Variety Trial Update
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.
Variety Trial Update 8th November
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.
2019 AGM
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 …
Seed Wasp project covered by the Stock Journal.
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, …
LA Info Session – July 2019
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 …
Pasture Seeds Advisory Panel Visit – 10th July 2019
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 …
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Variety Trial Update : Another herbage cut taken on June 14th.
Jessamy Bennett and Rebekah Allen From Kalyx.
Variety Trial Update – Feb 2019
Great day at the Variety Trial Field Day near Keith – 27th Feb. Almost 60 people attended to see how well the crop looks. After, speakers covered more stats from the trial, water unbundling, the area sown to certified seed this year and the latest satellite technology which can make …
