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2018
Ley Mixtures
From
Why Choose
Monarch Leys?
When it comes to picking the right The combination of the factors below,
grass mixture, you need to be sure that together with the experience and
your choice offers the best balance of knowledge of our authorised distributors,
performance and value available. means Monarch customers can be
sure they have nothing but the best.
So what makes Monarch a cut
and a bite above the rest?
First Class Seed Quality
Ensuring more viable seeds in every bag
Innovative Seed Treatment
Why Choose Monarch Leys?
Headstart® GOLD ensures rapid
germination and stronger, healthier plants
Tetraploid Power
Index Optimum levels of tetraploid grasses
means high sugars and improved intakes
Why Reseed? 1-2
Seed Quality 3 Top Performing Varieties
How to Establish a New Ley 4 We include varieties endorsed by the UK
Recommended Lists
Seed Treatment 5
LG Animal Nutrition 6-7 Unrivalled Customer Service
Monarch Mixture Selection Chart 8-9 Expert advice from our team of seed
Cutting Mixtures 10-13
specialists enables growers to make the
most of our products
Grazing Mixtures 14-19
Dual Purpose Mixtures 20-23 Now Includes LG Animal
Nutrition Mixtures
Other Grass Products 24-27
Unique mixtures designed to be
Other Key Crops 28-32 superior in their nutritional quality,
leading to improved production
Organic Mixtures 33-35
and ultimately more profit
Smart Rotations 36
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Contacts 37
Terms & Conditions of Sale
All varieties and products listed in this catalogue are offered strictly subject to safe harvest, final certification and remaining
unsold on receipt of orders. All other Terms & Conditions of Sale will be advised by your individual Monarch stockist.
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Why Reseed?
Why is reseeding
so important?
Good grass leys contribute hugely
to lowering production costs, but
as a sward ages, its yield and feed
quality decreases significantly. This is
caused largely by the ingress of lower
yielding, lower quality weed grasses.
Reseeding gives the opportunity to
replace older varieties and weed
grasses with the newest genetics
that offer a multitude of benefits.
Benefits of reseeding
Why Reseed?
Improved Feed Quality
• Higher ME
• More digestible
• Higher sugars
• Increased protein
Increased Palatability
• Increased voluntary Intakes
More Forage
• Increased silage yields
• Increased grazing yields
• Better disease resistance
Better Stock Holding Capacity
• Extended growing season
• Increased drought tolerance
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More efficient use of Inputs
• Better yield response to fertilisers
• Nitrogen fixation from clovers
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Value of
Reseeding
Reduced feed bills
The table below shows how the yield lead to increased concentrate costs. A
and energy content of a typical ley regular reseeding programme reduces
changes over time and how this can money spent on bought-in feeds.
Concentrate
Age of Ryegrass Herbage Lost ME
Yield cost to replace
Sward Content (t DM/Ha)
ME Grown
(years) (%) (MJ/kg DM) (MJ/ha)
lost ME
(£/ha)
2 95 13.5 12.0 - -
3 90 12.6 11.8 13,320 197
5 80 11.2 11.5 33,200 491
7 70 9.8 11.3 51,260 759
Why Reseed?
9 60 8.4 11.0 69,600 1,030
11 50 7.0 10.8 86,400 1,279
Source: AHDB
Increased profitability
Studies carried out at Teagasc in year, increases the amount of grass
Ireland have shown that increasing produced and utilised. This leads
the area of the farm reseeded each to improved farm net profit.
12000 7
Grass Utilisation (Kg DM/Ha)
Net Profit (Euro cents/litre)
10000 6
5
8000
4
6000
3
4000
2
2000 1
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0 0
1 5 10 15
Proportion of Farm Reseeded (%)
Grass DM Utilised (kg/ha) Net Profit in Euro Cents per Litre (c/l)
Source: Shalloo et al 2011
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Seed Quality
The UK has two quality standards of Some mixtures adhere to the Higher
grass seed, with many mixtures only Voluntary Standard (HVS) which has
meeting EU minimum standards. more stringent purity requirements.
It is our aim to supply Monarch leys at quality
levels that exceed both of these standards
Seed Quality
Purity
EU Quality Monarch Quality
Pure Seed 96% 98%
Inert Matter 3.2% 2%
Weed Species 0.8% Trace
A 13kg acre bag from other grass suppliers could
contain over 0.5kg of inert material and weed seeds!
Germination
EU Legal HVS Monarch
Species
Minimum Standard Target
Perennial Ryegrass 80% 80% 90%
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Italian Ryegrass 75% 75% 85%
Hybrid Ryegrass 75% 75% 85%
A 13kg acre bag from other grass suppliers
could contain less than 10kg of viable seed!
