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LG Monarch grasS mixtures 2020
WHY CHOOSE LG MONARCH
GRASS MIXTURES? WHY RESEED?
When it comes to The combination of the factors below, Why is reseeding so important?
selecting the right together with the experience and knowledge
grass mixture, you of our authorised distributors, means LG Good grass mixtures contribute hugely to Reseeding gives the opportunity to replace
need to be sure that Monarch customers can be sure that they lowering production costs, but as a sward older varieties and weed grasses with the
your choice offers have nothing but the best. ages, its yield and feed quality decreases newest genetics that offer a multitude of
the best balance of significantly. This is caused largely by the benefits.
performance and So what makes LG Monarch a cut ingress of lower yielding, lower quality weed
value available. grasses.
and a bite above the rest?
First Class Seed Quality Benefits of Reseeding Increased Palatability
Ensuring more viable seeds in every bag. Improved Feed Quality • Increased voluntary intakes
WHY CHOOSE MONARCH LEYS?
• Higher ME
Innovative Seed Treatment • More digestible Better Stock Holding Capacity
HEADSTART® GOLD ensures rapid germination • Higher sugars
and stronger, healthier plants. • Increased protein • Extended growing season
• Increased drought tolerance
WHY RESEED?
Tetraploid Power More Forage
Optimum levels of tetraploid grasses means More Efficient Use of Inputs
• Increased silage yields
high sugars and improved intakes. • Increased grazing yields • Better yield response to fertilisers
• Better disease resistance • Nitrogen fixation from clovers
Top Performing Varieties
We include varieties endorsed by the UK Value of Reseeding
Recommended Lists. Reduced feed bills
Unrivalled Customer Service The table below shows how the yield and concentrate costs. A regular reseeding
energy content of a typical mixture changes programme reduces money spent on bought-
Expert advice from our team of seed over time and how this can lead to increased in feeds.
specialists enables growers to make the most
of our products.
AGE OF RYEGRASS YIELD HERBAGE ME LOST ME CONCENTRATE
SWARD CONTENT (T DM/HA) (MJ/KG DM) GROWN COST TO REPLACE
Includes LG Animal (YEARS) (%) (MJ/HA) LOST ME (£/HA)
Nutrition Mixtures 2 95 13.5 12.0 - -
Unique mixtures designed to be superior in 3 90 12.6 11.8 13,320 197
their nutritional quality, leading to improved 5 80 11.2 11.5 33,200 491
production and ultimately, more profit. 7 70 9.8 11.3 51,260 759
Terms & Conditions of Sale 9 60 8.4 11.0 69,600 1,030
All varieties and products listed in this catalogue are offered strictly subject to safe harvest, final certification and remaining 11 50 7.0 10.8 86,400 1,279
unsold on receipt of orders. All other Terms & Conditions of Sale will be advised by your individual LG Monarch stockist.
Source: AHDB
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SEED QUALITY SEED TREATMENT
The UK has two quality standards of grass seed, with many mixtures only meeting EU minimum HEADSTART® GOLD
standards. Some mixtures adhere to the Higher Voluntary Standard (HVS) which has more
stringent purity requirements. Get your grass off to a flying start.
Faster establishment Stronger seedlings
It is our aim to
supply LG Monarch Higher plant numbers
grass mixtures at
quality levels that HEADSTART® GOLD is the latest in performance-enhancing seed treatments, developed using
exceed both of the latest scientific research and field experience.
these standards HEADSTART® GOLD uses a combination of enzymes, seaweed extracts and trace elements to
stimulate root formation, development and growth.
HEADSTART® GOLD comes as standard on LG Monarch mixtures where
you see the HEADSTART® GOLD logo.
SEED TREATMENT
SEED QUALITY
Purity HEADSTART® GOLD
How it Works
EU QUALITY LG MONARCH QUALITY
Biostimulants Enzyme Activity
Pure Seed 96% 98%
• Promotes the supply of nutrients • Stimulates growth of roots/shoots
Inert Matter 3.2% 2%
Weed Species 0.8% Trace • Ensures efficient use of nutrients • A catalyst for photosynthesis
• Prevents deficiency
A 13kg acre bag from other grass suppliers could contain over 0.5kg of inert of trace elements
material and weed seeds!
