Dear Member, As you are aware, Executive Officer, Jenny Aitken has stepped down from the role as she and her husband are moving from Keith. Jenny has been in the role since May 2016. I would like to thank Jenny for her efforts as EO and on behalf of the […]
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The trial site is now in full flower, with the watering stress management being applied to the 3 bays. We will have the results of the second year of herbage cuts at the field day and hope to see as many of you there to view the crop on March
Save the Date – Tuesday 3rd March – Annual Field Day Read More »
The team from Kalyx out early to beat the heat for another herabge plot cut – they report that it’s the best cut yet with some plots getting to 10Kg. And the seed plots look great too.
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Rebekah Allen and Jessamy Bennet from Kalyx braving the cold, wet and windy conditions today to take another cut from the herbage plots in the LA Variety trial.
Variety Trial Update 8th November Read More »
35 Grower members and associates attended the 2019 AGM held at Henry & Rose Cafe in Keith on Tuesday 25th October. Guest Speakers prior to the AGM were: Aaron Freeman- Each year, LA Gold sponsor – Rabobank conducts the Rabobank Farm Manager Course. Lucerne Australia has for the past few
PROTECTION PROJECT: Lucerne Australia chairman Josh Rasheed with NSW DPI researcher Ainsley Seago, who has just completed a project aiming to find ways to reduce the impact of lucerne seed wasp. By Catherine Miller, The Stock Journal, 31st August 2019 Lucerne seed wasp is an economic threat to the industry,
Seed Wasp project covered by the Stock Journal. Read More »
Almost 40 members attended the session which released the first year of data from the Variety Trial. LA executives, Simon Allen and Scott Hutchings gave an overview of the trial and in particular the water management. Nic Amos from Kalyx presented the data for the seed and herbage yields. Dr
LA Info Session – July 2019 Read More »
LA executive committee members hosted a visit from the AgriFutures Pasture Seeds Advisory Panel on 10th July. The panel were interested see first hand the progress of the AgriFutures Funded Variety Trial near Keith and toured the PGG Wrightson facility where they learned about the seed cleaning process. LA thanks
Pasture Seeds Advisory Panel Visit – 10th July 2019 Read More »
Jessamy Bennett and Rebekah Allen From Kalyx.
Variety Trial Update : Another herbage cut taken on June 14th. Read More »
