Filling feed gaps: best practice hay and silage production
Lead organisation: MacKillop Farm Management Group
Hub members and partners involved: Grassland Society of Southern Australia, AgKI, Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA, Kangaroo Island Landscape Board
Node: Struan
Focus area: Livestock and fodder management
Project Category: Hub Projects
Project summary:
This project is being conducted in the Limestone Coast, Fleurieu Peninsula, Kangaroo Island and Eyre Peninsula regions. It aims to improve: (a) primary producer decision-making around the cost-effective and sustainable production of hay and silage; and (b) preparation for drought through best-practice feed conservation and storage.
Project Images
Tim Prance speaks to Fleurieu Peninsula producers about cost-effective and sustainable production of hay and silage.
Phil Shannon presents at a Naracoorte workshop on profitable fodder production.