Lucerne and bent grass management -
For profitable perenial pastures

When:

Thursday 20^th October, 2011

Where:

Mt. Wallace Hall

off the Geelong-Ballan Road, Mt. Wallace

For directions see below

Time:

9:30am to 4:30pm (lunch provided)

What:

Want to know more about lucerne and how it fits into your farming system? Want to know how you can increase the profitability of your perennial pastures through control of bent grass?

Come along to this field day on profitable perennial pastures and hear about:

• The costs and profits of a lucerne mix.
• How to control bent grass starting in spring.
• How picking the right pastures impacts on kilogram per hectare of beef.
• Grazing tolerant lucernes and how they fit in the farming system.
• Fitting lucerne into your farming system.
• Bus trip: Visit a MLA producer demonstration site and a lucerne recovery site.
• How to increase soil carbon and why it is important.

RSVP:

By Monday 17th October to:

Name:

Neil James, Department of Primary Industries

Mobile:

0417 353 929

Email:

neil.james@dpi.vic.gov.au

Guest Speakers

• Lucerne. How it can increase profitability and production on-farm — Claire Swann from DPI Bendigo
• Getting started on a bent grass control program in spring — Reg Hill from Wrightson Seeds
• Getting it right! Plant, place and purpose — Anita Morant from DPI Hamilton
• Extending the boundaries with GT lucernes – James Sewell from Wrightson Seeds
• Bus trip to an MLA producer demonstration site at Ballan and DPI’s lucerne recovery site at Dereel
• Fitting lucerne into our farming system — John and Maureen Fish, Ballan
• What we have learnt from the producer demonstration site — Neil James from DPI Ballarat

Directions to Mt. Wallace

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