Benatas
Benatas is a cool season soft-seeded annual legume suitable for long season pasture management. It provides high yield levels and is tolerant of moderate waterlogging, proving extremely useful as a hay, silage or green manure crop. Being very winter hardy, Benatas performs well in high rainfall zones.
Sowing rate:
30-50 kg/ha alone
20-35 kg/ha in a mix
Benatas vetch, at LLS Trial Site in Singleton, showing great persistence and very little aphid damage when other varieties were getting smashed by these little devils. Superior growth, leafiness and plant numbers compared to other vetches trialled.
- Name: Tanya - AusWest Seeds
- Location: Singleton, NSW
In November we cut it for hay but unfortunately it rained following cutting. However, we eventually baled approximately 120 tonnes from the 20 hectares, which is around 6 tonnes to the hectare. We did a feed test of the hay and it went 88% DM (dry matter) and 20% CP (crude protein), which we were happy with considering the amount of rain post-cutting.
- Name: Vicki French
- Location: Vite Vite, VIC