P1e Kikuyu Nutritional Value
Dairy UP’s P1e project has calibrated a model that simulates changes in Kikuyu’s nutritional value during regrowth.
The model accounts for leaf growth, age and size and nutritive value (metabolizable energy and fibre content). Future work is exploring the relationships between nutritive value data and yield to link changes in nutritive value (quality) with NDVI (satellite imagery), hopefully improving the efficacy of remote monitoring tools for farmers.
About Dairy UP
Dairy UP is a collaborative research, development and extension program for the NSW dairy industry. It aims to unlock the potential of pastures, cows, water and milk to increase productivity and profitability, and de-risk the industry and develop new markets.