Joseph Jacobs

Use of traditional, modern, and hybrid modelling approaches for in situ prediction of dry matter yield and nutritive characteristics of pasture using hyperspectral datasets

Anna L Thomson, Senani B Karunaratne, Amy Copland, Danielle Stayches, Elizabeth Morse McNabb, Joe Jacobs

Journal article  |  2020  |  Animal Feed Science and Technology

Understanding the action of muscle iron concentration on dark cutting: An important aspect affecting consumer confidence of purchasing meat

Eric N Ponnampalam, Joe L Jacobs, Matthew Knight, Tim E Plozza, Kym L Butler

Journal article  |  2020  |  Meat Science

We investigated the association of muscle iron concentration, in addition to ultimate pH (pHU), on dark meat formation in sheep of..

High-Throughput Ground Cover Classification of Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne L.) for the Estimation of Persistence in Pasture Breeding

Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Pieter Badenhorst, Joe Jacobs, German Spangenberg, Kevin Smith

Journal article  |  2020  |  Agronomy

Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) is one of the most important forage grass species in temperate regions of Australia and New..

An alternative approach for sustainable sheep meat production: implications for food security

Eric N Ponnampalam, Matthew Knight, Peter J Moate, Joe L Jacobs

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Effects of Feeding either Red or White Grape Marc on Milk Production and Methane Emissions from Early-Lactation Dairy Cows

Peter J Moate, Joe L Jacobs, Josh L Hixson, Matthew H Deighton, Murray C Hannah, Greg L Morris, Brigid E Ribaux, William J Wales, S Richard O Williams

Journal article  |  2020  |  Animals

Globally, annual production of grape marc (GM), the residue of skins, seeds and stems remaining after making wine, has been estima..

The Fusion of Spectral and Structural Datasets Derived from an Airborne Multispectral Sensor for Estimation of Pasture Dry Matter Yield at Paddock Scale with Time

Senani Karunaratne, Anna Thomson, Elizabeth Morse-McNabb, Jayan Wijesingha, Dani Stayches, Amy Copland, Joe Jacobs

Journal article  |  2020  |  Remote Sensing

This study aimed to develop empirical pasture dry matter (DM) yield prediction models using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-borne..

Influence of proportion of wheat in a pasture-based diet on milk yield, methane emissions, methane yield, and ruminal protozoa of dairy cows.

PJ Moate, MH Deighton, J Jacobs, BE Ribaux, GL Morris, MC Hannah, D Mapleson, MS Islam, WJ Wales, SRO Williams

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Dairy Science

Wheat is the most common concentrate fed to grazing dairy cows in Australia, but no studies have examined the effects of wheat pro..

Using a two-price market value method to value extra pasture DM in different seasons

Claire D Lewis, Kevin F Smith, Joe L Jacobs, Christie KM Ho, Clare M Leddin, Bill Malcolm

Journal article  |  2020  |  Agricultural Systems

Nutritive characteristics of perennial ryegrass cultivars: have they changed over time?

AR Lawson, K Giri, ME Rogers, SK Muir, KB Kelly, K Rentsch, S Chandra, JL Jacobs

Journal article  |  2020  |  Animal Production Science

Improvement in nutritive characteristics resulting from breeding perennial ryegrass (PRG) cultivars used in Australia from the 197..

Feeding lambs proportional mixtures of lucerne (Medicago sativa) and forage brassica (Brassica napus) grown under warm and dry conditions

ZN Nie, L Slocombe, R Behrendt, M Raeside, S Clark, JL Jacobs

Journal article  |  2020  |  Animal Production Science