Ruralco Brassica Guide 2019

RURALCO BRASSICA GUIDE This guide is designed to offer you the latest information on a number of Ruralco Seed’s top selling brassicas and their different features and benefits.

Kale REGAL ®

FARM TYPE

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

90–220

4

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

Gaucho, Superstrike®, Ultrastrike®

Regal® is an intermediate height kale that has been bred for a high leaf percentage for better utilisation, in conjunction with a high total yield in order to maximise stock productivity. Extensively trialled prior to commercial release, Regal® has been proven to perform well against other kales in the market.

• High yielding intermediate height kale with a potential yield of 16,000 kg DM/ha • High leaf-to-stem ratio, with very good late winter leaf percentage • Very good winter hardiness and excellent pest and disease tolerance

SOVEREIGN FARM TYPE

FIREFLY

COLEOR

FARM TYPE

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

98–168

4

• Medium-tall kale with excellent yield potential • Late flowering variety that maintains leafy crops into early September • Thinner stemmed, with good leaf-to-stem ratio

FARM TYPE

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

150–220 4 • High yielding intermediate height kale with high leaf-tostem ratio and very good late winter leaf percentage • Excellent crop utilisation due to selection for soft stems • Very good winter hardiness and excellent pest and disease tolerance

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

150–220 4–5 • Very good winter hardiness and snow loading ability • Consistently high leaf to stem ratio, around 60%, high in DM content, ME and digestibility, providing good utilisation • Medium stem, high yielding and low SMCO (S-methylcysteine sulphoxide)

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

Bare (limited stock), Gaucho, Superstrike®, Ultrastrike®

Ultrastrike

Bare, Cropcote

®

Kale SOVGOLD

FARM TYPE

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

98–168

4

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

Gaucho, Superstrike®, Ultrastrike®

• Produces a very high leaf yield, which converts to a high leaf-to-stem ratio • Bred with stem quality in mind • Late flowering kale

KESTREL

CORSA

FARM TYPE

DAYS TO GRAZING

SovGold is a modern New Zealand bred kale that combines excellent quality with a high yield potential. SovGold has a very high top end yield potential, although average yields are around 10–14 t DM/ha, depending on management and environment.

SovGold has demonstrated outstanding stem quality in trials and this has been experienced on farm as impressive utilisation by all classes of stock.

SovGold will be well suited to all cattle grazing systems and sheep systems that sow late to control crop height for utilisation by sheep.

PROTEOR

FARM TYPE

SOWING RATE KG/HA

150–220 4

DAYS TO GRAZING

FARM TYPE

SOWING RATE KG/HA

150–220 4

• Outstanding leaf-to-stem ratio with very good late winter leafiness • Excellent crop utilisation due to highly digestible stem

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

150–220 4–5

• High yielding giant type kale

• High leaf-to-stem ratio

• Highest leaf-to-stem ratio of giant kales

• High yield potential

• Winter hardy

• Very good winter hardiness • Good disease tolerance

• Superior animal production due to enhanced forage quality

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

Bare, Gaucho, Superstrike , Ultrastrike®

Gaucho, Superstrike , Ultrastrike®

Cropcote

®

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Rape MAINSTAR

FARM TYPE

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

70–84

3–4 ALONE 2.5–3 IN MIXES

WITH RELISH, ECOTAIN® OR CHOICE

1–2 WITH SHORT TERM RYEGRASS

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

Gaucho, Superstrike®, Ultrastrike®

GOLIATH® FARM TYPE

Mainstar is a modern early maturity rape with excellent regrowth potential, and extremely good aphid tolerance.

Mainstar is a very versatile brassica that is suited for a wide range of soil fertility, environmental conditions, stock classes and sowing times.

Due to Mainstar’s early grazing and multiple opportunities to graze regrowth, Mainstar can be sown with herb and clover mixes.

• Fast recovery from grazing with excellent yields and the potential for three grazings • Suitable for summer, autumn and early winter feeding • Ideal for mixing with herbs and clovers

INTERVAL FARM TYPE

SF GREENLAND FARM TYPE

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

90–110

4

90–110

4

70–90

3–4

• High yielding multi-graze giant rape with a potential yield of 14,000 kg DM/ha

• Tall, very high yielding variety

• Very late flowering, medium height, leafy type

• Excellent tolerance to dry conditions

• Multi-graze flexibility

• Multi-graze forage rape with excellent summer/autumn/ early winter feed

• Good regrowth ability

• Summer/autumn/winter feed option

• Superior regrowth potential with excellent winter keeping properties

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

Gaucho, Superstrike , Ultrastrike®

Bare, Agricote

Bare, SF Force Field Plus

®

Swede CLUTHA GOLD

FARM TYPE

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

170–250 0.8–1.5 AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

Gaucho, Superstrike®, Ultrastrike®, NEW Pelleted

Clutha Gold is the latest swede bred from the Forage Innovations plant breeding joint venture between Plant and Food Research and PGG Wrightson Seeds. It has been developed to supersede Aparima Gold swede. Clutha Gold has significant yield advantage over Aparima Gold, while maintaining its clubroot and dry rot disease tolerances.

