Diverse forage crops - ‘Catch the Rain’ webinar Jun'24
Webinar host Sam Lang and guest farmers Dave Mitchell and Duncan Humm share how they (and other farmers) are successfully incorporating diverse forage crops into their farm systems.
Short presentations from Sam, Dave and Duncan cover:
Different types of diverse forage crops (i.e. for silage, summer feed, winter feed etc)
Benefits, risks and limitations
Selecting species and seeding rates
Establishment options
Managing diverse forage crops
Dave and Duncan share examples of the different crops they have grown, both successfully and less successfully, and lessons they’ve learnt along the way.
The webinar expanded on the information on Diverse Forage Crops that is available in the Quorum Sense Toolbox - we encourage you to check it out!
This webinar was funded by Beef + Lamb New Zealand as part of the ‘Catch the Rain’ project.
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Links mentioned in the webinar
About ‘Catch the Rain’
Catch the Rain is a farmer-driven education, research and innovation project focused on improving rainfall infiltration and soil moisture retention on non-irrigated pastoral farms. Is it funded by Beef + Lamb New Zealand and led by Quorum Sense.
There are 40 farmers participating from Southland to the Manawatu that are developing, implementing and monitoring on-farm trials. Many of these trials are focused on testing different grazing techniques. For more about Catch the Rain visit www.quorumsense.org.nz/catch-the-rain-project.
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