Early sowing and irrigating of rape crops in cool temperate environments boosts forage yield potential
Résumé
Forage rape is commonly grown on Tasmanian dairy
farms to provide feed during periods of low pasture
growth and/or low nutritive value. In these regions,
forage crops are generally sown between early spring and
late autumn and are commonly rainfed, though farmers
may apply a single irrigation at sowing. While the effect
of water availability on forage yield has been well
characterised for regions in north-western Tasmania
(Neilsen 2005), there is a dearth of information for other
regions in Tasmania. Hence, the objectives of this study
were to identify optimal sowing times for, and determine
the extent to which a single irrigation at sowing
influences productivity of, rainfed brassica crops across
the dairy regions of Tasmania.
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