Germination
SPECIES EU LEGAL HVS LG MONARCH
MINIMUM STANDARD TARGET
Perennial Ryegrass 80% 80% 90%
Italian Ryegrass 75% 75% 85% Seaweed Extract with High
Hybrid Ryegrass 75% 75% 85% Trace Elements Cytokinin Content
• Copper, Molybdenum, Phosphorous and • Promotes cell division & metabolism
A 13kg acre bag from other grass suppliers could contain less than 10kg of Sulphur - all essential for rapid rooting and • Leads to faster germination
viable seed! initial seedling growth
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WHAT IS LG ANIMAL PRODUCING THE
NUTRITION? PERFECT MIXTURE
The LG Animal Nutrition (LGAN) accreditation is used to denote varieties and mixtures that Plant breeders have long recognised
deliver superior nutritional value, whilst maintaining excellent agronomic qualities and yield. the importance of nutritional attributes TYPICAL VARIATION
FEED QUALITY BETWEEN THE BEST AND
and aim to produce varieties that show CHARACTERISTIC WORST VARIETIES IN TRIAL
improvements in feed value, as well as
Why is the feed quality of grass so important? agronomic characteristics such as yield SUGAR 5%
and disease resistance. However, there are PROTEIN 5%
As with any other type of feed, improving the nutritional value of grass can have a significant
still significant differences in even the best
impact on intakes, productivity and feed efficiency. DIGESTIBLE FIBRE 10%
varieties. The table to the right shows the
typical variation in different feed quality ENERGY 1.2ME
Sugar Content (%) Protein Content (%) characteristics between varieties in LG
Monarch trials.
Water soluble carbohydrates (WSC) are sugars Protein is a key nutrient for production and
that provide readily available energy for use growth. High energy feeds such as maize,
by rumen microbes. Feeding grasses with an need to be balanced with high protein feeds, LGAN mixtures have been formulated by combining the optimum proportions of varieties, with
increased WSC content has been linked to to provide sufficient nitrogen for the rumen superior nutritional attributes, to create a mixture with an improved feed quality profile.
LG ANIMAL NUTRITION
LG ANIMAL NUTRITION
increased intakes and production. microbes.
The mixtures have been thoroughly tested in both forage quality trials and animal feeding trials
where they’ve demonstrated clear benefits over traditionally formulated grass mixtures.
Digestible Fibre (dNDF) Energy Content (MJ/Kg DM)
Feeding forage with a high level of dNDF is Feeding performance and animal output is
key to improved animal performance. A 1% improved by using forages with the highest Animal feeding trials - Schothorst Research Institute, Netherlands
increase in dNDF can increase intakes by metabolizable energy content (ME).
0.17kg per day, increasing milk yield by 0.25kg ME is directly correlated with D-Value (1
per day (Oba and Allen, 1999). Unlike sugar percentage point “D” is equivalent to 0.16MJ/ CONTROL An additional 1.4
content that can vary significantly throughout Kg ME). A one unit increase in D-value has MIXTURE litres of milk per day,
MIXTURE worth an extra £126
the day, dNDF levels are more stable, being been shown to increase milk yields by as
less affected by temperature and sunshine. a year per cow
much as 0.4 litres per cow per day and ENERGY CONTENT MILK PER KG FED 1.24 1.3 (assuming 300 milking
liveweight gains by 40g per day (beef) and MILK YIELD LITRES PER COW PER DAY 28.5 29.9 days at £0.30p/litre)
20g per day (sheep).
Forage quality trials - NIAB TAG, Dartington, Devon
CONTROL An additional
MIXTURE 25,694MJ/Ha,
MIXTURE equivalent to 4,848
litres of milk worth
ENERGY CONTENT MJ/KG 13.69 13.82 £1454/Ha (assuming
ENERGY YIELD MJ/HA 134,508 160,202 £0.30p/litre)
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MIXTURE SELECTION CHART MIXTURE SELECTION CHART
Mainly Cutting Mainly Grazing Dual Purpose
Hymax
SHORT TERM Short term, high yielding,
p20
Grass Booster p11 dual purpose mix.
18 months value silage mix.
Quality Silage p12
2 years high energy silage.
Clovercut p13
2-3 years silage, with red clover.
MIXTURE SELECTION CHART
MIXTURE SELECTION CHART
Matrix 40 p17 Silage & Grazing p21
MEDIUM TERM Medium to long term Versatile cutting and
extended grazing. grazing mixture.
