EXPORT FODDER 
61 pages
Published: 9 Nov 2006
Author(s): Fiévez, Pierre, Faulkner, Michael, Murray, Gordon
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The Australian oaten hay industry has matured in recent years with specialist growers continually aiming to produce a top quality product from high yielding crops. The industry services both the export and domestic markets.
Oaten hay exported from Australia needs to continually improve in quality to successfully compete against hay produced in the USA and Canada and to increase access to the best-priced markets in Japan and South Korea. The consumers of oaten hay within Australia are becoming progressively more sophisticated in the preparation of their feed rations in order to maximise animal performance.
The AgriFutures Export Fodder Program invests in research, development and extension (RD&E) that improves the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the Australian Export Fodder industry....
Global exporters are likely to face growing pressure in coming years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across their supply chains, and producers of fodder products...
The Australian fodder industry makes a fundamental contribution to the Australian economy, with an estimated value of $1.75 billion at farm gate. Wheat and barley...
Maintaining market access is paramount to the Australian export fodder industry. The industry, pivotal to the agricultural sector, faces stringent regulatory requirements across global markets...
In oaten hay breeding and agronomy research, there are limitations for assessing biomass and quality traits. The process is labour intensive and time consuming, manual...
The Australian export fodder industry is well established, having supplied fodder to countries across the world for some 30 years. About 38,000 properties are involved...
A survey of producers, exporters and advisers within the South Australian and Victorian export oaten hay industry was conducted to benchmark current agronomic practices and...
Red leather leaf (RLL), caused by the fungus Neospermospora avenae, is the most common and severe foliar disease of oats in south-eastern Australia, and is...