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How to establish
a new ley
Follow these steps to successfully
establish your Monarch ley
1. Resolve drainage and
compaction problems
2. Soil test to assess pH and nutrient
levels. The optimum requirements are:
• pH 6.0 (6.5 for clover)
• P indices of 2
• K indices of 2-
Consult AHDB’s nutrient management
guide (RB209) or obtain advice from
How to Establish a New Ley
a FACTS qualified advisor to correct
deficiencies
3. Choose your sowing date. Soil
moisture and temperature are the key
factors. Typical drilling dates would be:
Spring:
March-April for grass swards
April-May for grass and clover swards
Autumn:
August-September for grass swards
July-August for grass and clover swards
4. Prepare a firm, fine seedbed
5-8cm deep. Ring rolling prior to
seeding helps ensure adequate
moisture and an even drill depth
5. Seed using a harrow/seeder or by
direct drilling. If broadcasting, field
should be lightly harrowed. Seed
should be no deeper than 6mm
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6. Roll again to ensure good
soil to seed contact
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Seed Treatment
HEADSTART® GOLD
Get your grass off to a flying start
Faster establishment Stronger seedlings
Higher plant numbers
HEADSTART® GOLD is the latest in elements to stimulate root formation,
performance-enhancing seed treatments, development and growth.
developed using the latest scientific
research and field experience. A stronger root system during the
seedlings critical start-up phase
HEADSTART® GOLD uses a combination leads to better access to moisture
of enzymes, seaweed extracts and trace and nutrients; producing stronger,
Seed Treatment
more stress resistant plants.
HEADSTART® GOLD comes as standard on Monarch mixtures where you see
the HEADSTART® GOLD logo.
HEADSTART® GOLD
How it Works
Biostimulants
• Promotes the supply of nutrients Enzyme Activity
• Ensures efficient use of nutrients • Stimulates growth of roots/shoots
• Prevents deficiency of trace elements • A catalyst for photosynthesis
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Trace Elements Seaweed Extract with
• Copper, Molybdenum, Phosphorous High Cytokinin Content
and Sulphur - all essential for rapid • Promotes cell division & metabolism
rooting and initial seedling growth • Leads to faster germination
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What is LG
Animal Nutrition?
The LG Animal Nutrition (LGAN) Independent trials conducted by
accreditation is used to denote varieties leading scientific institutes have
and mixtures that deliver superior shown clear increases in animal
nutritional value, whilst maintaining performance using LG Animal Nutrition
excellent agronomic qualities and yield. products - look out for the logo.
More Efficient Production
Feeding grass with improved quality makes up a significant proportion
allows producers to maximise efficiency of production costs. Increasing the
and reduce production costs. Animal nutritional quality of this feed will help
feed, whether in the form of bought-in increase milk and meat production.
concentrates or home-grown forage,
LG Animal Nutrition
For more information on the LGAN concept visit lgseeds.co.uk/lgan
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Animal
Feeding Trials
Work carried out at the Schothorst fed the LGAN mixture produced an
Research Institute in the Netherlands, additional 1.4 litres of milk per day,
compared cows fed a diet including a worth an additional £118 a year, per
high quality LGAN grass mixture, with a cow, at a milk price of 28 pence per litre.
group fed a control mixture. The animals
Schothorst Institute
Animal Feeding Trials Control Mixture Mixture
Feed Efficiency
1.24 1.30
Milk production per kg fed
Milk Yield
28.5 litres 29.9 litres
Litres per cow per day
Extra Milk Per Cow Per Year
- +420 litres
Assuming 300 milking days
LG Animal Nutrition
Extra Profit Per Cow Per Year
- +£118
Assuming 28p per litre
5% Higher Feed Efficiency 5% More Milk An Extra £118 Per Cow
Forage Quality Trials
Dartington Forage Intensive
Quality Trials 2014/15 Control Mixture Grazing Mix Benefit
Dry Matter Yield (t/Ha) 9.81 11.59 +1.78
Energy Content (MJ/Kg) 13.69 13.82 +0.13
Energy Yield (MJ/Ha) 134,508 160,202 +25,694
19% Higher Energy Yield More Sugar and Digestible Fibre An Extra £1,357 per Ha
Grass mixture trials carried out at NIAB of forage quality. The LGAN mixture
TAG in Dartington, Devon, tested the produced significantly more energy than
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forage quality of LGAN grass mixtures the control mix. An additional 25,694
against a control mixture of recommended MJ/Ha is equivalent to an additional
varieties. The results showed that using 4,848 litres of milk, worth £1,357/
recommended varieties is not a guarantee Ha, at a milk price of 28 pence per litre.
