The high price of establishment failure
Resowing after a pasture or crop failure caused by pest or disease damage is costly in itself. But loss of valuable feed is the largest cost for your farm system.
Introduction
You rely on new pastures or crops being available for grazing by a certain time, and plan accordingly. If anticipated feed yields are not achieved, the implications can be serious. The cost of establishment failure may be $3350/ ha or more. These examples show the loss in dry matter production is often 80-90% of the total cost of establishment failure. Resowing is a significant, but lesser, additional cost.
Example: Cost of pasture failure
Example : Cost of brassica crop failure
