TOPGRASS STRESS TOLERANT MIXTURE EXTREME Dual Purpose (3-4 years) (14-15kg/acre)
Contains
grasses are deep rooted • Advanced and can tolerate both drought and
14% PERUN Advanced Italian Ryegrass 14% PERSEUS Advanced Italian Ryegrass 28% LOFA Advanced Hybrid Ryegrass 15% ROMARK Dip Late Perennial Ryegrass 17% ALFONSO Tet Late Perennial Ryegrass 5% Red Clover Blend 7% White Clover Blend
high temperature Tetraploid cultivars are high in sugar and are very palatable providing forage throughout the summer months Copes equally well in very wet soils Available without clover Heading date 22 May – 3 June
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TOPGRASS OVERSEEDING MIXTURES
LEYBOOSTER RED CLOVER (10kg/acre)
Contains
for sowing after cutting or • Suitable grazing in spring or autumn • Improves soil structure and fertility for the farmer wanting to place • Suitable less reliance on applied nitrogen
35% LOFA Advanced Hybrid Ryegrass 40% CITELIAC Tet Hybrid Ryegrass 25% Red Clover Blend
LEYBOOSTER DUAL PURPOSE (10kg/acre)
Contains
for sowing after cutting or hard • Suitable grazing in spring or autumn up sward by preventing weed • Tops grass ingress • Improves quality of sward • Available without clover
30% CITELIAC Tet Hybrid Ryegrass 30% GLENSTAL Tet Int Perennial Ryegrass 30% ALFONSO Tet Late Perennial Ryegrass 10% Dual Purpose White Clover Blend
LEYBOOSTER CUTTING (10kg/acre)
Contains
for sowing after last silage • Suitable cut to top up young swards • Reduces weed grass ingress • Improves productive life of ley • Available without clover
30% LOFA Advanced Hybrid Ryegrass 40% CITELIAC Tet Hybrid Ryegrass 20% GLENSTAL Tet Int Perennial Ryegrass 10% Cutting White Clover Blend
LEYBOOSTER GRAZING (10kg/acre)
TOPGRASS ORGANIC MIXTURES (70% Organic inclusion)
TOPGRASS SHORT TERM ORGANIC (2-3 years) TOPGRASS MEDIUM TERM ORGANIC (3-4 years) TOPGRASS LONG TERM ORGANIC (5+ years) TOPGRASS ORGANIC LEY BOOSTER
Contains
for sowing after hard • Suitable grazing in spring or autumn up sward by preventing weed • Tops grass ingress quality of sward as well as • Improves life productivity • Available without clover
20% CATABI 1 Tet Int Perennial Ryegrass 30% GLENSTAL Tet Int Perennial Ryegrass 20% ASPECT Tet Late Perennial Ryegrass 20% SOLAS Tet Late Perennial Ryegrass 10% Grazing White Clover Blend
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Forage Guide 2017
Selecting and growing the correct TOPGRASS mixture 2017
TOPGRASS LEYS 2017 TOPGRASS SHORT TERM MIXTURES PRIMOGEN Advanced Catch Crop (1-2 years) (14-16kg/acre)
Contains
yielding mixture up to two • High years duration Advanced Italian Ryegrass • Includes Perun for yield and quality • 3-4 cuts of leafy high quality silage • Rapid regrowth and responsive to fertiliser • Heading date 18-23 May
40% PERUN Advanced Italian Ryegrass 30% FOX Dip Italian Ryegrass 30% KIGEZI Tet Italian Ryegrass
TOPGRASS MEDIUM TERM MIXTURES INTOGEN Cut and Graze (3-4 years) (14-15kg/acre)
Contains
first cut then either cut again • Quality or graze Aber HSG varieties enhance • 47% forage quality Solomon improves quality with • 17% high DNDF • No clover option available • Heading date 15 May – 2 June
SILOGEN Multicut Silage (2-3 years) (14-16kg/acre)
Contains
• Excellent for intensive silage production Advanced Ryegrass for persistency • 80% and quality rooting so will withstand • Deep extremes of seasons provide 3-4 high quality cuts • Will through the season • Heading date 19-26 May
NYTROGEN Red Clover (2-3 years) (12-14kg/acre)
Contains
