Industry blueprint: Pasture Seeds
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...
PASTURE SEEDS
Pasture Seeds Program RD&E Plan 2019-2023
22 pages
Published: 4 Oct 2018
Author(s): J R Oliver, P Orchard, M Bradley
ISBN: 978-1-76053-001-3
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The AgriFutures™ Pasture Seeds Program RD&E Plan 2019-2023 has been developed by AgriFutures Australia in consultation with certified seed growers, seed cleaners, commercial seed suppliers, grower organisation representatives, researchers, allied industry stakeholders and agronomy advisers. The Plan outlines the AgriFutures™ Pasture Seeds Program’s RD&E objectives for the next five years, which have been shaped by the goals and strategies of the AgriFutures Australia Strategic R&D Plan 2017-2022.
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