PERMANENT PASTURE LONG TERM GRAZING
This mixture includes:
Pensel |
Tetraploid |
Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass |
Donata |
|
Cocksfoot |
Boyne |
Diploid |
Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass |
Lofa |
|
Hybrid Fescue |
Comer |
|
Timothy |
Herb Blend |
|
Herb |
Barelite |
|
Tall Fescue |
Merwi |
Medium Leaf |
White Clover |
Iona |
Small Leaf |
White Clover |
Violin |
Large Leaf |
White Clover |
Dakisha |
|
Meadow Fescue |
RECOMMENDED SOWING RATE: 35 kgs/ha (14 kgs/acre)
TETRAPLOID CONTENT: 16.25%
FEATURES
- All-round mixture suitable for cattle and sheep, while also providing food and habitat for insects, including crop pollinators.
BENEFITS
- Diverse range of varieties has shown a reduction in the amount of fertiliser needing to be applied.
- Our research has shown that lambs grazing this kind of mixture are healthier and have a better daily liveweight gain over a shorter period.
- Increased soil health.
ADDITIONAL POINTS
- An MSP Herb Ley sown in spring 2019 at 14 kgs/acre grazed six ewes in lamb with triplets. It was top-dressed with 50kgs of 20:10:10. The ewes lambed on field grazed nine ewes per acre with twins grass-only fed. In summer, it was top-dressed with another 50kgs of 20:10:10. The lambs were spained and fattened with grass over summer and autumn before the ewes went back to the tup.