New Zealand Grass Seed Mixtures
High performance grazing and silage mixtures

MG N.Z. MIX 1 12.0Kg Bag
30 % Commando Inter Dip
40 % Sterling Hybrid Late Tet (90% P.R.G. 10% Italian)
30 % Samson Inter Dip


* Extended Grazing
* Excellent cool season activity
* Excellent animal performance
* Fast establishment
* Superior ground cover
* Rust resistant
* Very palatable
* Exceptional summer yields
MG N.Z. MIX 2 12.0Kg Bag
WITH N.Z. CLOVER
25% Commando Inter Dip
40 % Sterling Hybrid Iate Tet (90% P.R.G. 10% Italian)
30 % Samson Inter Dip
5% Tribute N.Z. White Clover

* Extended Grazing
* Excellent cool season activity
* Excellent animal performance
* Fast establishment
* Superior ground cover
* Rust resistant
* Very palatable
* Exceptional summer yields

Important factors to consider:


Field selection

  • Choose dryer fields to allow early grazing in spring.
  • Choose fields close to the parlour and housing facilities.
  • Choose areas visited regularly for effective pasture monitoring and management.
  • Only to a maximum of 20% of your land should be sown with cool season active grasses.

Grazing management

  • Poaching, flooding and over grazing can reduce the life of any sward.
  • Shorter rounds in the early season.
  • Low residuals (5cm) will aid in maintaining pasture quality.
  • Cutting for silage to control quality is also possible.
  • Extra grazing later in the autumn would be beneficial.

    Benefits of "Cool Season Active Grasses"

    • Reduces feed and labour costs.
    • Grass Growth later into autumn extends the grazing period.
    • Reduced time period to carry grass over the winter minimising dead material in the sward base.
    • Late- winter growth allows cows out earlier to graze.
    • Better opportunity to control pasture quality across the whole farm in spring.


    Products


    Commando P.R.G
    Perennial diploid rye grass, Commando has explosive early spring growth and excellent warm season growth. Producing feed when farmers need it most. With excellent persistence commando is bred for pro- duction in high input farming systems.


    Sterling Hybrid
     Highly persistent tetraploid rye grass. Sterling was se- lected for its high tiller density and has excellent reco- very from grazing. Sterling has unusually strong early spring activity for a late flowering rye grass. Sterling contributes valuable growth in the critical early calving and lambing period.


    Although officially classified as a hybrid, sterling has a parentage of 90% perennial rye- grass which gives it the persistency and longevity of any other perennial ryegrass.


    Samson P.R.G
    Perennial diploid rye grass selected for its versatility in a range of environments excellent persistence with a very rapid establishment. High summer and autumn production.


    New Zealand Clover
    Tribute – Medium to large leaved white clover, with excellentout of season production. Tribute is one of the most popular white clovers in New Zealand. Its high production potential under both dairy and hard sheep grazing make it an excellent all round performer.