EverCrop opens the door in marginal landscapes

摘要

EverCrop researchers are investigating the potential of two innovative perennial-based options to fill the livestock feed gap in the low-rainfall Mallee region of south-eastern Australia. According to Ever Crop Project leader Dr Rick Llewellyn (CSIRO)there is a profitable niche for perennial options that can benefit both livestock enterprises and cropping management. Pre-experimental modelling and early-stage field trials indicate pasture cropping, using perennial grasses, coupled with using foddershrubs in marginal cropping country, could provide cost-effective options in mixed farming enterprises where producers are keen to reduce supplementary feed costs and focus cropping efforts on more productive soils.