Prospects for leucaena on the Ord

Authors

D Pratchett
Tim Triglone

Keywords

Leucaena leucocephala, Nutritive value, Beef cattle, Ord River region (W.A.), Western Australia

Disciplines

Agricultural Economics | Meat Science | Other Plant Sciences

First Page Number

62

Last Page Number

66

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

For the past few years, the Department of Agriculture has been fattening cattle on the forage shrub leucaena which is grown under irrigation with pangola grass. About 400ha of leucaena is under commercial production in the Kimberley.

Cattle grazing leucaena show promising growth rates but other problems need to be overcome before its use is more widely adopted. Leucaena establishes slowly. It is also costly to transport fattened cattle to southern abbatoirs.

Recommended Citation

Pratchett, D and Triglone, Tim (1989) "Prospects for leucaena on the Ord," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 30: No. 2, Article 5.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol30/iss2/5