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Mixture Selection Chart
Mainly Cutting
Grass Booster p10
18 months value silage mix
Quality Silage
p11
Short 2 years high energy silage
Clovercut
Term 2-3 years silage, with red clover p10
Protein Silage
Mixture Selection Chart
p12
4 years maximum protein
Maxicut
p13
Medium 4+ years early cut quality silage
Term
Multicut p13
5+ years flexible quality silage
Long
Term
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Key To Abbreviations Used In The Mixture Descriptions
EPRG: Early Perennial Ryegrass IPRG: Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
LPRG: Late Perennial Ryegrass Tet: Tetraploid WC: White Clover9
Mainly Grazing Dual Purpose
Hymax p20
Short term, high yielding,
dual purpose mix
Silage & Grazing
Mixture Selection Chart
Matrix 40 p15 p21
Versatile cutting and
grazing mixture
Matrix 70 p16
Flexiscot p22
Medium to long term mix for
Matrix with Timothy p17 Scotland and Northern England
Matrix Sheep & Lamb
Medium to long term p17
extended grazing
Intensive Grazing p18 Greensward p22
Quality grazing mixture for Value long term dual purpose mix
maximum production Permanent Pasture
Multigraze p19 Long term dual purpose p23
Dense mixture for with Timothy
intensive grazing
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HRG: Hybrid Ryegrass SSMG: Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
CRF: Creeping Red Fescue VNS: Variety Not Specified RC: Red Clover10
Grass Booster Clovercut
(Blended Ryegrass)
Short Term
Short Term
A 2/3 year cutting mixture consisting of
This mixture uses Italian ryegrasses tetraploid grasses and red clover to give
to provide tremendous yields and fast top quality, highly nutritious silage.
regrowth over an 18 month period. • Gives big yields of high energy, high
• Ideal catch crop sown after maize, sugar and high protein silage
arable silage or wholecrop • Fixes atmospheric nitrogen
Cutting Mixtures
• Helps prevent winter soil • Designed for cutting but
erosion and mops up nutrients aftermath can be grazed
to help prevent leaching • Good drought tolerance
• Fast spring growth suited • Now treated with HEADSTART®
to an early silage cut GOLD for improved establishment
• A great budget short term ley option
2kg Amalgam HRG (Tet)
40% Italian Ryegrass (Tet)
6kg Enduro/Solid HRG (Tet)
40% Italian Ryegrass
3kg Red Admiral RC Blend
10% IPRG (Tet)
Pack size: 11kg
10% IPRG
Pack size: 25kg 73%
27%
50%
Tetraploid Ryegrass
50%
Red Clover
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Tetraploid Ryegrass
Diploid Ryegrass11
Quality Silage
Short Term
A high energy, highly digestible silage
4kg Gemini IRG (Tet)
mixture, giving improved production from
conserved grass. 2kg Davinci IRG
• Good D-Value, DNDF and energy 2kg Meribel IRG
content to maximise production
• Good sugar content for quick 2.5kg Amalgam HRG (Tet)
silage fermentation and efficient
Cutting Mixtures
2.5kg Scapino HRG (Tet)
conservation of nutrients
• Very high yielding - up to four Pack size: 13kg
cuts per year for two years
• Well suited to zero grazing
or multicut systems
Trial Results
Energy Yield
215,710
Total ME Yield (MJ/Ha)
208,452
Quality Silage Control Mix
NIAB TAG Trials 2014/15
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69%
31%
Tetraploid Ryegrass
Diploid Ryegrass12
Protein Silage
Medium Term
Produces a protein rich silage
4.2kg Trintella IPRG (Tet)
that minimises the need for
supplementation of protein in the diet. 4.2kg Pensel IPRG (Tet)
• The ideal complement to high 0.6kg Violin WC
energy feeds such as LG Animal
Nutrition maize silage 3kg Red Admiral RC Blend
• Includes red and white clovers to Pack size: 12kg
Cutting Mixtures
increase digestibility and palatability
• High sugar tetraploid grasses
balance the high protein clovers Trial Results
and improve silage fermentation Protein Content
• Includes Violin; the highest yielding
white clover on the Recommended List 15.2
Protein Content %
70% 12.7
25%
5%
Protein Silage Control Mix
Tetraploid Ryegrass NIAB TAG Trials 2014/15
Red Clover
White Clover
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Maxicut Multicut
Medium Term Long Term
A medium term cutting mixture designed Multicut is a long term cutting
to give high yields of early cut, top quality mixture which offers excellent yields
silage over a 4 year period or longer. of high quality silage with more
flexible heading dates, combined with
• Rapid spring growth excellent leafy aftermath grazing.
