Leucaena has untapped potential - 50 years after its release

Vernon Graham
Updated May 10 2018 - 12:39pm, first published May 9 2018 - 7:00pm
Queensland Department of agriculture principal pasture agronomist, Gavin Peck, says much more of Qld's Brigalow Belt could be sown to the perennial pasture legume, leucaena to lift beef productivity.
Queensland Department of agriculture principal pasture agronomist, Gavin Peck, says much more of Qld's Brigalow Belt could be sown to the perennial pasture legume, leucaena to lift beef productivity.

If leucaena pastures have such huge potential in northern Australia as cattle feed then why aren’t larger areas of Queensland’s Brigalow Belt planted with the legume?

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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