Canola hay to provide critical source of feed in spite of lingering bad reputation

Gregor Heard
September 19 2018 - 6:00pm
Greg Toomey, Landmark Elmore, says farmers need to strike while the iron is hot if they want to make quality canola hay.
Greg Toomey, Landmark Elmore, says farmers need to strike while the iron is hot if they want to make quality canola hay.

IT HAS good energy levels, of up to 11 megajoules per kilogram of dry matter (mj/kg/dm), better than cereal crops cut specifically for hay, and protein levels of up to 21pc, but canola hay has never entirely shaken off its bad reputation.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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