ensures early first cut
• Close heading dates for • High tetraploid content gives increased
high quality silage sugar levels and high ME silage
Cutting Mixtures
• Suits all cutting regimes • Superb disease resistance
and drought tolerance
• High sugars for improved fermentation
• Late heading grasses boost
aftermath grazing
• Also available with Ensign
Plus white clover blend
4kg Montova IPRG (Tet)
4kg Aston Bonus IPRG (Tet) 4kg Aston Bonus IPRG (Tet)
2kg Copeland IPRG 2kg Meiduno LPRG (Tet)
3kg Solomon IPRG 4kg Novello LPRG (Tet)
Pack size: 13kg 3kg Timing LPRG
Pack size: 13kg
62%
38% 77%
Tetraploid Ryegrass 23%
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Diploid Ryegrass Tetraploid Ryegrass
Diploid Ryegrass14
Matrix Enhanced®
Ryegrass Mixtures
What is Matrix Benefits of Matrix
Enhanced® Ryegrass? Enhanced® Ryegrass
Matrix is a high quality grazing festulolium • Begins growing at lower temperatures
variety which gives a much extended than ryegrass, giving up to 3 weeks
grazing season and faster regrowth than extra growth in the spring
a conventional ryegrass. Matrix was • Continues to grow much later in
Grazing Mixtures
developed by Cropmark in New Zealand the autumn than ryegrass, giving
and is an inter-generic hybrid consisting an additional 3 weeks grazing
of around 80% diploid perennial ryegrass • Very rapid regrowth in-between
and 20% meadow fescue. grazings
• Very dense, fine-leaved sward which
resists poaching and treading
• Excellent forage quality
and digestibility
• Unique growth characteristics perfectly
suited to paddock management
or rotational grazing systems
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Matrix 40
Medium Term
A grazing mixture that gives excellent
nutritional value over an extended 40% Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass
growing season.
35% Xenon LPRG (Tet)
• Good energy, protein, sugar and
digestibility for maximum feed value 7.5% Cancan LPRG
• Excellent ground cover for 7.5% Romark LPRG
resistance to poaching and
Grazing Mixtures
increased sward longevity 10% Ensign Plus White Clover Blend
• The high percentage of white clover
Pack size: 25kg
increases the protein content and
reduces the need for applied fertiliser
40%
35%
15%
10%
Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass
Tetraploid Ryegrass
Diploid Ryegrass
White Clover
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Matrix 70
Medium Term
A high proportion of Matrix
70% Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass
Enhanced® Ryegrass, together with
the best late heading tetraploid 20% Xenon LPRG (Tet)
perennial ryegrasses and clover.
10% Ensign Plus WC Blend
• The pinnacle of modern
grazing mixtures Pack size: 25kg
Grazing Mixtures
• Exceptional yield and quality over
an extended growing season
• Suited for warmer parts of the
country, unless overseeding
• High white clover content
70%
20%
10%
Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass
Tetraploid Ryegrass
White Clover
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Matrix With Matrix Sheep
Timothy & Lamb
Medium Term Medium Term
A mixture formulated as a result of our This Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass
extensive product development trials. mixture has been specially formulated
for grazing sheep and lambs.
• Matrix and Timothy both grow at a
lower temperature, giving excellent • Offers rapid regrowth and
growth on the shoulders of the season extended grazing
• Superb spring growth allows • Includes ryegrass varieties that
Grazing Mixtures
earlier turnout tolerate very close grazing
• The addition of Timothy adds • Stoloniferous small leaved white clovers
winter hardiness persist well under sheep grazing
• The highest yielding grazing mixture
in our recent trials
40% Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass
40% Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass 10% Pensel IPRG (Tet)
15% Comer Timothy 10% Solomon IPRG
20% Xenon LPRG (Tet) 10% Xenon LPRG (Tet)
15% Matiz LPRG 20% Matiz LPRG
10% Ensign Plus WC Blend 5% Aberystwyth S184
Pack size: 25kg 5% Grasslands Demand WC
Pack size: 25kg
40% 15%
20% 10% 40% 20%
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15% 30% 10%
Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass
Tetraploid Ryegrass Timothy Diploid Ryegrass White Clover
Diploid Ryegrass White Clover Tetraploid Ryegrass18
Intensive Grazing
Long Term
A mixture formulated to maximise
3kg Drift LPRG (Tet)
voluntary intakes and increase animal
production from grazed grass. 3kg Novello LPRG (Tet)
• Highly palatable and highly digestible 3kg Xenon LPRG (Tet)
tetraploid grasses increase the
rate of digestion, leading to 3kg Twymax LPRG (Tet)
Grazing Mixtures
improved voluntary intakes
1kg Ensign Plus WC Blend
