Hunter
A cross between a turnip and a rape Hunter is a quick-growing, leafy turnip with minimal bulb development. It is best suited to multiple grazings for summer and early-autumn feed requirements. A fast maturing forage brassica with the first grazing possible at 6-8 weeks. Hunter is an excellent quality forage capable of providing extremely high liveweight gain on animals. Bred for tolerance to turnip mosaic virus and cauliflower mosaic virus. This, combined with selecting for vigorous regrowth, has provided a variety with fast recovery from grazing and excellent ability to yield in the second, third and sometimes fourth regrowth cycle. Plants usually show good resistance to most clubroot races, but they are susceptible to drought and aphids, and are best suited to heavier soil conditions with periodic summer moisture or irrigation.
Sowing rate:
4-5 kg/ha
Sowing rate:
4-5 kg/ha
Hunter forage brassica sown with Tonic plantain, Relish red clover & Nomad white clover being grazed for the first time. Sown after early peas, to provide quality feed heading into winter.
- Name: Craig - Stephen Pasture Seeds
- Location: Selbourne, Northern Tasmania.
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Hunter forage brassica regrowth in Northern Tasmania wont be too long before the lambs are heading back into this paddock for another grazing
- Name: Craig - Stephen Pasture Seeds
- Location: Selbourne, Northern Tasmania., Northern Tasmania.
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Hunter forage brassica crop on a farm south west of Cressy, in Northern Tasmania off to a good start after recent rains. This crop was sown into a rolled seedbed and rolled post drilling to provide ideal seed to soil contact and crop establishment.
- Name: Craig Stephen Pasture Seeds
- Location: Cressy, Northern Tasmania, Northern Tasmania
The Hunter grew very well and almost smothered the New Tetila, the lambs grew very well on the Hunter. I split the paddock into two and was rotating the lambs between the two sides every two weeks. They were the best lambs I've ever had. They all easily made the weight requirement for Coles, (in the range of 18 to 25kg dressed weight), with some going over weight, and with nearly a third dressed up to 50% when they normally dress 45% so this was a big bonus. My stock agent was telling his clients how well the lambs did on my crop of Hunter, I'll definitely be growing it again next year.
- Name: Chris Morton
- Location: Mitchell River, VIC