Pasture and winter forage crop sowing guide - Hawkesbury-Nepean, Hunter and Manning valleys

Summary

This Primefact is a guide to sowing pasture and winter forage crops in the high rainfall and irrigated portions of the Hawkesbury-Nepean, Hunter and Manning valleys.

Its preliminary material outlines key management issues and considerations involved in growing these crops and pastures and suggests adoption of eight key management practices that will improve establishment success.

The remainder outlines what type of pastures and crops to grow for a particular purpose, where to grow them, the species to sow and how to manage them for optimum production.