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Regal KaleRegal Kale

Regal Kale 

Regal kale provides high dry matter yield and good forage quality. New Zealand-bred, Regal offers superior pest and disease tolerance and its late winter leafiness means good quality feed, ideal for pregnant and young stock.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High dry matter yields, soft stems providing excellent crop utilisation, high leaf-to-stem ratio with good late-winter leaf percentage, strong pest and disease tolerance

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 150 – 220 days

PallatonPallaton

Pallaton Raphno

Pallaton Raphno is a hybrid of Brassica oleracea (kale) and Raphanus sativus (radish) and brings impressive agronomic attributes into one cultivar. These attributes included high forage yield from multiple grazings, drought tolerance, clubroot tolerance, and improved tolerance to a range of key insects.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High forage yields, plant persistence, drought tolerance, clubroot tolerance and aphid tolerance, grazing flexibility

Sowing rate: 8 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 50 – 70 days after emergence

Barkant TurnipBarkant Turnip

Barkant Turnip 

Barkant is a high-yielding summer bulb turnip offering proven performance year after year. A quality feed with a high metabolisable energy value, Barkant helps you achieve greater animal performance and is an ideal option for lactating dairy cows, supplying the energy required to boost milk production.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High leaf-to-bulb ratio resulting in elevated levels of protein, early maturing for excellent summer feed

Sowing rate: 1 – 3 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 60 – 90 days

Clutha Gold SwedeClutha Gold Swede

Clutha Gold Swede 

Clutha Gold offers a high forage yield with good dry rot, powdery mildew and clubroot tolerance. This yellow-fleshed medium maturity swede is suitable for production of winter feed on sheep, beef, dairy and deer farms.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High-yielding main crop swede, yellow-fleshed bulb with medium maturity, disease tolerance to clubroot, dry rot and powdery mildew

Sowing rate: 0.8 – 1.8 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 170 – 250 days


Corsa KaleCorsa Kale

Corsa Kale 

Corsa is a new generation giant type kale with higher leaf percentage and enhanced stem quality when compared to conventional giant kales. Corsa will deliver a high-volume, high-quality feed for your animals.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High-yielding, giant type kale, highest leaf-to-stem ratio of giant kales, good winter hardiness, softer stem compared to other giant kale types, good aphid tolerance

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 150 – 220 days

Gruner KaleGruner Kale

Gruner Kale

Gruner kale is a high-yielding giant type kale with excellent winter hardiness and good aphid tolerance. Ideal when high dry matter yield is required to feed and maintain a higher stocking rate.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High yielding, giant type kale, excellent winter hardiness, good aphid tolerance, a proven and reliable kale for New Zealand grazing systems, excellent tolerance to frost, first and second crop option

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 150 to 220 days

Kestrel KaleKestrel Kale

Kestrel Kale

Kestrel has a high leaf percentage and soft, digestible stems that deliver an energy-dense, easy-to-graze feed. Soft stems offer excellent crop utilisation, even for young sheep, deer and cattle. Late-winter leafiness means better stock performance throughout the season. Kestrel has the adaptability to fit into a range of farm systems and soil types.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High leaf-to-stem ratio with good late-winter leafiness, excellent stem softness, high whole plant metabolisable energy content, good regrowth if lightly grazed during late summer

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 150 – 200 days

Earnslaw SwedeEarnslaw Swede

Earnslaw Swede 

Clutha Gold offers a high forage yield with good dry rot, powdery mildew and clubroot tolerance. This yellow-fleshed medium maturity swede is suitable for production of winter feed on sheep, beef, dairy and deer farms.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: Early maturing, soft bulb like Major Plus, disease tolerance to dry-rot and Alternaria

Sowing rate: 0.8 to 1.5 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 150 – 220 days


Major Plus SwedeMajor Plus Swede

Major Plus Swede

Major Plus is a traditional, yellow-fleshed swede with an early maturity date and soft bulb easily consumed by animals. A suitable option for early winter feed before moving stock onto a later maturing Clutha Gold swede for mid- to late-winter grazing.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: Softest bulb swede on the market, early maturing, good dry matter yields, yellow-fleshed, light purple-skinned bulb

Sowing rate: 0.8 to 1.5 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 150 – 220 days

Goliath Forage RapeGoliath Forage Rape

Goliath Forage Rape

Goliath forage rape can be sown during spring, summer or autumn, offering flexibility to deliver feed when you need it. Graze Goliath once or take advantage of superior regrowth potential for multiple grazings by all stock classes.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High dry matter yields, multi-purpose forage rape from spring/summer/autumn sowing, single or multi-graze feed option, superior regrowth potential, excellent winter-keeping properties, good aphid tolerance, a new generation rape and kale interspecies cross