• Outstanding energy content means
more milk and meat from every bite Pack size: 13kg
• High sugars and digestible fibre
improve digestion efficiency
Trial Results
Energy Yield
92%
160,202
8%
Total ME Yield (MJ/Ha)
Tetraploid Ryegrass
White Clover 134,508
Intensive Control Mix
Grazing
NIAB TAG Trials 2014/15
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Multigraze
Long Term
A long term grazing mixture that
delivers a top class, dense, leafy 2.5kg Xenon LPRG (Tet)
sward - ideal for sheep grazing. 3kg Drift LPRG (Tet)
• Now includes Matrix Enhanced ®
2kg Matiz LPRG
Ryegrass for earlier spring
growth, improved sward density 2kg Romark LPRG
Grazing Mixtures
and faster regrowth
• Suitable for intensive 2.5kg Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass
grazing by all livestock 1kg Ensign Plus WC Blend
• Provides excellent ground cover during
wet periods or on damper ground Pack size: 13kg
• Late heading varieties ensure leafy,
stem free growth for longer
• White clover content boosts protein
and fixes atmospheric nitrogen
42%
31%
19%
8%
Tetraploid Ryegrass
Diploid Ryegrass
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Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass
White Clover20
Hymax
Short Term
A very high yielding 3/4 year ley,
4kg Hymer HRG (Tet)
capable of producing multiple
cuts with aftermath grazing. 3.5kg Scapino HRG (Tet)
• Hybrid ryegrasses give early spring 3kg Enduro/Solid HRG (Tet)
growth, fast regrowth and higher
2.5kg Copeland IPRG
Dual Purpose Mixtures
yields than perennial ryegrass
• High tetraploid content offers
Pack size: 13kg
excellent palatability, high digestibility
and increased production
• Can be supplied with white clover
• Perfect for use as a break
crop in arable rotations
81%
19%
Tetraploid Ryegrass
Diploid Ryegrass
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Silage and Grazing
Medium Term
A versatile mixture with a perfect balance
2.25kg Pensel IPRG (Tet)
of nutritional qualities when cut or grazed.
2.25kg Trintella IPRG (Tet)
• Includes varieties that express superior
nutritional qualities under both grazing 2kg Solomon IPRG
and conservation managements, to
Dual Purpose Mixtures
give improved animal performance 2.5kg Xenon LPRG (Tet)
• High D-value and digestible fibre
3kg Matiz LPRG
maximises nutrient availability
and increases voluntary intakes 1kg Ensign Plus WC Blend
• High energy and sugars fuel
milk and meat production Pack size: 13kg
• Includes LG Animal Nutrition White
Clover Blend to increase palatability, 54%
mineral and protein content 38%
Trial Results 8%
Chart shows the excellent sugar (WSC)
of Silage & Grazing mixture throughout Tetraploid Ryegrass Diploid Ryegrass
the growing season compared with the
control mixture.
35.0
30.0
25.0
WSC%
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20.0
15.0
10.0
10-Apr 10-May 09-Jun 09-Jul 08-Aug 07-Sep 07-Oct
Control Mix Silage & Grazing NIAB TAG Trials 201422
Flexiscot Greensward
Medium Term Long Term
A medium/long term dual purpose A long term dual purpose mixture which
mixture, tried and tested across offers excellent value for money.
Scotland and northern England.
• Suitable for grazing, silage or hay
• Hybrid ryegrasses give early growth and all classes of livestock
for spring grazing or first cut silage • Good winter hardiness
Dual Purpose Mixtures
• Successive growth pattern of varieties • Successive growth pattern of
gives reliable, consistent growth varieties offers great flexibility
throughout the growing season
• A cost effective solution
• Excellent winter hardiness
• Suitable for all classes of livestock and 3kg Carraig EPRG (Tet)
for silage, grazing or hay production
2.5kg Aston Bonus IPRG (Tet)
1kg Hymer HRG (Tet) 2kg Trintella IPRG (Tet)
2kg Carraig IPRG (Tet) 1kg Elyria IPRG
2kg Montova IPRG (Tet) 1kg Copeland IPRG
1kg Copeland IPRG 2kg Matiz LPRG
1kg Drift LPRG (Tet) 0.5kg Comtal Timothy
1kg Meiduno LPRG (Tet) 0.5kg Crusader WC
1kg Pastour LPRG
Pack size: 12.5kg
2kg Toddington LPRG
1kg Comtal Timothy 60%
1kg Ensign Plus WC Blend 32%
Pack size: 13kg
4%
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54% 8%
4%
30% 8%
Tetraploid Ryegrass Timothy
Tetraploid Ryegrass Timothy Diploid Ryegrass White Clover
Diploid Ryegrass White Clover23
NIAB TAG Trials 2014
Permanent Pasture
Long Term
Permanent Pasture is a long term, dual
1.5kg Carraig EPRG (Tet)
purpose mixture that delivers outstanding
performance over many years. 1.5kg Copeland IPRG
• Includes Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass 1.5kg Drift LPRG (Tet)
for earlier spring growth, improved 1kg Novello LPRG (Tet)
Dual Purpose Mixtures
sward density and faster regrowth
1.5kg Timing LPRG
• The best selling mixture in
the Monarch range 1kg Romark LPRG
