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Melbourne University working in Towong Shire
As part of the GTH project a Melbourne University team led by Professor David Chapman has been collecting data from the pasture establishment sites across the Shire.
As part of the GTH project a Melbourne University team led by Professor David Chapman has been collecting data from the pasture establishment sites across the Shire.
David is aiming to establish some production guidelines from the local demonstration sites for inclusion in the GTH Pasture Establishment and Management Manual for the Upper Murray which will be completed by March 2010.
He has developed a great liking for the region and is very encouraged by the approach of the project and data generated from the demonstration sites.
David's team is currently measuring several parameters. In the calculation of standing dry matter several quadrants 0.25m2 in size are cut to ground level and the herbage dried and weighed. The data is converted to tDM/ha.
On other sites, 0.5m2 cages have been placed over the pasture to measure growth rate following the commencement of grazing. In this process the standing dry matter in the paddock is measured by cutting the 0.5m2 area to ground level and an area immediately adjacent to the cage to give a rough measure of crop performance since sowing.
Data will continue to be collected over the life of the GTH project and is reported at PDG meetings. We thank David for his work so far and look forward to seeing the results as they arrive.
For more information contact the Upper Murray Agribusiness Group project coordinator at Towong Shire or go to UMAG website