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 90 to 110 days

Titan Forage RapeTitan Forage Rape

Titan Forage Rape

Titan forage rape combines early maturity, high dry matter yields and excellent palatability to deliver a high-quality summer/autumn/winter feed option. It is an intermediate height rape bred to replace Maxima Plus. Strong regrowth potential offers a multi-grazing option for all farm systems. Good aphid and virus tolerance means Titan will tolerate challenging conditions.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: Highest animal preference forage rape cultivar available, very good aphid and virus tolerance, high dry matter yields, excellent whole plant quality, multi-graze feed option with excellent regrowth potential, early maturing

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 70 – 90 days

Pasja II Forage BrassicaPasja II Forage Brassica

Pasja II

Clutha Gold offers a high forage yield with good dry rot, powdery mildew and clubroot tolerance. This yellow-fleshed medium maturity swede is suitable for production of winter feed on sheep, beef, dairy and deer farms.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High yields from successive grazings (potential yield of 10,000 kg of DM per ha over multiple grazings), reduced bolting, fast-establishing, excellent plant persistence after multiple grazings, minimal ripening required

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 42 – 70 days


Green Globe Certified TurnipGreen Globe Certified Turnip

Green Globe Turnip

Green Globe turnip delivers good dry matter yields for grazing animals and offers flexible sowing options. It performs in harsh winter conditions and lower soil fertility.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: Multi-purpose turnip suitable for summer, autumn and winter feed, proven winter hardiness, good yield potential (12,000 kg of DM per ha), late maturing

Sowing rate: 2 kg per ha

Days to grazing: 90 – 120 days

SovGold KaleSovGold Kale

SovGold Kale

Replacing New Zealand’s most popular kale variety Sovereign, SovGold is a modern New Zealand bred kale  that offers growers both excellent stem quality and high yield potential. SovGold is suited to sheep and cattle grazing systems with late sown crops as means of controlling crop height.

Farm type: Sheep and Beef

Traits: Stem quality, later flowering date, high leaf yield

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: 14 – 24 weeks

Mainstar Forage RapeMainstar Forage Rape

Mainstar Forage Rape 

As a versatile, modern brassica, Mainstar offers growers an early maturing rape with excellent regrowth potential and aphid and frost tolerance. Mainstar has extended grazing times from early summer to late winter and is suited to a range of soil fertility and environmental conditions, stock classes and sowing times.

Farm type: Sheep, Cattle and Deer

Traits: Aphid tolerance, persistent in dry conditions, early maturing

Sowing rate: 3 – 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: 10 – 12 weeks

Hunter Forage BrassicaHunter Forage Brassica

Hunter Forage Brassica

Hunter is a quick growing leafy turnip forage brassica ideal for multiple grazings meeting summer and early-autumn feed requirements thanks to its fast recovery after grazing. Key benefits include early maturing, turnip and cauliflower mosaic virus tolerance, minimal bulb development.

Farm type:  Sheep, Beef, Dairy and Deer

Traits: Early maturing, fast recovery from grazing, turnip mosaic virus and cauliflower mosaic virus tolerance

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: 6 – 10 weeks


Spitfire Forage RapeSpitfire Forage Rape

Spitfire Forage Rape

Spitfire is a multi-purpose rape that can be sown in spring for lamb or cattle finishing, summer dairy grazing, or sown in mid-summer to early autumn for autumn and winter grazing. It has excellent yield, insect tolerance and a low dry matter percentage stem. Due to the regrowth ability of Spitfire and the lower dry matter percentage stem, there are numerous options for the addition of companion species.

Farm type:  Sheep, Beef, Dairy

Traits: Aphid tolerance, low stem dry matter, high-yielding and intermediate-height

Sowing rate: 3 to 4 kg per ha 

Days to grazing: 13 – 14 weeks

Cleancrop Bulb TurnipCleancrop Bulb Turnip

Cleancrop™Bulb Turnip

Cleancrop bulb turnip is a high-yielding, globe bulb turnip with medium maturity suitable for sowing from late spring through to early summer. Supplies feed in summer, autumn and early winter months. Using the Cleancrop Brassica System, plants are bred to tolerate Telar® herbicide allowing application at both pre- and post-emergence for effective weed control.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High-yielding bulb turnip, suitable for sowing from late spring through to late summer for summer, autumn and winter feed

