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Caution required if mating on lucerne this year

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Posted of behalf of Prof Derrick Moot My email has been running hot the last couple of weeks with lucerne growers asking whether it is safe to mate their ewes/hoggets on lucerne this autumn. The question is moot…..the wet weather has increased the risk of the plant producing the phyto-oestrogen* coumesterol. This compound reduces the … Read more

Soil moisture status in winter

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In these three short videos, taken on 3 August 2016,  Derrick talks about the current soil moisture status of a shallow and a deep soil as we prepare for the spring growth season in our dryland systems. In the first clip we see a lucerne stand on a deep Templeton silt loam soil at Lincoln … Read more