PASTURE SEEDS 
Published: 12 Dec 2013
Author(s): RIRDC
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DownloadAustralia’s pasture seed industry is small but important, contributing $107.2 million to the economy annually, underpinning pastoral enterprises across the nation and feeding livestock around the world.
There are 489 pasture seed producers in Australia, concentrated in south-eastern Australia and south-west Western Australia. They grow a range of temperate legume pasture species, including lucerne (which contributes the most economic value), subterranean clover, perennial clovers, medics and annual clovers.
The Australian lucerne seed industry is worth an estimated $95 million to the economy and is an important contributor to Australian agriculture, with lucerne a...
Given its status as a high-value crop, clover seed production fields are actively managed using intensive herbicide pressure to control the emergence of weeds, such...
The primary objective of the Identifying revenue opportunities for AgriFutures Australia’s rural industries project was to identify potential new and alternate revenue sources within 28...
This blueprint serves as a resource for those interested in the pasture seeds industry and provides essential fast facts alongside the fundamental themes highlighted in...
This project built on a four-year Grains Research and Development Corporation investment, Future options for the control of the redlegged earth mite in Australian crops,...
Redlegged earth mite (RLEM; Halotydeus destructor) has been a significant pest to broadleaf plants and legumes across southern Australia since it was accidentally introduced in...
This study evaluated the level of resistance to commonly used herbicide groups in three key weeds affecting lucerne seed crops in commercial production areas of...
The lucerne seed industry is an important contributor to Australian agriculture, worth an estimated $95 million per year. The industry is made up of more...