Maxicut p14
4+ years early cut quality silage. Flexiscot p22
Medium to long term mix
for Scotland and Northern
England.
Intensive Greensward p23
LONG TERM Grazing p18 Value long term dual
purpose mix.
Quality grazing mixture
Multicut p15 for maximum production.
5+ years flexible quality silage. Permanent Pasture p24
Multigraze p19 Long term dual purpose
Long term dense grazing with Timothy.
mixture perfect for sheep.
Key to abbreviations used in the mixture descriptions.
EPRG: Early Perennial Ryegrass IPRG: Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass HRG: Hybrid Ryegrass SSMG: Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
LPRG: Late Perennial Ryegrass Tet: Tetraploid WC: White Clover CRF: Creeping Red Fescue VNS: Variety Not Specified RC: Red Clover
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HOW TO ESTABLISH GRASS BOOSTER
A NEW LEY (BLENDED RYEGRASS)
Follow these steps to successfully establish your LG Monarch grass Short Term
Managing maize stubbles
mixture This mixture uses Italian ryegrasses to provide
tremendous yields and fast regrowth over an Leaving maize stubbles bare
1. Resolve drainage and compaction over winter is not only a missed
problems 18 month period.
opportunity to produce more forage
2. Soil test to assess pH and nutrient levels. • Ideal catch crop sown after maize, arable but can also lead to soil erosion and
The optimum requirements are: silage or wholecrop loss of valuable nutrients.
• Helps prevent winter soil erosion and
• pH 6.0 (6.5 for clover) Sowing a mixture such as Grass
mops up nutrients to help prevent
Booster after maize helps alleviate
• P indices of 2 leaching
these problems.
• K indices of 2- • Fast spring growth suited to an early
silage cut
HOW TO ESTABLISH A NEW LEY
3. Consult AHDB’s nutrient management Prevent run off 3
• A great budget short term ley option
guide (RB209) or obtain advice from
a FACTS qualified advisor to correct • 50% Tetraploid, 50% Diploid Build organic matter 3
CUTTING MIXTURES
deficiencies • Pack Size: 25Kg
4. Choose your sowing date. Soil moisture Retain soil nutrients 3
and temperature are the key factors. Tetraploid Diploid
Typical drilling dates would be:
%0 10 20 30 40 50 Increase production 3
Spring: March-April for grass swards
April-May for grass and clover swards
Autumn: August-September for grass IRG
swards July-August for grass and clover
swards
IRG
5. Prepare a firm, fine seedbed 5-8cm deep.
Ring rolling prior to seeding helps ensure
adequate moisture and an even drill depth IPRG
6. Seed using a harrow/seeder or by direct
drilling. If broadcasting, field should be IPRG
lightly harrowed. Seed should be no
deeper than 6mm
7. Roll again to ensure good soil-to-seed
contact
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QUALITY SILAGE CLOVERCUT
Short Term Short Term
A high energy, highly digestible silage mixture, • 65% Tetraploid, 35% Diploid A 3 year cutting mixture consisting of • 73% Tetraploid, 27% Red Clover
giving improved production from conserved • HEADSTART® GOLD treated tetraploid grasses and red clover to give top • HEADSTART® GOLD treated
grass. quality, highly nutritious silage.
• Pack Size: 13Kg • Pack Size: 11Kg
• Good D-Value, dNDF and energy content • Gives big yields of high energy, high sugar
to maximise production and high protein silage
• Good sugar content for quick silage • Fixes atmospheric nitrogen
fermentation and efficient conservation of In LG Monarch trials, Quality Silage
• Designed for cutting but aftermath can be
nutrients produced 21.5t DM/Ha in its first harvest
grazed
year (2017) and nearly 162,000MJ/Ha.
• Very high yielding - up to four cuts per • Good drought tolerance
The most of any mixture.
