Winter Grazing mixtures

Winter Grazing mixtures

Winter Grazing mixtures These diverse mixtures are well suited for grazing in the winter rainfall regions of South Africa. Early establishment in optimal conditions can provide good winter and spring production. The component in the mixture include Paraggio medic,...
Cover Crops

Cover Crops

What are the benefits of cover crops? The benefits of using cover crop mixtures are well-known and include, among others: Cover crops increase root mass in different soil layers. Cover crops lead to better aeration in the soil, as well as improved microbial...
Tiller Radish (Ripper Radys)

Tiller Radish (Ripper Radys)

Characteristics: Excellent cover crop, Nitrogen Mining & Nutrient Scavenging, GroundHog radish produces more root mass than oil seed radish or mustards, Promotes water infiltration.
Forage Rape (Voerraap)

Forage Rape (Voerraap)

Characteristics: Spitfire is a modern rape created by crossing rape with kale. It has high dry matter yield, excellent tolerance of aphids, good animal palatability, and a maturity between 90 and 100 days, Spitfire is a multi-purpose rape suited to planting in spring...
Turnip (Raap)

Turnip (Raap)

Characteristics: Rival: Early maturing (14 weeks), summer turnip, Excellent leaf production and leaf holding Tankard shaped bulb with high proportion above ground Short term, one graze, summer crop., Rival is ideally used as part of a pasture renovation programme...
Kale (Boerenkool)

Kale (Boerenkool)

Characteristics: Sovereign kale is a medium-tall, late-flowering kale. It’s a better option for mid winter/early spring feed. 12-14tDM/ha is possible.
Plantain (Plantaan)

Plantain (Plantaan)

Characteristics: Improved supply of some trace elements to animals (Cu, Zn, Se), Positive impact on animal performance, Extremely palatable to stock, Tonic can add value in terms of both dry matter and quality to any farming system, Tonic has a deep, coarse root...
Chicory (Sigorei)

Chicory (Sigorei)

Characteristics: Deep tap rooted herb, High summer yield and quality, Choice is a perennial chicory with good persistence, Improved cool-season growth, high growth rates, and excellent insect and disease resistance, Choice chicory boosts milk production in dairy cows,...
Sweet Vetch (Soetwieke)

Sweet Vetch (Soetwieke)

Characteristics: Sweet vetch is a fine stemmed annual legume with an upright growth habit. Produces very good hay and does not cause bloat. Combines well with cereal crops to make good quality hay and silage.
Faba Bean (Faba Boon)

Faba Bean (Faba Boon)

Characteristics: It is a nitrogen-fixing crop, This makes it an important rotational crop, Faba beans have a high protein value and can be used in silage mixtures, It can also be used as a cover crop in vineyards, Faba beans can also handle waterlogged...
Sweet Lupins – narrow leaf (Soet Smalblaar Lupien)

Sweet Lupins – narrow leaf (Soet Smalblaar Lupien)

Characteristics: It is an important rotational crop for soil improvement. The seed is high in protein and is often used to flush feed stock. Also used as a green manure crop. Less prone to shattering.
Bitter Lupins (Bitter Lupiene)

Bitter Lupins (Bitter Lupiene)

Characteristics: Biological weed control can be done during the vegetative growing period due to high alkaloid levels in the plant, It is an important rotational crop for soil improvement, The seed is high in protein and is often used to flush feed stock, Also used as...
Forage Peas (Voererte)

Forage Peas (Voererte)

Characteristics: Forage peas are palatable and are grown for hay and silage, Although it can take low temperatures, heavy frost can reduce the formation of the pods, It has a great potential as a rotational crop in a cropping system.
Yellow Serradella (Geel Serradella)

Yellow Serradella (Geel Serradella)

Characteristics: Serradella is a prostrate to semi-erect growing annual legume plant. It has a deep, well developed root system. Yellow Serradella has a hard-coated seed, making it possible to reestablish itself naturally. Can be mixed with Pink Serradella in initial...
Biserrula

Biserrula

Characteristics: Very good quality forage in terms of dry matter digestibility, metabolisable energy and crude protein, Tolerant to heavy grazing, High seed yield and hardseededness provide seed bank for many years.
Purple Vetch (Perswieke)

Purple Vetch (Perswieke)

Characteristics: Purple vetch is a fine stemmed annual legume with an upright growth habit, Produces very good hay and does not cause bloat, Combines well with cereal crops to make good quality hay and silage, The plant is stronger and more hairy than the other...
Medics

Medics

Characteristics: Medics are well adapted to grazing, Set stocking is normally advised, As a result of the high protein content of the plant material and the dry pods which are eaten during the summer months good animal performance is obtained, Medics is also an...
Grazing Vetch (Weiwieke)

Grazing Vetch (Weiwieke)

Characteristics: Grazing vetch is a fine stemmed annual legume with a creeping/runner growth habit, Produces very good hay and does not cause bloat, Combines well with cereal crops to make good quality hay and silage.
Boyds Clover (Boyds Klawer)

Boyds Clover (Boyds Klawer)

Characteristics: Boyds clover is an annual clover which can re-establish itself, Good production is always found in wet areas alongside vlei areas and low lying fields where water logging is found, Set stocking is advised. Peak production is in spring and early...
Rose Clover (Roosklawer)

Rose Clover (Roosklawer)

Characteristics: Rose clover is an annual clover, which can re-establish itself. Set stocking is recommended, with stock just being removed while the plant is flowering to facilitate better seed production.
Crimson Clover (Inkarnaatklawer)

Crimson Clover (Inkarnaatklawer)

Characteristics: An annual clover used for grazing and hay production as well as green manuring. The seed can vary from 30 to 70% hard coated depending on the conditions during seed production. Blaza: Mid season maturity – approx 122 days to flowering, Shows...
Berseem Clover (Berseemklawer)

Berseem Clover (Berseemklawer)

Characteristics: Egyptian clover is an annual temperate clover, which needs establishing each year, It has an erect growth habit and is sensitive to frost, Used mainly for green manuring.
Balansa Clover (Balansaklawer)

Balansa Clover (Balansaklawer)

Characteristics: Combines well with medics and subterranean clover mixtures, Although there is not much growth during the winter, spring production is good and something to witness. Production of 8 DM/ha is obtainable. Set stocking is advised. Weed control is...
Subterranean Clovers (Ondergrondse Klawer)

Subterranean Clovers (Ondergrondse Klawer)

Characteristics: Subterranean clovers are well adapted to grazing. Set stocking is normally advised. As a result of the high protein content of the plant material and the dry pods which are eaten during the summer months, good animal performance is obtained. It is an...