Kale provides a bulk of high quality feed through late summer, autumn and winter. Kale has a deep root system which provides farmers with a drought tolerant feed, once established. Most cultivars, display good levels of aphid and clubroot tolerance. Sow kale seed as a single graze option from May to late August.
Bulb turnips provide quality feed for dairy cows for increased milk production as well as, grazing opportunities for sheep and beef cattle. Sow bulb turnip seed for stock feed in summer, autumn and winter.
Sow leafy turnip seed as a multi graze option that can offer up to four summer grazings. Leafy turnips provide grazing stock with high quality forage and increased weight gains.
Pallaton Raphno® is a raphanobrassica, a hybrid between Brassica oleracea (kale) and Raphanus sativus (radish) that is ideal for finishing lambs. Pallaton provides high quality grazing and stock feed for sheep, beef and dairy cattle and, up to 5+ grazings over a 12 month period (under ideal conditions and with recommended management).
Forage rape provides livestock with a summer/autumn/winter grazing option of quality feed. Forage rape establishes leafy, high quality sheep feed, cattle feed and dairy feed that will provide farmers with 1 to 3 grazings (variety dependent).
With a longer growing season than turnips, swedes are a spring sown, single graze option that provide winter feed and high yields in cool, moist environments. Sow swede seed as an excellent, quick winter feed option for sheep, and cattle enterprises.
The Cleancrop™ Brassica System is a crop and weed management solution all in one. Cleancrop™ combines the power of a broad spectrum herbicide (Telar™), and 4 new brassica seed cultivars bred to be resistant to the sulfonyurea herbicide Telar™.
Forage brassicas can be sown in spring, providing valuable feed through summer and can be carried through into winter, if required. They are also suitable for autumn sowings in the lower rainfall slopes and plains regions of NSW and into WA.