• Highly productive in varied growing 2.5kg Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass
conditions from fertile lowlands
1.5kg Comtal Timothy
to cooler, more severe uplands
• Suitable for extensive or 1kg Ensign Plus WC Blend
intensive management systems, Pack size: 13kg
across all livestock types
31%
31%
19%
11%
8%
Tetraploid Ryegrass
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Diploid Ryegrass
Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass
Timothy
White CloverOther Grass Products
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Equipaddock Original
Long Term
Equipaddock Original is a flexible grazing
1.5kg Early Perennial Ryegrass
or cutting ley designed specifically
for use by horses and ponies. 3kg Intermediate Perennial
Ryegrass
• Forms a very dense rhizomatous 2.5kg Late Perennial Ryegrass
sward, which is suited to hard grazing
and has the ability to repair itself 1kg Timothy
Other Grass Products
• Capable of producing good yields 0.25kg Smooth Stalked
of high quality horse hay Meadow Grass
• Suitable for gallops, where good 1.75kg Creeping Red Fescue
ground cover is beneficial
Pack size: 10kg
• Responds well to moderate use of
nitrogen fertiliser to bulk up yields
and aids with recovery after cutting
Call
70% 01472 370117
for our
10% Equipaddock
leaflet to see
17% the full range
3%
Diploid Ryegrass
Timothy
Creeping Red Fescue
Smooth Stalked
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Westerwolds
Short Term
Westerwolds is an annual crop that offers
Sowing Rate: 13-16kg/acre
the highest yields of any ryegrass and is
used to produce huge yields over 1 year. 32-40kg/Ha
• Very vigorous and quick to establish
• Spring crops are ready for silaging in Key Varieties
Other Grass Products
just 9 to 10 weeks from sowing and
are capable of producing 3 to 4 cuts Peleton - A tetraploid variety, that
• Sowing after maize harvest has a larger seed size with increased
prevents problems associated vigour, giving the best opportunity
with bare stubbles, whilst for rapid establishment.
increasing forage production
• Westerwolds can be added to longer Prompt - bred for additional
term ley mixtures to give extra persistence, this variety has improved
yield and earlier growth potential winter hardiness and is therefore
suitable for autumn sowings.
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Rejuvenator Clover
Rejuvenator
Medium Term
Medium Term
Rejuvenator is an economical, medium
term solution for repairing damaged
pastures and boosting yields. The perfect mixture to rejuvenate the
grass and clover content of a sward,
• Vigorous tetraploid grasses significantly improving forage production
establish quickly and compete and quality of old or tired pastures.
well with the existing sward
Other Grass Products
• All of the benefits of Rejuvenator
• Short term grasses give good
with added clover
early spring growth
• Ideal for adding in white clover after
• Longer term grasses offer good
non-clover safe herbicide use
ground cover and persistency
• Clover and larger seeded grasses
• Sow at 10kg per acre for
make calibration of equipment and
overseeding into existing pasture
sowing easier than clover seed alone
• Helps reduce the fertiliser bill
30% Davinci IRG
25% Enduro HRG (Tet) 57% Montova IPRG (Tet)
20% Carraig EPRG (Tet) 30% Xenon LPRG (Tet)
25% Montova IPRG (Tet) 13% Ensign Plus WC Blend
Pack size: 10kg Pack size: 10kg
70% 87%
30% 13%
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Tetraploid Ryegrass Tetraploid Ryegrass
Diploid Ryegrass White Clover28
Forage Chicory -
Grasslands Choice
Why grow Forage Chicory? Management
• Increased milk production • Drill into warm, well drained soils
• Higher liveweight gain in (10°C) at a depth of about 10mm.
lambs and beef animals • Can be sown in herbal strips or
• Good drought tolerance and blocks, rather than throughout
mid-summer growth the ley, to simplify management.
Please note; topping may be
Other Key Crops
• Elevated mineral and trace element
required to prevent bolting.
content for healthy livestock
• Best rotationally grazed. Re-grazing
• Very high forage quality
should only be undertaken when 2 to
and digestibility
4 leaves per plant have fully re-grown.
Sowing Rate:
2-6kg acre straight
1-4kg/acre in a grass/clover mix
Preferred Variety
Grasslands Choice is a cool season variety, most compatible with grasses in mixtures.
It exhibits long season growth, only becoming dormant at near freezing temperatures.
Herb Mix 30% Sheeps Parsley
Mixed Herbs are a valuable addition to 35% Chicory
grazing mixtures, allowing their rooting
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systems to draw up minerals and trace 10% Ribgrass
elements, essential to the diet of sheep
25% Burnet
and cattle.