• Very high yielding main crop swede • New Zealand bred and evaluated • Yellow-fleshed bulb with medium maturity

MAJOR PLUS FARM TYPE

DAYS TO GRAZING

TRIUMPH

INVITATION

FARM TYPE

SOWING RATE KG/HA

150–220 0.8–1.5

DAYS TO GRAZING

FARM TYPE

SOWING RATE KG/HA

168–210 0.8–1.2

• Softest bulb swede on the market

• Very high yielding, yellowfleshed, main-crop swede

• Good yielding swede with a potential yield of 16,000 kg DM/ha

• Leafy swede with good leaf retention in winter

• Early maturing, traditional yellow-fleshed, main swede crop

• High dry rot tolerance

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

170–250 0.8–1.5 • High yielding yellow-fleshed swede with good dry rot tolerance and resistance to club root and powdery mildew • Excellent bulb keeping ability and leaf retention • Late flowering, minimising the chance of animal health problems associated with ‘bolting’ swede crops

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

Bare, Gaucho, Superstrike , Ultrastrike®, NEW Pelleted

Gaucho, Ultrastrike , NEW Pelleted

Bare, Agricote

®

®

Turnip BARKANT ®

FARM TYPE

DAYS TO GRAZING

60–90

SOWING RATE KG/HA

1–3

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

Gaucho, Superstrike , Ultrastrike®, NEW Pelleted ®

Barkant® turnips produce high quality feed with a high metabolisable energy value, meaning greater animal performance can be achieved. It is a high-performance feed for lactating dairy cows, supplying the energy required to boost milk production.

• Highest yielding summer bulb turnip available, a potential yield of 15,000 kg DM/ha • High leaf-to-bulb ratio, resulting in high levels of protein • Early maturing for excellent summer feed

SF PACER FARM TYPE

NEW YORK FARM TYPE

FARM TYPE

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

DAYS TO GRAZING

42–70

3–5

112–140 1–3

• No ripening period, allowing early access for animals onto the crop • Quick recovery, offering multiple grazings • Leafy turnip with enhanced non-bolting characteristics

DYNAMO

SOWING RATE KG/HA

DAYS TO GRAZING

SOWING RATE KG/HA

60–100

2–3

• Medium maturity at approximately 16 weeks

• High yielding

• Excellent yield potential with an improved leaf-tobulb ratio

• Quality summer feed

• Early maturing

• Bred for improved turnip mosaic virus tolerance

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

AVAILABLE SEED TREATMENT OPTIONS

Bare, SF Force Field Plus

Bare, Gaucho, Superstrike®, Ultrastrike®

Bare, Agricote

Raphno

®

PALLATON RAPHNO® The first new forage brassica species New Zealand has seen since the 1980s. Developed by PGG Wrightson Seeds under the Forage Innovations joint venture with Plant & Food Research, Pallaton Raphno® is a raphanobrassica, a hybrid between Brassica oleracea (kale) and Raphanus sativa (radish).

• HIGH FORAGE YIELDS

• GRAZING FLEXIBILITY

14% increased yield advantage relative to Goliath® forage rape in a multi-graze system (total cumulative yield from repeat harvests)

Graze Pallaton as early as 50 days after emergence, to maximise crop utilisation and regrowth potential

• CLUBROOT TOLERANCE

• PLANT PERSISTENCE UNDER MULTIPLE GRAZING’S

Pallaton Raphno® has a high tolerance to clubroot. In vitro inoculation pot trials and field trials to date have shown strong tolerance to Pukekohe, Hawke’s Bay and Southland strains of clubroot. Although Pallaton is highly tolerant to clubroot it is still susceptible to other brassica diseases

Pallaton has excellent regrowth potential and has the ability to persist for 4-5 grazings over a 12 month period

• DROUGHT TOLERANCE

38% increase in water use efficiency relative to Goliath® forage rape

• APHID TOLERANCE

32% increase in aphid tolerance relative to forage rape. Pallaton also has a higher level of tolerance to White Butterfly and Diamondback Moth

More information on Pallaton Raphno® can be found in the 2019 Pallaton Raphno® Guide, get your copy from Ruralco Seed today.

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