Media release no.
Growing the right pasture for the right job is essential to the success of new phase pasture systems being adopted by farmers throughout the Wheatbelt. Interest is growing for short-term pastures of one to three years to break up a long cropping sequence, while reducing troublesome weeds and increasing soil nitrogen and organic carbon levels. Mr Devenish said the best performing legume for a one year pasture phase was the popular Cadiz serradella. However, it does not suit the heavy clay soils, although it grows reasonably well on loamy soils for one or two years in the medium to high rainfall regions where high seed yield is not required. The new Frontier balansa has also performed admirably in the first year and has shown promise on heavier soils in the medium to high rainfall regions.