MADFIG’s local trial at Bonnie Rock is part of the FEED365 project is to redesign livestock forage systems to fill feed gaps in Mediterranean environments. We’re all being challenged by increasingly hotter, drier and more variable seasons.
The project aims to develop a partnership between growers, scientists, and extension workers to develop and test new feedbase options and integrate them into grazing systems. The goal is to enable farmers to increase livestock returns by grazing high quality forage all year round with minimal supplementary feeding.
MADFIG Feed365 Trial – Introduction and Initial Results
[Blog Post] Feed 365 Project Update – October 2024
GRASS IDENTIFICATION:
Native Grasses: Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia by Meredith Mitchell
Grasses of Temperate Australia A Field Guide: by: CA Lamp, SJ Forbes, JW Cade
Common Native Grasses of South-West WA by Una Bell
An Illustrated Key to the Perennial Grasses of the Avon Wheatbelt Western Australia
Native grasses A regional guide (SA)
REFERENCE SITES:
Online plant key
AusGrass2 or AusGrass2.1
Australian Native Grasses – HOSTED BY THE NATIVE GRASS RESOURCES GROUP
Stipa is a not-for-profit organisation, formed in 1997 by concerned landholders. It focuses on the practical aspects of native grasses and their use in farming.
HOW TO’s:
Florabank guides best practice in Australia’s native seed sector by making knowledge and information accessible and actionable for the whole community
Grassed up – guidelines for revegetating with Australian native grasses
Efficiently collect your seeds: Kimseed
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