Enrich
AWI’s Enrich project is developing principles for new grazing systems based on perennial shrubs. The integration of perennial shrubs and improved pastures in low rainfall environments will provide a diversified feedbase for sheep production.
The Enrich project will develop principles for designing new grazing systems based on mixed forage plants, including shrubs, that diversify the available food sources, fill gaps in current feed availabilities and provide a more reliable feedbase in low and variable rainfall environments.
The project, in conjunction with the Salinity CRC, will;
- Use modelling to investigate the value of fodder shrubs in mixed farming systems
- Identify productive shrub and pasture combinations using feed quality data from new and improved NIR calibrations for fodder shrubs
- Determine the role of bioactive compounds in fodder shrubs that may reduce methane production, protein breakdown, acid production and/or worm burdens.
- Develop guidelines for the successful use of shrubs in mixed farming systems
Resources
Contact
Ms Mary Goodacre
Project Manager Sustainable Production Systems
Tel: +61 2 8295 3100
Contact via email
Publications
Native plants boost grazing options, Beyond the Bale Feb/Mar 2007
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