Grass and Roots Brochure 2021

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SHIELD

Four year quality grazer, with silage potential Grazing

Silage

Hay

MEDIUM-TERM

Shield is a medium-term mixture, ideally suited to grazing. It produces huge grazing yields and D values, as well as providing excellent ground cover. The hybrid ryegrass content provides quick re-growth for rotational grazing. The mix offers some silage potential, producing a quality first cut mid-late May.

Average Heading Date: 23rd May

MIXTURE All Recommended List Grass Varieties

3.00kg Aston Crusader Tetraploid HRG 2.50kg AberGreen Int Diploid PRG 1.50kg Nifty Int Diploid PRG

Clover available

Chicory available

Plantain available

Festulolium available

4.00kg Fintona Int Tetraploid PRG 2.00kg Galgorm Int Diploid PRG

13kg/Acre

ASTON CRUSADER Consistent high yielding variety • Second highest early spring growth yield Second highest mildew score

ABERGREEN Very high grazing yields, grazing D-value and ME yield • Joint highest winter hardiness score The highest first cut D-value • High Sugar Grass – more efficient meat and milk production

NIFTY Very high grazing yields, grazing D-value and ME yield • Joint highest winter hardiness score

FINTONA Second highest spring growth yield. • Third highest ME yield • Joint highest total mean cutting yield Joint second highest winter hardiness score

GALGORM Terrific spring and late summer growth • Very good cutting and grazing yields Comparative data taken from the Recommended Grass & Clover List for England & Wales 2020/21 (by species & ploidy group)

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Landscape Grass

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page 75

Countryside Stewardship

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page 70

Catch Crop Mixtures

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page 68

Poultry Mixtures

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Forage Rape

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page 66

Stubble Turnips

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page 65

Swede

1min
page 64

Kale

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page 63

White Clover

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page 52

Red Clover

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page 53

Lucerne

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pages 50-51

Plantain

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Beet

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pages 60-62

Root Seed

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Festulolium

1min
page 48

Chicory

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page 49

Equine Mixtures

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pages 39-43

Overseeding Mixtures

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pages 35-36

Multi Species Ley (Grazing

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pages 31-33

Long-Term Testimonials

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pages 29-30

Royal

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page 28

Majestic

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page 27

Medium-Term Testimonials

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pages 21-22

Kingdom

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page 26

Herald

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page 25

Sovereign

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page 19

Crusader

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page 24

Long-Term Mixtures

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page 23

Centenary

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Squire

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Shield

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page 17

Fortress

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page 16

Grass Characteristics

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Tower

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