Five drills Lucerne, then two drills lotus at a B+LNZ project into preventing bloat in beef.
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drill rows of lucerne then two of Lotus. Photos of the result are shown (left), in full flower so you can see what’s what. There’s a bit of a story here. The lucerne inoculation failed for unknown reasons. Lotus inoculation was successful. What this did was hold back the establishment of lucerne and probably allowed better lotus establishment, particularly in the lucerne/lotus mixed together treatment. This paddock on Lorne Peak is one of the harder paddocks; it’s not irrigated, so we are quite pleased with what it looks like now. To overcome the failed inoculation, Matthew sprayed on a heavy dose of inoculant with 200L water/ha, at night and with rain forecast. It worked, and three months later appeared to be a healthy stand as seen above. Whether this is a valid agronomic technique is a moot point. We have no data as to how cattle performed on this paddock yet. The Innovation farm project came to an end after a short extension because of Covid-19. So, what happened to the cattle policy
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