Key Points
- Grazing of the grain crop at late-tillering was economic on one of the two trial sites.
- Grain yield was reduced by 2-50% depending on growth stage at grazing.
- Biomass removal was between 260 and 3000 kgDM/ha depending on grazing timing and intensity.
- Both trials were carried out on 2nd year wheats. Successful grazing (without yield reduction) may have been limited with potential take-all stress plus grazing stress.
- Trials this season will aim to increase DM available in late winter including: earlier sowings, N timing, different cultivars, mapping feed value over different growth stages.