Pack size: 10kg
Include at 1kg per acre29
Red Clover
Red clover offers the opportunity to reduce Why grow Red Clover?
reliance on purchased concentrate feeds,
due to its big yields of very high protein • High yields of protein rich forage
forage. Sown straight or as part of a mixed • Predominantly used for silage
grass/clover sward, red clover can produce but can also be grazed
up to 4 cuts a year with quality aftermath
• Much higher yielding than white clover
grazing. Like other leguminous plants, red
clover also fixes atmospheric nitrogen, • Reduces N fertiliser use
helping to bring down fertiliser costs. • Improves soil structure
Other Key Crops
• Drought tolerant
Red Admiral Sowing Rate:
Red Clover Blend 5-6 kg/acre straight
3kg/acre as part of grass/clover mix
Red Admiral is a blend of diploid
and tetraploid red clover varieties
with a range of flowering dates,
that has been proven to deliver
consistently high yields for three
harvest years. Red Admiral is
included in Clovercut (Page 10)
and Protein Silage (Page 12). Monarch Leys 201830
White Clover
White clover is the most important Why Grow White Clover?
forage legume currently grown in the
UK. Whether you are milking dairy cows, • High quality feed
finishing cattle or feeding sheep, this • High protein and digestibility
flexible species has an important part
• Rich in minerals
to play in the ley mixtures on your farm.
White clover has the potential to improve • Increased voluntary intakes
the quality of any leys cut and conserved and animal performance
as silage or grazed in the field, whilst also • Good drought resistance
Other Key Crops
fixing atmospheric nitrogen - reducing and mid-season growth
fertiliser costs. • Can fix over 160kg/ha of nitrogen
• Reduced N fertiliser use
• Improves soil structure
Sowing Rate:
1kg/acre as part of a grass/clover mix
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White Clover Blends
Why Grow White Clover Blends?
Ensign Plus CloverPlus
White Clover Blend Pelleted White Clover Blend
Ensign Plus is a carefully designed white Overseeding clover into an existing ley
clover blend included in many mixtures in has become a very popular method of
the Monarch range. It includes specially improving productivity and CloverPlus
selected small, medium and large is the perfect product for the job.
Other Key Crops
leaved clover varieties, making the blend CloverPlus is a white clover blend,
suitable for a range of management coated in a pellet and treated with
types. This blend of varieties ensures HEADSTART® GOLD. This unique product
optimum establishment, persistency offers several significant benefits:
and growth through the season.
• The pellet increases the weight and
size of the seed, making equipment
calibration easier and giving a more
consistent spread pattern if broadcast.
• The added weight ensures greater
numbers of seed get down
through the existing sward to give
maximum soil/seed contact.
• In dry conditions, the pellet will
protect the seed until there is
sufficient moisture for germination.
• HEADSTART® GOLD seed treatment
speeds up germination, giving
young plants the best opportunity to
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compete with the existing sward.
Pictures show untreated clover seed (top) and
CloverPlus pelleted clover seed (bottom)
Sowing Rate: 2kg/acre32
Lucerne
Lucerne provides good yields of highly Management
nutritious silage and is particularly useful
in relatively dry conditions. Lucerne is
Lucerne can be sown from April through
very high in protein and minerals and its
to August, though later sowings carry
lower cell wall content means lucerne is
a greater risk of establishment failure,
highly digestible with high intakes.
due to cooler weather and winter kill.
Seed should be treated with a
Other Key Crops
Why Grow Lucerne? Rhizobium inoculant to ensure root
nodulation and efficient nitrogen fixing.
• High protein forage
• Drought tolerant Sow at 8-15kg/acre into well drained
soils with a neutral pH. Lucerne will
• Four cuts per year possible
not tolerate waterlogged or acidic
• 3 to 5 year potential soils. Drill into moisture in 10cm
• Suitable for silage, big bales, rows, no deeper than 1cm.
hay or zero grazing
• Fixes atmospheric nitrogen First cut will usually be in late
April/May with subsequent cuts at
approximately 40 day intervals.
Please contact us
for a copy of our
comprehensive
lucerne growers
guide
01472 370117
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No.1 Organic
Fertility Builder
This mixture of Italian and hybrid
20% Organic Italian Ryegrass
ryegrasses, along with highly productive
red clover, will not only boost soil fertility 30% Organic Italian Ryegrass (Tet)
but will also help increase soil humus
levels, over the course of two years. 20% Organic Hybrid Ryegrass (Tet)
30% Red Clover Blend
Organic Mixtures
Sowing Rate: 13-16kg/acre
Pack size: 25kg
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No.2 Organic No.3 Organic
Grazing Cutting
This grazing mixture differs from This 4+ years organic mixture has
conventional mixtures in that it has a been designed to give that slight
high white clover content and a more edge to silage quality at each cut.
open sward, which enables the clover to
thrive. The mixture also contains mid and The choice of varieties with close cutting
late season perennials - including some dates mean all grasses are at their
very palatable tetraploids. optimum quality, at the same time.
