Forage brassicas for autumn/winter milk production

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