage sorghum, pennisetum, millet, lablab, cowpeas, soybeans, grain sorghum and maize. Choice will depend on sowing time and feed quantity and quality requirements. Other factors such as soil type, drainage, weeds and disease may also need to be considered. The agronomy and management used can have a greater influence on the crop productivity than the variety chosen.
Management guides
Crops
- Burgundy bean - a new summer growing legume
- Economics of lucerne establishment for the western wheat belt
- Forage brassicas – quality crops for livestock production
- Forage sorghum and millet
- Sulla
- Summer legume forage crops: cowpeas, lablab, soybeans
- Tagasaste (tree lucerne)
- Yield and digestibility of legume and oat forages
General information
- Cereals for grazing
- Forage options for summer and autumn
- Summer forage crop and grain choices for the NSW coast south of Coffs Harbour - Full version
- Weed control for cropping and pastures in central west NSW
- Weed control in lucerne and pastures 2007
From the bookshop
Software
- Salvaging crops for fodder, grain or grazing - calculator
A calculator to help producers make decisions on salvaging crops. The Excel spreadsheet calculates the cost of baling crops for hay or silage and of taking crops through to harvest.
Laboratory services
- Laboratory testing services
Tests are available for agricultural water, soil fertility, plant nutrition, chemical residues, and insect and plant pathogen identifications.
PROfarm Courses
Recent News Releases
- 17 Nov 2009Olive oil to extend its use-by date
- 05 Nov 2009A bug's life: Wagga Wagga study into beneficial broadacre insects
- 04 Nov 2009Winter crop prospects continue to decline
- 21 Oct 2009Food security – action plan to sustain our harvest [78.0 kb PDF]
- 12 Oct 2009Stocking rate 25 pc higher in EverGraze trial
- 08 Oct 2009New chickpea variety underpins Australian export status