Organic Mixtures
Despite its name, Organic Cutting
Organic Intermediate mixture also doubles up as a good
10%
Perennial Ryegrass quality grazing mixture in mid
summer, with leafy grass regrowth.
Organic Intermediate
10%
Perennial Ryegrass (Tet)
Organic Intermediate
Organic Late Perennial 40%
20% Perennial Ryegrass
Ryegrass (Tet)
Organic Intermediate
Organic Late Perennial 20%
30% Perennial Ryegrass (Tet)
Ryegrass
Organic Late Perennial
20% Late Perennial Ryegrass 10%
Ryegrass (Tet)
10% White Clover Blend
20% Late Perennial Ryegrass
10% White Clover Blend
Sowing Rate: 13-16kg/acre
Pack size: 25kg
Sowing Rate: 13-16kg/acre
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Pack size: 25kg35
No.4 Organic No.5 Organic
General Long Term
Purpose
This mixture utilises a range of species
which will thrive in lower fertility
This long term organic ley mixture conditions and less favourable soil
is highly versatile, being well suited types. Meadow fescue can, for example,
to a range of soil types and growing outyield ryegrass in lower fertility soils and
conditions. Organic General Purpose timothy will often produce more palatable
will produce high quality silage from herbage than perennial ryegrass when
one or two cuts with aftermath grazing.
Organic Mixtures
grown on wetter, heavy soils. This mixture
Conversely, if used as a grazing ley, is ideal for land that you would prefer not
the white clover blend will enhance to plough too often.
digestibility, as well as inputting soil
nitrogen. Organic General Purpose is
suitable for all classes of livestock. Organic Intermediate
25%
Perennial Ryegrass (Tet)
Organic Intermediate Organic Late Perennial
20% 15%
Perennial Ryegrass Ryegrass (Tet)
Organic Intermediate 15% Late Perennial Ryegrass (Tet)
25%
Perennial Ryegrass (Tet)
Organic Late Perennial
Intermediate Perennial 15%
10% Ryegrass
Ryegrass
15% Organic Timothy
Organic Late Perennial
15%
Ryegrass 5% Meadow Fescue
10% Late Perennial Ryegrass (Tet) 10% White Clover Blend
10% Organic Timothy
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Sowing Rate: 13-16kg/acre
10% White Clover Blend
Pack size: 25kg
Sowing Rate: 13-16kg/acre
Pack size: 25kg36
SR2: For Cover, Catch,
Forage Crops & Leys
SR2 is a soil conditioning package of soil-borne phosphorous that can then
Mycorrhizal fungi and Rhizobacteria be efficiently transported to the plant
proven to give significant yield benefits in by the AMF. PGPR support a robust
newly sown leys. plant immune system and produce
plant hormones aiding growth and
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) development.
grow into the establishing grass roots,
increasing the uptake surface area by Put simply, plants grown in SR2 treated
up to 700 times. This increases nutrient soils are:
availability and uptake by the plant
and improves drought tolerance. Plant • Higher yielding
defence mechanisms are also improved • Healthier
by the partnership. • More drought tolerant
• More efficient at collecting nutrients
Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria
from the soil
(PGPR) are a group of bio fertilisers able
Smart Rotations
to fix atmospheric nitrogen and unlock
Relative DM Yield
Untreated Treated with SR2 % Yield Increase
Tetraploid Ryegrass* 100 139 39%
Diploid Ryegrass** 100 134 35%
Source: LG replicated trials 2016 *100% = 6.40t/Ha over 4 cuts **100% = 3.22t/Ha over 3 cuts
Application rate:
10kg/Ha
Application Method:
• Granules must be as close
to the seed as possible
Apply by:
• Mixing with seed at drilling
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• Using granular applicators
• Broadcasting and incorporating
into seedbed
Please contact us for more information37
Contacts
For more information
about our Monarch
range, please visit:
lgseeds.co.uk/monarch
This site also features
a list of key
Monarch distributors
Contacts
For technical advice and
the name of your nearest
Monarch stockist contact:
Scotland South & S Isles
& N Ireland Graham Parnell
John Heaphy tel: 01566 776 784
tel: 01875 833 356 mob: 07795 037 959
mob: 07774 929 742
Northern England West & South
& Midlands Rick Swait
John Spence tel: 01278 671 700
tel: 01673 885 429 mob: 07885 775 965
mob: 07710 981 984
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West & North Wales Eastern Counties
Brian Copestake Toby Green
tel: 01283 711 162 tel: 01722 714 909
mob: 07702 681 366 mob: 07899 661 8642018
Ley Mixtures
www.lgseeds.co.uk/monarch
E: enquiries@limagrain.co.uk
T: 01472 371471
@LGSeedsUK
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