Hill Country Futures: Lucerne at Willesden – Rotationally Grazing ewe hoggets with lambs at foot
Channel: Beef + Lamb New Zealand
Date: 2023-03-01

Tyler Good (Finishing Manager, Willesden Farm, Banks Peninsula) and Professor Derrick Moot (Dryland Pastures Research Group, Lincoln University) talk about strategies for successful rotational grazing management with young lambs at foot on lucerne and ensuring stock access the highest quality plant material, avoiding the lower quality stems to maximise liveweight gain in spring. (Duration 3 min 09 sec).

Hill Country Futures was a long-term $8.1m programme focused on future proofing the profitability, sustainability and wellbeing of New Zealand’s hill country farmers, their farm systems, the environment, and rural communities. For more information: https://www.hillcountryfutures.co.nz/