Oaten hay nearing time to cut for hay. Florets are from top middle and bottom of the infloresence. Milky at the top still, so a few more days yet. Of course....the ongoing wet weather might have a huge say in what happens now.. sigh.

Second year performance of Italian ryegrass.... one of the keys is a cultivars ability to carry tillers/plants through the first summer. Performance of this second year trial tells the story.

And this is the aim.... shifting from a highly productive wooly composite, to a shedding composite has been a challenge, but good reproduction seems to be returning and the F3 and F4s are mostly shedding...

Oats near to cutting for hay...when it stops raining, high quality leafy grass hay also to be cut soon, and ewes + lambs loving the feed. Can hear stuff growing on a day like today.

Trials charging along after 50mm of rain last weekend. This would be one of the largest non-seed company cultivar evaluation sites in southern Vic with ~800 plots and 460 rows being regularly assessed. Visitors always welcome by appointment.