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COPRICE PRESENTATION
PASTURE PRODUCTIVITY
CHALLENGE
2019
MARK LUCAS
KEY WORDS
• DRY TIME MANAGEMENT – WINTER
• CHALLENGE TO CONVENTION
• SEASONAL UNDERPERFORMANCE
locality and altitude
• ENTERPRISE CHANGE – sheep
• PROFIT CHALLENGE
• TIME POOR
• KNOWLEDGE – assumed level
• BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS
• MENTAL CHALLENGE
• “GO TOO”, TRUST, 80:20
• WEATHER FORECAST vs PATTERNS
CHANGING FACE OF EFFECTIVE AGRONOMY
• WORKING WITH PRODUCERS
• MINDSET CHANGE NOW PROFITABLESUSTAINABLE
PAST MAXIMUM
• WINTER IS THE NEW SPRING
PASTURE PRODUCTION CHALLENGE
• SOUTH QUALITY – winter dominant rainfall
Sub clover / super
Wimmera ryegrass
Lucerne (GT)
• NORTH QUANTITY
Lucerne / medics
Native grasses
• “Only 30% usual dry matter is attained” minimal residue carryover
CROPS – effective moisture retention- cool season responsive
• Oats / wheat
• Grazing canola – big winner
• Tetraploid ryegrass
• Carryover ?
ENTERPRISE modification
• CROPPING – fodder producers
• Herbicide resistance
• Low yield, return /ha grain ($/t)?
• LIVESTOCK
• Number reduction
• Finishing system
• Containment areas (activists)
Product Adoption Curve
Innovators Early Adopters
Early Majority Late Majority Laggards
Tech Enthusiasts
Visionaries
Pragmatists
Conservatives
Skeptics
• WHAT’S ON PEOPLE’S LIPS
• DOING MORE WITH LESS
• TECHNOLOGY – Your role in delivery
WHATS CHANGED IN THE INDUSTRY
• PYSCHOLOGY
1980’S /90’S
– positive adoption of technology
- 30% - 300% production gains (rise)
- Direct profit
- Low land values
2010/20
- Established production (plateau)
- Weather cycle (key influence on income)
- Weather forecast websites
= water, methane
= activists?
= dietary challenge?
= documentation
= city – country divide
= GOOGLE information
“CREATIVITY RARELY HAPPENS IN YOUR COMFORT ZONE”
MARK LUCAS 2019
• AGRONOMY –
• ANALYSIS
• WINNING TRUST 80-20 rule
• ADOPTION
• COPING WITH CHANGE
• TECHNOLOGY
• PROFIT REALIZATION
• YOURSELF
ADOPTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY• NEW CEREAL VARIETIES
• Small incremental improvement
• Past highest on property technology embrace
• LIVESTOCK SELECTION – ebv
• NEW FEEDING SYSTEMS
• Seasonal deficits, finishing system
• Building confidence to adopt?
COPING WITH CHANGE“The new spring is winter”
• RISK ADVERSE
• ASSISTING BUSINESS - alignment/resilience
• SQUIRREL mentality
• ENTERPRISE SPECIFIC
• FEED MIXER - cattle producers
• PELLET RATIONS - sheep producers
• NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION HUB?
BEEF PRODUCER – VOLUME / RESIDUES
Rations less sensitive to accuracy
Reduced wastage
SHEEP PRODUCERS
Pellet purchase
Exacting nutritional requirement
Feedlot/ paddock supplement
• ENCOURAGE ROUGHAGE in winter diets for livestock health + performance
• SPRING OBSERVATIONS
- Forecast surplus/deficit
- Silage conservation – NOT HAY
- Late maturity ryegrass
- Stock water quality
PASTURE SOLUTIONS
1. ALTERNATE legumes to sub clover• Surface trash
• Balansae clover
• Arrowleaf
• Serradella
2. COMPANION GRASSES• Prairie grass
• Paspalum
• Mediterranean fescue
3. FERTILISER • Prescription rather than repeated
• Alternative to single super
• Alternative soil test
4. PASTURE PRESERVATION
• 1 in 5 years – reseeding / crown / root expansion
5. NUTRITIONAL BALANCE
• Grain feeders
• Creep feeders
PASTURE SOLUTIONS