2021 brought the second year of the ASHEEP & BEEF Pasture Variety Trials, as part of the Meat & Livestock Australia Producer Demonstration Site Program. The Year 2 trial sites were managed by South East Agronomy Services who have been working with ASHEEP & BEEF to deliver the project. 

The trial sites in 2021 were moved to new locations (within similar rainfall zones) and the varieties in the trial were changed up, with some carried over from Year 1 plus new additions. We also included a range of pasture mixes and some of the new varieties that have been developed through the Dryland Pasture Legume Systems project. Pasture cuts for biomass were taken at 10 and 16 weeks, 60cm soil testing conducted,  and nutritive analysis on better performing varieties.