Jeff and Simone Smith who farm at Trawalla, 30km north north-west of Ballarat, were looking at having a 'two-way bet' last year when they sowed down a sheep paddock to Antas sub-clover. They run about 360 Angus Breeders and 1000 ewes that are bought in and mated to Dorset rams for prime lamb production. Planted as an on-farm trial, one idea was to let the Antas set seed and have it run as a renovated pasture paddock for ewes and lambs. The other was to cut it for hay. In many years of testing, Antas sub-clover has produced more than double the dry...
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