Animal production from tagasaste growing in deep sands in a 450 mm winter rainfall zone

Authors

Chris Oldham
Greg Allen
Peter Moore
Bruce Mattinson

Keywords

Sheep, Cattle, Tagasaste, Animal production, Liveweight gain, Nutritive value, Western Australia

First Page Number

24

Last Page Number

30

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

In 1985, Martindale Pty Ltd, Sir James McCusker's family company, signed a unique research contract with Professor David Lindsay of the University of Western Australia. The aim of the Martindale Research Project was to study ways of increasing farm productivity in the sheep-wheat zone of south-western Australia. A primary focus was the high cost of grain or hay used to fill the autumn feed gap in grazing systems.

However, it was not clear how or if tagasaste might be economically used to replace the grain and/or hay traditionally fed by hand to sheep and cattle in autumn.

Recommended Citation

Oldham, Chris; Allen, Greg; Moore, Peter; and Mattinson, Bruce (1991) "Animal production from tagasaste growing in deep sands in a 450 mm winter rainfall zone," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 32: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol32/iss1/5