year for two years
• Our highest yielding red clover mix
• Well suited to zero grazing or multicut
systems
Tetraploid Red Clover
CUTTING MIXTURES
CUTTING MIXTURES
Tetraploid Diploid
% Early Intermediate Late Clover
% Early Intermediate Late Clover 60
30 50
25 40
Red Admiral RC
Amalgam HRG
20 30
Enduro HRG
Amalgam HRG
15 20
Messina IRG
Enduro HRG
Meribel IRG
Belluna IRG
10 10
5 0
Heading Date
07 May
17 Jun
WC
RC
0
Heading Date
10 May
17 Jun
WC
RC
12 13MAXICUT MULTICUT
Medium Term Long Term
A medium term cutting mixture designed to • 62% Tetraploid, 38% Diploid Multicut is a long term cutting mixture which • 77% Tetraploid, 23% Diploid
give high yields of early cut, top quality silage • HEADSTART® GOLD treated offers excellent yields of high quality silage • HEADSTART® GOLD treated
over a 4 year period or longer. with more flexible heading dates, combined
• Pack Size: 13Kg with excellent leafy aftermath grazing. • Pack Size: 13Kg
• Rapid spring growth ensures early first cut
• Close heading dates for high quality silage • High tetraploid content gives increased
sugar levels and high ME silage
• Suits all cutting regimes
• Superb disease resistance and drought
• High sugars for improved fermentation
tolerance
Tetraploid Diploid • Late heading grasses boost aftermath
grazing
% Early Intermediate Late Clover • Also available with Ensign Plus white
40 clover blend
CUTTING MIXTURES
CUTTING MIXTURES
35
Tetraploid Diploid
30
25 % Early Intermediate Late Clover
20 40
Fintona IPRG
15 35
Pensel IPRG
Moira IPRG
Elyria IPRG
10 30
5 25
0 20
Meiduno LPRG
Heading Date
Oakpark LPRG
07 May
17 Jun
WC
RC
Novello LPRG
Fintona IPRG
15
10
5
0
Heading Date
07 May
17 Jun
WC
RC
14 15MATRIX ENHANCED®
RYEGRASS MIXTURES MATRIX 40
What is Matrix Benefits of Matrix Medium Term
Enhanced® Ryegrass? Enhanced® Ryegrass A grazing mixture that gives excellent • 35% Tetraploid, 15% Diploid, 40%
Matrix is a high quality grazing festulolium • Begins growing at lower temperatures nutritional value over an extended growing Enhanced Ryegrass, 10% White Clover
variety which gives a much extended than ryegrass, giving up to 3 weeks extra season. • HEADSTART® GOLD treated
grazing season and faster regrowth than a growth in the spring • Good energy, protein, sugar and • Pack Size: 25Kg
conventional ryegrass. • Continues to grow much later in the digestibility for maximum feed value
Matrix was developed by Cropmark in autumn than ryegrass, giving an additional • Excellent ground cover for resistance to
New Zealand and is an inter-generic hybrid 3 weeks grazing poaching and increased sward longevity
consisting of around 80% diploid perennial • Very rapid regrowth in-between grazings Matrix 40 produced 10% more energy
• The high percentage of white clover
ryegrass and 20% meadow fescue. than the control mixture in 2017 LG
• Very dense, fine-leaved sward which increases the protein content and reduces
Monarch Trials.
resists poaching and treading the need for applied fertiliser
• Excellent forage quality and digestibility
• Unique growth characteristics perfectly Tetraploid Diploid Enhanced Ryegrass Clover
GRAZING MIXTURES
GRAZING MIXTURES
suited to paddock management or
% Early Intermediate Late Clover
rotational grazing systems
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
Oakpark LPRG
Romark LPRG
15
Xenon LPRG
Matrix ERG
Ensign Plus
10
5
0
Heading Date
07 May
17 Jun
WC
RC
16 17INTENSIVE
GRAZING MULTIGRAZE
Long Term Long Term
A mixture formulated to maximise voluntary • 92% Tetraploid, 8% White Clover A long term grazing mixture that delivers a • 43% Tetraploid, 30% Diploid, 19%
intakes and increase animal production from • HEADSTART® GOLD treated top class, dense, leafy sward - ideal for sheep Enhanced Ryegrass, 8% White Clover
grazed grass. grazing. • HEADSTART® GOLD treated
• Pack Size: 13Kg
• Highly palatable and highly digestible • Now includes Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass • Pack Size: 13Kg
tetraploid grasses increase the rate of for earlier spring growth, improved sward
digestion, leading to improved voluntary density and faster regrowth
intakes Intensive Grazing produced 15% more • Suitable for intensive grazing by all
energy than the control mixture in Multigraze produced 10% more energy
• Outstanding energy content means more livestock than the control mixture in 2017 LG
milk and meat from every bite 2017 LG Monarch Trials.
• Provides excellent ground cover during Monarch Trials.
