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Project Overview: Use of oaten hay to support sustainable development of dairy production
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Published: 1 Mar 2021
Author(s): Dr (Paul) Long Cheng
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The project will help exporters to explore and capture opportunities to export more oaten hay to China. By replicating Chinese feeding systems, the project will provide solid evidence to support hay exporters to communicate and promote the nutritional benefits of Australian oaten hay for Chinese dairy production. More importantly, the methods and frameworks developed from this project, will help scientists conducting future projects in other countries that import Australian fodder, such as Japan.
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