Between 2020 - 2024, ASHEEP & BEEF delivered a Pasture Variety Trials project through the Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) producer demonstration site program. The project saw five seasons of demonstrations assessed, comparing different varieties of pasture (annuals and perennials) across a range of soil types.

In the first two years of the project (2020 & 2021) we ran plot scale trials at six sites with around 15 varieties at each.

In 2022 - 2024 we then monitored commercial scale demonstration sites by following farmers who were using the varieties demonstrated in the plot trials.

Results are available below for the 2020 & 2021 plot-scale trials, with reporting delivered by South East Agronomy Research who managed the sites.

South Coastal Agencies then took on oversight of the commercial-scale demonstration sites in 2022 (12 sites), 2023 (7 sites), and 2024 (6 sites), and their analysis is also available below.​

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The project's overarching final report is due for release shortly and will be uploaded here when published.​