Perennial Ryegrass (Meerjarige Raaigras)

Diploid

Three60:

  • Late heading date,
  • High performance ryegrass with a high total production,
  • High performing variety with particular strengths in summer, autumn and winter,
  • Offers farmers reliability, dependability and quality when needed,
  • Seeding Rate: 20-25kg/ha.

One50:

  • Late heading date,
  • High performance ryegrass with a high total production,
  • High performing variety with particular strengths in summer, autumn and winter,
  • Offers farmers reliability, dependability and quality when needed,
  • Seeding Rate: 20-25kg/ha.

Platform:

  • High yielding with strong all year round production,
  • Excellent feed quality,
  • Fine leaf with high tiller density,
  • Late flowering (+12 days),
  • Strong persistence (AR37).

Boyne:

  • Top yield under cutting and grazing,
  • Good disease resistance,
  • Excellent ground cover,
  • High persistence.

Legion:

  • Legion is a new, high performance, late heading (+12-14) diploid perennial ryegrass,
  • Bred solely from perennial ryegrass plants that were individually screened for persistence, rust tolerance and vigour,
  • Legion is a particularly balanced perennial ryegrass with excellent growth potential throughout the year,
  • A perennial ryegrass with very good density, tiller size and leaf length that is suitable for sheep and beef pastures while being adaptable and productive enough to perform to a high level in dairy pastures.

Belida:

  • Improvement in disease resistance,
  • Good seasonal yield,
  • Good ground cover,
  • Good grazing tolerance,
  • Excellent regrowth,
  • Fast recovery from winter,
  • Good summer persistence.

Tetraploid

Halo:

  • Very late heading date,
  • Halo can be used in all regions, but longevity and production will be optimised on soils with good fertility and drainage,
  • Halo is a cultivar with very high tiller density,
  • Halo has very strong winter growth, heat tolerance, summer production and persistence.

Mathilde:

  • Mid-season heading date,
  • Mathilde performs best on sites with reasonable soil moisture and medium to high fertility,
  • Productive under dairy, sheep and beef management.

Perennial Ryegrass (Meerjarige Raaigras)

Information

Crop/Specie: Perennial Ryegrass

Cultivars: One50, Three60, Platform, Boyne, Halo, Mathilde, Legion, Belida

Rainfall (mm/year): 700mm + per year, 25-50mm per week

Suited Regions: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Eastern Free State, North West Province, Mpumalanga, KZN

Planting Months: Autumn (Mar - May), Spring (Sep - Oct)

Soil: Well drained clay to loam soils with high moisture content

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