Have you ever spent long nights awake thinking about the role of the different types of ryegrasses?
Or perhaps you pass your time on the tractor questioning ...
Seed Dating: Seed Treatment protecting your investment - grasses
When ordering your seed this season, consider protecting your grasses during those critical first six weeks with Superstrike® seed treatment. Shifting weather patterns can lead to increased soil and pest challenges, potentially hindering your pastures before they are even established. Adding seed treatment to your next pasture order is as simple as requesting it from your rural merchant. Even better, all of our grass varieties available this season can be supplied with Superstrike® seed treatment. Give your pastures the best start possible! Find out more here: www.agricom.co.nz/products/seed-treatment or www.seedtreatment.co.nz/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Seed Dating: Revel annual ryegrass
Annual ryegrass is a great fit for any landscape due to its short season nature. In temperate climates like New Zealand, tetraploid annual ryegrass provides valuable bursts of feed between cropping cycles. Agricom's brand new annual variety Revel stands out with its consistent ability to recover from a range of environmental conditions. It’s the ideal choice to follow summer crops like maize or chicory, delivering punches of winter feed to your farm system before spring rolls around again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Seed Dating: Ecotain® environmental plantain
Al & Juddy explore the power of plantain from a common weed that has been commercialised into a valuable forage plant for animals. Ecotain® environmental plantain is the only plantain scientifically proven to dilute, delay, reduce and restrict nitrogen leaching from the urine patch. Beyond its environmental benefits, plantain offers high mineral content which helps defend against L3 larvae. Whether you’re looking to meet nitrogen leaching targets, boost animal health with micronutrients or provide summer resilient forage for your stock, Ecotain is a versatile solution for any farming system.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Seed Dating: Legion perennial ryegrass
Legion marked the beginning of Al’s second generation of succession planning as Agricom’s Product Development Manager. This versatile perennial ryegrass is well suited to a range of conditions, from cold environments and late season challenges to milder winter climates. With characteristics such as low aftermath seedhead and strong resilience, Legion is an all round performer you can rely on.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Seed Dating: Attribute white clover
Including Attribute white clover in your pastures offers significant benefits, from boosting milksolid production, improving pasture management and by providing natural nitrogen cycling. What sets Attribute apart is that it's bred right here in New Zealand. Its genetic plasticity and adaptability to different environments and management styles makes it perfectly suited for Kiwi farmers and farming systems. Make Attribute your go-to white clover this season to drive production on any farm type.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Have you ever spent long nights awake thinking about the role of the different types of ryegrasses?
Or perhaps you pass your time on the tractor questioning Ecotain’s® ability to reduce nitrate leaching?
If so you may want to check in with your health care professional, but in the meantime, Al and Juddy are here to help explain the technical, practical and sometimes humorous implications of forages and animal systems that keep New Zealand farmers leading the world.
Allister Moorhead (Al) is Agricom’s Senior Agronomist and Product Development Specialist & Dr Glenn Judson (Juddy) is Agricom’s Nutritional and Farm Systems Specialist.
For more information about Agricom, their product and management advice, visit www.agricom.co.nz
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