Sowing rate: 2 kg per ha

Days to grazing: 50 to 70 days after emergence 

Cleancrop Firefly KaleCleancrop Firefly Kale

Cleancrop™ Firefly Kale

As a versatile, modern brassica, Mainstar offers growers an early maturing rape with excellent regrowth potential and aphid and frost tolerance. Mainstar has extended grazing times from early summer to late winter and is suited to a range of soil fertility and environmental conditions, stock classes and sowing times.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High-yielding, intermediate-height,  high leaf-to-stem ratio with good late winter leaf percentage, winter hardiness and pest and disease tolerance

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 150 to 220 days

Cleancrop Hawkestone SwedeCleancrop Hawkestone Swede

Cleancrop™ Hawkestone Swede

Hawkestone swede is a high-yielding, yellow-fleshed, main crop swede with medium maturity. Along with a similar dry rot and clubroot tolerance to Aparima Gold swede, Hawkestone also has a good disease tolerance to powdery mildew. With the added benefit of the Cleancrop Brassica System, Hawkestone swede is tolerant to Telar® herbicide application at both pre- and post-emergence for effective weed control.

Farm type:  Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High-yielding, yellow-fleshed swede with medium maturity, similar dry rot and clubroot tolerance to Aparima Gold, good leaf disease tolerance

Sowing rate: 1 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 170 to 250 days


Leafy TurnipLeafy Turnip

Cleancrop™ Leafy Turnip

Cleancrop leafy turnip is a fast-establishing, multi-graze variety with reduced flower bolting and 25% more total yield from multiple grazings than Pasja II leafy turnip. As part of the Cleancrop Brassica System, it the added benefit of an herbicide tolerance trait allowing Telar® herbicide to be applied at both pre- and post-emergence for effective weed control.

Farm type:  Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: 25% greater yield than Pasja II, fast-establishing, high-quality feed, minimal ripening required, lowest clover plant back

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha 

Days to grazing: From 42 to 70 days

RapeRape

Cleancrop™ Rape

Cleancrop™ rape is a high-yielding, multi-graze forage rape with good leaf percentage and excellent crop ultilisation by stock. As part of the Cleancrop Brassica System, it has the added benefit of an herbicide tolerance trait allowing Telar® herbicide to be applied pre- and post-emergence for effective weed control. This frees up moisture and nutrients to give this multiple purpose forage rape the best chance of maximising summer, autumn and winter feed.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High-yielding, good leaf percentage and crop utilisation, good regrowth potential with winter keeping ability, similar aphid tolerance as Goliath® forage rape

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 90 to 110 days

Sarge Short KaleSarge Short Kale

Cleancrop™ Sarge

Sarge is a short to medium type kale which offers an alternative to Kestrel kale when a high degree of weed control is required via the Cleancrop™ system. Sarge has a high leaf to stem ratio and is soft stemmed which leads to improved crop utilisation. As part of the Cleancrop™ Brassica System, Sarge has been bred with an herbicide resistant trait which allows the application of Telar® herbicide at both pre-and post-emergence for effective weed control.

Farm type: Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High-yielding, short to medium-height, excellent stem softness, versatility to be used as an autumn forage, good winter hardiness and late winter leaf percentage, late flowering

Sowing rate: 4 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 150 to 220 days

Toto TurnipToto Turnip

Cleancrop™ Toto Turnip

Toto turnip is a high-yielding, summer and autumn bulb turnip with early maturity, allowing it to be grazed from 55 days after sowing. A tankard bulb shape alongside its softness promotes excellent utilisation by stock. Toto is a part of the Cleancrop™ Brassica System with the added benefit of herbicide tolerance trait, which allows the application of Telar® herbicide at both pre- and post-emergence for effective weed control.

Farm type:  Sheep, Beef, Dairy, Deer

Traits: High-yielding, yellow-fleshed swede with medium maturity, similar dry rot and clubroot tolerance to Aparima Gold, good leaf disease tolerance

Sowing rate: 2 kg per ha

Days to grazing: From 55 to 90 days


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Views and product information supplied above are those of PGG Wrightson Seeds Limited and is not agricultural advice. You must use all products strictly in accordance with any product information supplied. Always seek advice from your local PGG Wrightson Technical Field Representative. PGG Wrightson Limited sells Pallaton raphnobrassica as agent for PGG Wrightson Seeds Limited, whose terms of trade on the seed order form apply to the purchase and use of those seed varieties. Non-agency products are sold by PGG Wrightson Limited on its customer terms of trade located at www.pggwrightson.co.nz. Please refer to your local Council for advice on land use permitted activities and restrictions including for forage crop, grazing and nitrogen use, PGG Wrightson Limited does not provide advice on land use.

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