What level of WSC content is needed to make a difference to livestock performance?
Trials to date at IGER, comparing High Sugar Grasses with conventional varieties, have shown that significant improvements in animal performance were recorded when the High Sugar Grasses had water soluble carbohydrate contents at least 40 g/kg DM higher than the control varieties. The average WSC level (g/kg DM) from three IGER trials that demonstrated an increase in animal performance was 152 g/kg for SucraSEED High Sugar Grasses compared with 101 g/kg for the control variety. Research is ongoing in this area.