Advanced Italian Ryegrass for • 61% high yields and quality red clover content aimed • Optimum at high protein silage rooting cultivars will improve • Deep soil structure and fertility whilst withstanding extremes of the seasons Heading date 19-26 May
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25% PERSEUS Advanced Italian Ryegrass 22% PERUN Advanced Italian Ryegrass 14% LOFA Advanced Hybrid Ryegrass 19% TETRAGRAZE Tet Hybrid Ryegrass 10% AMOS Red Clover 10% MAGELLAN Red Clover
(14-15kg/acre)
15% ABERECHO Tet Hybrid Ryegrass 15% TETRAGRAZE Tet Hybrid Ryegrass 17% SOLOMON Dip Int Perennial Ryegrass 15% ABERGREEN Dip Int Perennial Ryegrass 14% SEAGOE Tet Int Perennial Ryegrass 17% ABERAVON Dip Late Perennial Ryegrass 7% White Clover Blend
45% LOFA Advanced Hybrid Ryegrass 15% ABERECHO Tet Hybrid Ryegrass 15% TETRAGRAZE Tet Hybrid Ryegrass 12.5% SOLOMON Dip Int Perennial Ryegrass 12.5% SEAGOE Tet Perennial Ryegrass
PROTOGEN Red Clover (3-4 years) (12-14kg/acre)
Contains
has a stunning combination of • Lofa yield and forage quality full years for multi cut silage • Four production are hybrid types and are • Allidealgrasses partners to red clover whilst withstanding extremes of the seasons
high yielding persistent • Contains red clovers increasing yield and protein content
• Heading date 15-22 May
Contains
combination of varieties for • Superb yield and quality for all dual purpose requirements
inclusion makes this ideal • Timothy for colder later soils all livestock systems silage, hay • Suits and grazing Aber HSG varieties enhance • 31% forage quality and intake High DNDF varieties to improve • 40% digestibility • Available without clover or Timothy • Heading date 18 May – 12 June
14% SOLOMON Dip Int Perennial Ryegrass 14% ABERGREEN Dip Int Perennial Ryegrass 14% SEAGOE Tet Int Perennial Ryegrass 12% CANCAN Dip Late Perennial Ryegrass 17% ABERAVON Dip Late Perennial Ryegrass 15% TWYMAX Tet Late Perennial Ryegrass 7% PROMESSE Timothy 7% White Clover Blend
DAIRYGEN Dairy Intensive Grazing (5+ years)
Contains
• Lofa combines yield and forage quality • High yields for multicut silage well to fertiliser application • Responds giving rapid re-growth high DNDF from Solomon. 15% • 12.5% Aberecho for quality and yield option with 7% white clover cutting • An blend is available • Heading date 15-22 May
TROGEN Cut and Graze (5+ years) (14-15kg/acre)
EXTRAGEN Multicut Silage (3-4 years) 31% PERSEUS Advanced Italian Ryegrass 29% PERUN Advanced Italian Ryegrass 20% LOFA Advanced Hybrid Ryegrass 20% TETRAGRAZE Tet Hybrid Ryegrass
TOPGRASS LONG TERM MIXTURES
(14-15kg/acre)
Contains
Diploid perennials for extreme • 100% sward density high DNDF and high sugar • 50/50 varieties Cancan which is both high • Features DNDF and high in WSC exhibits season long yield • Abergreen and forage quality • Aberavon has excellent grazing yields • Heading date 29 May – 12 June
25% ABERGREEN Dip Int Perennial Ryegrass 15% ROMARK Dip Late Perennial Ryegrass 20% CANCAN Dip Late Perennial Ryegrass 15% PASTOUR Dip Late perennial Ryegrass 25% ABERAVON Dip Late Perennial Ryegrass
ALL GRAZE Grazing (5+ years) 45% LOFA Advanced Hybrid Ryegrass 17.5% ABERECHO Tet Hybrid Ryegrass 17.5% ABEREVE Tet Hybrid Ryegrass 10% ABERCHIANTI Red Clover 10% ABERCLARET Red Clover
(14-15kg/acre)
Contains
61% diploid perennials of • Contains excellent grazing quality • 7% White clover grazing blend • Suitable for all livestock will allow a less intensive • Clover management regime • Heading date 21 May – 4 June
24% ABERGREEN Dip Int Perennial Ryegrass 15% GLENSTAL Tet Int Perennial Ryegrass 14% CANCAN Dip Late Perennial Ryegrass 23% ABERAVON Dip Late Perennial Ryegrass 17% ABERGAIN Tet Late Perennial Ryegrass 7% White Clover Blend