Stubble Turnips

Ready in just 10 to 12 weeks, Stubble Turnips are grown across most areas of the country. Depending on variety, they are used as summer forage and autumn/early winter feed.

 

• Samson - Very palatable

• Vollenda - High yield and palatable

• Barkant - Yield and quality

• Kenai - New samson type

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Main Crop Turnips

Offering higher yields and better winter hardiness than Stubble Turnips, Main Crop Turnips are faster growing and maturing than Swedes, but are less persistent. Green Globe will produce globe shaped roots with good anchorage and its white flesh is suitable for grazing until Christmas by all types of livestock. Faster maturing than Massif, but not has high yielding or as hardy.

 

• Green Globe - High yielding, maturing in 100-125 days

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Forage Rape

Is a quick growing green forage, rich in protein, that tolerates poorer soils. Ready in 12 weeks, it makes very good feed for lambs, some varieties have regrowth potential if strip grazed.

 

• Interval - Hybrid variety, quick to establish

• Greenland - New variety

• Gorilla - Has some resistance to Clubroot

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Fodder Beet

Potentially the highest yielding forage crop. Valued for both high sugar content and digestible fibre, it complements high cereal and maize cattle rations. The lower dry matter types can be grazed in situ throughout the winter, although the high dry matter varieties yield better. Choice of variety will obviously depend on end usage. The highly palatable roots can be fed whole to stock although some of the harder varieties would benefit from chopping. After wilting, the tops can also be fed to stock when the risk of metabolic and digestive upsets is much reduced. Tops can be linked with milk taint in dairy cows.

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Feldherr - Blaze - Fortimo - Geronimo - Lempa - Merveille - Cagnotte - Robbos - Brigadier - Magnum - Jamon - Terine - Bangor - Enermax - Delicate - KWS Abramo - KWS Adrimo - KWS Gustea - KWS Hakimo

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Forage Mix

1kg Stubble Turnip + 0.5kg Forage Rape

Our most popular forage mix for feeding sheep and fattening lambs, it can be sown May to late August, and grazed through winter. Other mixes are available.

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Swedes

Mainly fed in situ, this high energy winter feed does best in areas of high rainfall, but is sensitive to poor drainage and compaction. Neutral to highly acidic soils are preferred, and if precision drilled, a good level seed bed is required.

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• Invitation

• Gowrie

• Marian

• Triumph (new)

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Kale

The brassica is traditionally grown for cattle for strip grazing in situ during the autumn and winter. However, it can be ensiled or cut and carted to housed animals. Can be grown on most sites throughout the UK and is very adaptable. Protein rich and winter hardy.

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• Gruner Angeliter - New, all round variety

• Proteor - Medium, very winter hardy, ideal lamb fattener, game cover

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Forage Maize

Based on production tonnages, Maize is the most important cereal in the world. A successful crop requires attention to detail in seed bed preparation and inputs. Selecting a suitable variety for the local climate and soil type is also very important for a successful crop. We have access to an excellent range of varieties including Duxxbury - Maturity 150, and Agiraxx - Maturity 170, Pixxon Maturity 170, KWS Augustus, KWS Autens, KWS Temprano, Joy, Forttuno , Makayla , Hagrid , Mojito.

 

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