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Perennial pasture establishment costs pay off

<p>THE cost of establishing perennial pastures puts some producers off, but cattle producer Warren Pensini from Boyup Brook, Western Australia, figures the increase in productivity is well worth the initial outlay and this autumn he has sown perennials on a further 45 hectares of his property. By <strong>Jill Griffiths</strong></p>

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Perennial pasture establishment costs pay off

  "If we can double carrying capacity with the perennials, which I feel we should be able to achieve with these new plantings, then we have spent around $500 to effectively gain a hectare of carrying...

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