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YYLN Perennial Pastures Program
With 10 years of less than average rainfall, the area between Longford and Yarram is suffering from reduced pasture growth. YYLN's Perennial Pastures Program will help to improve soil health and moisture retention through the use of better pasture and grazing management techniques while utilising more drought tolerant pasture and crop species.
One of the areas where Salt Bush will be trialled.
YYLN have received 3 years of funding from the Federal Government to put in place a perennial pastures program for the drought ravaged region between Longford in the north to Yarram in the south.
The program is backed by the University of Melbourne's MacKinnon Project who are providing expert advice through Dr Lisa Warn.
Stepehen Pasture Seeds are also providing agronomoy services to the project while the EverGraze monitoring system will be used to determine pasture productivity and soil health.
15 Farmers are involved who will be introducing deep rooted perennials to >30Ha of their farms over the 3 years.
Crops / pastures ranging from Lucerne and Chicory to Fescues and Salt Bush will be trailled while farmers will be able to learn from each other's experiences and determine which crop will suit their needs the best.
For further information please contact either Samantha Monks on (03) 5175 7894 or samantham@wgcma.vic.gov.au or Paul Martin on (03) 5175 7893 or paulm@wgcma.vic.gov.au
