by Jake Western
In making your selections, then, your first consideration is to seed your fields with species that will survive in your area and under your pasturing conditions. Your second concern is tending the perennials to maintain healthy turf year after year of productive use. Unless you already have some crop-growing experience, you're wise to involve some knowledgeable advisors and/or custom planters in a major pasture renovation or establishment project. But to gain a working knowledge of pasture options, familiarize yourself with four essential forage characteristics listed below, then check out the various grass and legume species on the accompanying chart for their rankings in these areas. Finally, you'll be prepared to mix and match the species suited to specific fields.Australian movie directors have always used the outback as a cipher for desperation, madness and death. So no wonder the Australian tourism industry is throwing its Akubra in the air (and its sponsorship on the table) following the release of Baz ...
Read moreGRACE Jones, who appears at this month's Sydney Festival, tells John Walsh why her latest album is a family affair. THE apparition at the restaurant window is genuinely frightening. A huge, hairy monster with shiny eyes the size of coffee saucers is ...
Read moreChad Reed is the defending and two-time Supercross champion going into Saturday night's season opener at Angels Stadium in Anaheim. But the Australian still has something to prove. Both of Reed's championships have come in a season where the featured ...
Read moreLITTLE-known West Australian three-year-old Lovre will land a huge plunge if successful in today's $418,000 Perth Cup, but it will take an extraordinary training performance. Trainer Lindsey Smith will send the colt into the 2400m race against the ...
Read moreIn 2008 we witnessed births, deaths, marriages, divorces, career comebacks, career implosions, sex addiction became the cool affliction, a Paris Hilton movie musical hit theatres ... could anyone want more? The year began with the shock death of ...
Read moreWhat a year for celebrities. In 2008 we witnessed births, deaths, marriages, divorces, career comebacks, career implosions, sex addiction became the cool affliction, a Paris Hilton movie musical hit theatres ... could anyone want more? The year began ...
Read morePARACHILNA, Australia -- The population of this old Outback railroad town can be counted on two hands. Make that one hand, depending on the season. "Sure could use some rain," says one of the handful of folks nursing their beers on the front porch of ...
Read moreRatepayers will continue to foot the bill for search and rescue operations at Aoraki Mt Cook, with authorities not willing to put a price on human life. After two aerial rescue operations this month at Mt Cook, the question of compulsory insurance ...
Read moreTHE Gold Coast surface for the Magic Millions on Saturday will be good despite recent rain, Gold Coast Turf Club racecourse manager Jeff Haynes says. "There is no doubt we have had a bit of a flogging of late but the forecast for this week looks ...
Read moreFirst Edition News - Lotto-Domo's bad day at Het Volk, Lefevere praises his boys, Sunderland's luck continues in Het Volk, Danish company threatens to sue Team Coast, Geelong World Cup gets thumbs up from UCI, Rickards taken to hospital, Knetemann ...
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