Program Overview

Strategies and Expectations

Undertake R&D to enhance silage quality, quantity, storage, assessment/testing, use of inoculants and fermentation best management practices
R&D to ensure Australian biosecurity for plants used in fodder production
Determine the suitability for a statutory levy to be submitted by the Australian Fodder Industry Association on behalf of the fodder industry.
Continue to collaborate with GRDC in the oat and vetch breeding programs to develop new varieties for commercialisation within the next two years.
Advance the findings from the statistical analysis for decisions on feeding trial experiments.
Engage a project to apply and refine fodder quality assessments using machine vision.
Enhance adoption of sulla (Hedysarum coronarium) in Australian fodder systems.
Engage a feasibility Study of the Area Use Royalty System in the UK and Scandinavia

A management package for growing cereal and cereal/legume forage crops for hay and silage production
Advancement towards providing advanced warning for cereal hay, cereal grain and livestock producers of the potential risk of incidence of Annual Rye-grass Toxicity (ARGT)
Clear path forward for both the Oat breeding program and the Vetch breeding program
Engaging a project to apply and refine fodder quality assessments using machine vision
Setting up trials to assist in the adoption of sulla (Hedysarum coronarium) in Australian fodder systems
A feasibility Study of the Area Use Royalty System in the UK and Scandinavia
A summary of the findings from the statistical analysis for decisions on feeding trial experiments.

Farmers informed on crop mixtures that could reliably be grown under (variable) rain fed conditions; produce high yields of forage; are of medium to high quality suitable for production feeding, and can be conserved as hay or silage
Producer confidence to manage hay and cereal crops, and pastures and grazing livestock to avoid risk from Annual Rye Grass Toxicity (ARGT); better information of the potential risks of ARGT; potential for decreased use of herbicides
Development of new oat varieties for hay
Development of new vetch varieties for hay
A feasibility Study of the Area Use Royalty System in the UK and Scandinavia
A summary of the findings from the statistical analysis for decisions on feeding trial experiments.