• High sugars and digestible fibre improve wet periods or on damp ground
digestion efficiency • Late heading varieties ensure leafy, stem
free growth for longer
Tetraploid White Clover
GRAZING MIXTURES
GRAZING MIXTURES
• White clover content boosts protein and
% Early Intermediate Late Clover fixes atmospheric nitrogen
30 Tetraploid Diploid Enhanced Ryegrass Clover
25
20 % Early Intermediate Late Clover
Meiduno LPRG
30
Novello LPRG
15
Xenon LPRG
Ensign Plus
Drift LPRG
10 25
20
Aston King LPRG
5
Meiduno LPRG
Drumbo LPRG
15
Xenon LPRG
0
Matrix ERG
Ensign Plus
Heading Date
07 May
17 Jun
WC
RC
10
5
0
Heading Date
07 May
17 Jun
WC
RC
18 19SILAGE &
HYMAX GRAZING
Short Term Medium Term
A very high yielding 3/4 year ley, capable • 81% Tetraploid, 19% Diploid A versatile mixture with a perfect balance of • 58% Tetraploid, 34% Diploid,
of producing multiple cuts with aftermath nutritional qualities when cut or grazed. 8% White Clover
• HEADSTART® GOLD treated
grazing. • HEADSTART® GOLD treated
• Pack Size: 13Kg • Includes varieties that express superior
• Hybrid ryegrasses give early spring nutritional qualities under both grazing • Pack Size: 13Kg
growth, fast regrowth and higher yields and conservation managements, to give
than perennial ryegrass improved animal performance
• High tetraploid content offers excellent • High D-value and digestible fibre
Silage and Grazing produced 16% more
palatability, high digestibility and maximises nutrient availability and
energy than the control mixture in 2017
increased production increases voluntary intakes
LG Monarch Trials.
• Can be supplied with white clover • High energy and sugars fuel milk and meat
• Perfect for use as a break crop in arable production
DUAL PURPOSE MIXTURES
DUAL PURPOSE MIXTURES
rotations • Includes Ensign Plus White Clover Blend to
increase palatability, mineral and protein
Tetraploid Diploid content
% Early Intermediate Late Clover Tetraploid Diploid White Clover
40
% Early Intermediate Late Clover
35
40
30
35
25
30
20
25
Scapino HRG
15
Enduro HRG
Hymer HRG
Moira IPRG
20
10
Drumbo LPRG
Federer IPRG
15
Moira IPRG
5
Ensign Plus
Drift LPRG
10
0
Heading Date 5
07 May
17 Jun
WC
RC
0
Heading Date
07 May
17 Jun
WC
RC
20 21FLEXISCOT GREENSWARD
Long Term Long Term
A medium/long term dual purpose mixture, • 53% Tetraploid, 31% Diploid, A long term dual purpose mixture which offers • 60% Tetraploid, 32% Diploid,
tried and tested across Scotland and northern 8% Timothy, 8% White Clover excellent value for money. 4% Timothy, 4% White Clover
England. • HEADSTART® GOLD treated • HEADSTART® GOLD treated
• Suitable for grazing, silage or hay and all
• Hybrid ryegrasses give early growth for • Pack Size: 13Kg classes of livestock • Pack Size: 12.5Kg
spring grazing or first cut silage • Good winter hardiness
• Successive growth pattern of varieties • Successive growth pattern of varieties
gives reliable, consistent growth offers great flexibility
throughout the growing season
• A cost effective solution
• Excellent winter hardiness
• Suitable for all classes of livestock and for Tetraploid Diploid Timothy White Clover
silage, grazing or hay production
DUAL PURPOSE MIXTURES
DUAL PURPOSE MIXTURES
% Early Intermediate Late Clover
Tetraploid Diploid Timothy White Clover 30
25
% Early Intermediate Late Clover
20
Anaconda EPRG
30
Federer LPRG
Fintona IPRG
15
Timing LPRG
Comtal Tim
Moira IPRG
Elyria IPRG
25
Crusader
10
Toddington LPRG
20
5
Drumbo LPRG
Carraig EPRG
Fintona IPRG
15
Hymer HRG
Comtal Tim
Ensign Plus
Elyria IPRG
0
Drift LPRG
10 Heading Date
07 May
17 Jun
WC
RC
5
0
Heading Date
07 May
17 Jun
WC
RC
22 23EQUIPADDOCK
PERMANENT PASTURE ORIGINAL
Long Term Long Term
Permanent Pasture is a long term, dual • 31% Tetraploid, 31% Diploid, Equipaddock Original is a flexible grazing or • 70% Diploid, 10% Tmothy,
