EXPORT FODDER 
56 pages
Published: 9 Mar 2010
Author(s): Forsythe, Graeme, Black, John
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This RIRDC project was established to facilitate the adoption by fodder exporting companies and their growers of the prototype AFIA ChemCheck system. The system was developed to reduce the risk of exported hay being rejected by importing countries because of contamination with chemicals. Close to 100% of growers producing hay or straw for the export market are targeted to be using the system by 2010.
The AFIA ChemCheck system, which has been refined in this project, is for use by cereal crop growers who supply hay or straw to fodder exporting companies. Information generated by the system and, particularly the ‘alerts’ that it produces when an issue in relation to chemical residues is identified, will be available to the exporters for which any specific area of crop is contracted.
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The Australian export fodder industry is well established, having supplied fodder to countries across the world for some 30 years. About 38,000 properties are involved...
Red leather leaf (RLL), caused by the fungus Neospermospora avenae, is the most common and severe foliar disease of oats in south-eastern Australia, and is...
Septoria avenae blotch (Parastaganospora avenae) is a stubble-borne fungal disease of oats found throughout Australia but most commonly in Western Australia (WA). Recent paddock surveys...
Stem rust and leaf rust (also known as crown rust) can be major constraints on oat production across all grain-growing regions of Australia as they...
Agribusinesses involved in the processing of on-farm produce need to ensure that the produce meets industry quality assurance expectations. In the fodder industry, this requires...
In 2020, stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) was observed causing severe patching in a commercial oat crop in the Mid North region of South Australia (SA)....
The National Hay Agronomy (NHA) Project aims to increase adoption of new hay varieties and agronomic practices by providing applicable research and extension to growers....
