Intensive leucaena system boosts beef per hectare tumoff

摘要

IT has been a steep learning curve for the past two years but Westwood district grazier Simone Lawrie is fully committed to managing an 80 hectare highly intensive leucaena - based grazing system that produced an impressive 400 kilograms of beef per hectare in less than six months. Simone and her husband Peter own Esher, a 4860ha cattle aggregation where they made the 2008 decision to sell off their breeders and make the transition to a full cattle trading operation. The business revolves around sourcing young cattle through private paddock sales and saleyards and growing them out to forward sell to established feedlot operators.