purpose mixture that delivers outstanding 19% Enhanced Ryegrass, cutting ley designed specifically for use by 17% Creeping red fescue,
performance over many years. 11% Timothy, 8% White Clover horses and ponies. 3% Smooth stalked meadow grass
• Includes Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass for • HEADSTART® GOLD treated • Forms a very dense rhizomatous sward, • Pack Size: 10Kg
earlier spring growth, improved sward • Pack Size: 13Kg which is suited to hard grazing and has the
density and faster regrowth ability to repair itself Diploid Timothy SSMG CRF
• The best selling mixture in the Monarch • Capable of producing good yields of high
range quality horse hay %0 10 20 30
• Highly productive in varied growing • Suitable for gallops, where good ground
conditions from fertile lowlands to cooler, cover is beneficial
Elyria IPRG
more severe uplands • Responds well to moderate use of
DUAL PURPOSE MIXTURES
OTHER GRASS PRODUCTS
• Suitable for extensive or intensive nitrogen fertiliser to bulk up yields and
management systems, across all livestock aids with recovery after cutting Sumpak IPRG
types
Tetraploid Diploid Enhanced Ryegrass Timothy White Clover Timing LPRG
% Early Intermediate Late Clover Erecta
30
Tim
To see our full
25 Equipaddock Evora
SSMG
Toddington LPRG
20 range visit:
Anaconda EPRG
Meiduno LPRG
15
Comtal Tim
Moira IPRG
Matrix ERG
Corail CRF
Ensign Plus
lgseeds.co.uk/equipaddock
10
5
0
Heading Date
07 May
17 Jun
WC
RC
24 25WESTERWOLDS REJUVENATOR
Short Term Medium Term
Westerwolds is an annual crop that offers the Sowing Rate: • 3-16Kg/acre Rejuvenator is an economical, medium term Tetraploid
highest yields of any ryegrass and is used to • 32-40Kg/Ha solution for repairing damaged pastures and
produce huge yields over 1 year.
• Pack Size: 25Kg
boosting yields. %0 10 20 30
• Very vigorous and quick to establish • Vigorous tetraploid grasses establish
• Spring crops are ready for silaging in just 9 quickly and compete well with the existing Udine IRG
to 10 weeks from sowing and are capable sward
of producing 3 to 4 cuts • Short term grasses give good early spring
Key Varieties: growth
Enduro HRG
• Sowing after maize harvest prevents
problems associated with bare stubbles, Peleton • Longer term grasses offer good ground
whilst increasing forage production cover and persistency Carraig EPRG
• Westerwolds can be added to longer term A tetraploid variety, that has a larger seed • Sow at 10kg per acre for overseeding into
OTHER GRASS PRODUCTS
OTHER GRASS PRODUCTS
ley mixtures to give extra yield and earlier size with increased vigour, giving the best existing pasture Fintona IPRG
growth potential opportunity for rapid establishment.
• 100% Tetraploid
• Pack Size: 10Kg
Prompt
Bred for additional persistence, this diploid
variety has improved winter hardiness making
it suitable for autumn sowings.
26 27FORAGE CHICORY HERB MIX
Why grow Forage Chicory? Management Why include herbs to your mix? 30% • Sheeps Parsley
• Increased milk production • Drill into warm, well drained soils (10°C) at • Improves variation in the diet and can lead 35% • Chicory
• Higher liveweight gain in lambs and beef a depth of about 10mm. to increased liveweight gains compared 10% • Plantain
animals • Can be sown in herbal strips or blocks, with ryegrass only mixtures 25% • Burnet
• Good drought tolerance and mid-summer rather than throughout the ley, to simplify • Excellent drought tolerance leading to • Pack Size: 1Kg
growth management. Please note; topping may good summer production
be required to prevent bolting. • Deep rooted species draw up essential
• Elevated mineral and trace element
content for healthy livestock • Best rotationally grazed. Re-grazing should minerals and trace elements.
only be undertaken when 2 to 4 leaves per
• Very high forage quality and digestibility • Include at 1Kg per acre
plant have fully re-grown.
