Demonstrating the productivity and profitability of Redlands Leucaena

The psyllid resistant “Redlands” (R12) Leucaena variety developed by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) & UQ. A barrier to adoption of the variety is the lack of defendable and valid liveweight productivity data .B.NBP.1618 and supports previous found Redlands fed cattle produced 0.33kg on average per day, which was slightly under Wonder graze. This project is an extension of B.NBP.1618 and supports previous Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) investment to now provide replicated liveweight gain performance data from Redlands compared with but the ‘psyllid susceptible’ Wonder graze variety and demonstrate a cost benefit analysis of the Redlands variety. This project also includes an element of extension and awareness activity.