Want to get the most out of your home grown grass?
Planning a weed control programme for established grass maximise your pasture production.
Pastures are able to be utilised all year round and in many situations. They deserve to be treated like a specialist crop on farm due to their high dry matter (DM) yield potential and ability to be grazed multiple times within a growing season.
Since pastures do not need to be renewed annually, weed control is important for them to maintain their productivity for extended periods.
Pastures have three main timings for weed control; pasture establishment, winter and spring. The various timings represent the best time to control weeds after they germinate.
Pasture establishment
Controlling weeds at establishment of a new pasture sets the paddock up for success, ensuring that plant population is high from the beginning.
Winter
Winter weed control timing is for weeds which germinate in autumn and is when clover is least active. This timing minimises clover damage and controls autumn germinating
weeds while they are small.
Spring
The spring weed control timing is for weeds that germinate in the spring. This targets control before the weeds get too large and flower, making them very difficult to kill.
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