Preferred Variety Sowing Rate: • 2-6Kg acre straight
• 1-4Kg/acre in a
Grasslands Choice is a cool season grass/clover mix
OTHER KEY CROPS
OTHER KEY CROPS
variety, most compatible with grasses • Pack Size: 2.5Kg
in mixtures.
It exhibits long season growth, only
becoming dormant at near freezing
temperatures.
28 29WHITE CLOVER WHITE CLOVER BLENDS
White clover is the most important forage Why Grow White Clover? Why Grow White Clover Blends? CloverPlus
legume currently grown in the UK. Whether
you are milking dairy cows, finishing cattle • High quality feed
Pelleted White Clover Blend?
Ensign Plus
or feeding sheep, this flexible species has an • High protein and digestibility Overseeding clover into an existing ley has
important part to play in the ley mixtures on White Clover Blend
• Rich in minerals become a very popular method of improving
your farm. productivity. CloverPlus is the perfect product
• Increased voluntary intakes and animal Ensign Plus is a carefully designed white
White clover has the potential to improve clover blend included in many mixtures in for the job. CloverPlus is a white clover
performance
the quality of any leys cut and conserved as the Monarch range. It includes specially blend, coated in a pellet and treated with
silage or grazed in the field, whilst also fixing • Good drought resistance and mid-season selected small, medium and large leaved HEADSTART® GOLD. This unique product
atmospheric nitrogen - reducing fertiliser growth clover varieties, making the blend suitable offers several significant benefits:
costs. • Can fix over 160Kg/ha of nitrogen for a range of management types. This blend
of varieties ensures optimum establishment, • The pellet increases the weight and size of
• Reduced N fertiliser use
persistency and growth through the season. the seed, making equipment calibration
• Improves soil structure easier and giving a more consistent spread
pattern if broadcast.
Sowing Rate: • 1Kg/acre as part of
• The added weight ensures greater
OTHER KEY CROPS
OTHER KEY CROPS
a grass/clover mix
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 compete
with the existing sward.
Untreated clover
seed (top) and Sowing Rate: • 2kg/acre
CloverPlus pelleted • Pack Size: 5Kg
clover seed (bottom)
30 31RED CLOVER LUCERNE
Red clover offers the opportunity to reduce Why grow Red Clover? Lucerne provides good yields of highly Management
reliance on purchased concentrate feeds, due nutritious silage and is particularly useful in
to its big yields of very high protein forage. • High yields of protein rich forage relatively dry conditions. Lucerne is very high Lucerne can be sown from April through to
• Predominantly used for silage but can also in protein and minerals and its lower cell wall August, though later sowings carry a greater
Sown straight or as part of a mixed grass/
be grazed content makes it highly digestible for high risk of establishment failure, due to cooler
clover sward, red clover can produce up to 4
intakes. weather and winter kill.
cuts a year with quality aftermath grazing. Like • Much higher yielding than white clover
other leguminous plants, red clover also fixes • Reduces N fertiliser use Seed should be treated with a Rhizobium
atmospheric nitrogen, helping to bring down
• Improves soil structure Why Grow Lucerne? inoculant to ensure root nodulation and
fertiliser costs. efficient nitrogen fixing.
• Drought tolerant • High protein forage
• Drought tolerant Sow at 8-15Kg/acre into well drained soils
Red Admiral Sowing Rate: • 5-6 Kg/acre straight with a neutral pH. Lucerne will not tolerate
Red Clover Blend • Four cuts per year possible waterlogged or acidic soils. Drill into moisture
• 3Kg/acre as part of
• 3 to 5 year potential in 10cm rows, no deeper than 1cm.
Red Admiral is a blend of diploid and grass/clover mix
• Suitable for silage, big bales, hay or zero
tetraploid red clover varieties with a First cut will usually be in late April/May with
grazing
OTHER KEY CROPS
OTHER KEY CROPS
range of flowering dates, that has been subsequent cuts at approximately 40 day
proven to deliver consistently high • Fixes atmospheric nitrogen intervals.
yields for three harvest years.
Red Admiral is included in Clovercut Preferrred varieites: Get our Lucerne growers guide
(Page 13). www.lgseeds.co.uk/marshal-lucerne
Mezzo is a new variety with
outstanding yields and increased
winter hardiness
Marshal is a popular choice with
UK growers due to its consistently
high yields and thinner stems giving
increased palatibiity and harvest/
storage benefits.
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