Grasses
Ryegrass Ryegrass
Burst
This cost effective tetraploid ryegrass boosts winter feed and hay silage and is perfect for farmers looking for a fast growing solution. Aptly named, Burst springs from the ground quickly - and can be used for for oversowing tired pastures to get winter feed up and running. Given its high affordability per hectare, Burst is a popular choice of Australian farmers looking for a fast establishing crop that won’t break the bank.
Sowing rate:
25-40 kg/ha alone
15-25 kg/ha with clovers
- Tetraploid
Double Crop
DoubleCrop is an annual diploid ryegrass that suits winter and spring production. As it is fast establishing, it provides quick winter feed, giving farmers enough opportunity to get paddocks prepared for summer crops. You’ll find you can even oversow to extract even more production out of your heavily used paddocks.
DoubleCrop is cost effective - particularly in regions of lower rainfall where the season may draw to a close early - and is designed to optimise early production for grazing.
Sowing rate:
15-25 kg/ha alone
10-20 kg/ha with clovers
- Diploid
- 500mm+
Mach 1 ®
Mach 1 is a fast establishing, high yielding tetraploid annual ryegrass that is late flowering for high feed quality well into spring and early summer. It has excellent recovery from grazing and is the ideal high yield, late maturing crop for silage and hay production. Rotational grazing is recommended for maximum growth rate and hay booster type fertilisers will achieve extra drymatter for grazing, silage or hay production.
Sowing rate:
25-40 kg/ha alone
15-25 kg/ha with clovers
- Tetraploid
- 500mm+
New Tetila
New Tetilia is a fast growing tetraploid ryegrass designed to boost early feed.Rapid early growth establishes this variety quickly and its relatively high yield makes it an ideal standalone crop. New Tetilia has a high purity level and its high digestibility and sugar content suits grazing or hay silage production.
If you’re looking for that cost effective, fast establishing crop that you can also oversow in poor performing paddocks, New Tetilia has an excellent reputation for winter growth on farms across Australia.
Sowing rate:
25-30 kg/ha alone
15-25 kg/ha with clovers
- Tetraploid
- 500mm+
Knight
Knight is a fast establishing Italian diploid ryegrass that yields outstanding growth and performance in all seasons. Knight stands and delivers during winter and summer when you need your paddocks to be working hardest. Ideal for grazing, hay and silage, Knight has good tolerance to rust and its reputation as a fast starter has gained a strong following with milk and meat producers throughout Australia.
Sowing rate:
20-25 kg/ha alone
10-20 kg/ha with clovers
- Diploid
- 600mm+
Thumpa
Thumpa is selected for rapid establishment and high yield - classic qualities of being a tetraploid Italian ryegrass. Quick growth ensures early feed for grazing or silage options and its late flowering characteristics keep the pasture yields up right through until later in the season. Ideal for rotational grazing, Thumpa is an excellent winter crop solution for Australian and New Zealand farmers.
Sowing rate:
25-30 kg/ha alone
15-25 kg/ha with clovers
- Tetraploid
- 600mm+
AusVic
AusVic is a low endophyte perennial ryegrass bred for increased winter production, persistence and high speed yield. AusVic has been specifically designed to reduce staggers in sheep, cattle and other grazing animals by greatly reducing the endophyte level.
It is a versatile, persistent variety of ryegrass suitable for prolific feed production under a wide range of dry land farm conditions.
Sowing rate:
15-20 kg/ha alone
10-15 kg/ha with clovers
- Diploid
- 500mm+
Avalon
Avalon is a late flowering perennial ryegrass bred for improved persistence. It is highly productive, disease resistant, and most importantly, long lasting.
Avalon is highly productive through winter and into late spring, with fine leafed foliage and a dense growth habit. It is extremely versatile and performs well with all stock types, particularly dry land and dairy production areas. Avalon performs well in sheep and beef zones due to its strong production and persistence traits.
Sowing rate:
20-25 kg/ha alone
15-20 kg/ha with clovers
- Endo
- Diploid
- 600mm+
Bolton
Bolton is a refined selection of Victorian perennial ryegrass for beef and sheep zones, and was selected for being highly persistent, productive and disease resistant.
As a certified seed Bolton remains highly consistent and will persist in lower rainfall and marginal ryegrass areas.
Sowing rate:
15-20 kg/ha alone
10-15 kg/ha with clovers
- Diploid
- 500mm+
Halo
Halo AR37 is a late-heading tetraploid perennial ryegrass with very strong year-round performance and persistence. It produces a medium leaf size and increased tiller density, contributing to its summer quality and exceptional growth. With added protection from AR37 novel endophyte, Halo has increased pest tolerance along with improved regrowth potential and reduced aftermath seed head production.
Halo AR37 is ideal for stock finishing and dairying systems in fertile environments, due to increased summer production and quality, and is also suited to areas where other tetraploids do not persist due to high insect pressure. Very late flowering, and with excellent summer quality, Halo is likely to improve liveweight gain on finishing operations and milk production on dairy farms.
Sowing rate:
25-35 kg/ha alone
20-25 kg with clovers
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- Endo
- Tetraploid
- 700mm+
Kingsgate
Kingsgate is a mid-flowering perennial ryegrass and a strong performer in the Australian persistence market. It is densely tillered and offers good early-spring production with strong rust resistance levels.
Bred specifically to replace Kingston, Kingsgate has excellent low aftermath heading - a trait not common in early and mid-heading perennial ryegrasses - and performs well in low fertility areas and marginal country. It comes in standard endophyte and is best suited to sheep and beef grazing areas.
Sowing rate:
20-25 kg/ha alone
15-20 kg with clovers
- Endo
- Diploid
- 600mm+
Nui
Nui is a perennial diploid ryegrass demonstrating early heading with a growth peak rate in late winter and spring.
One of the first varieties to come from New Zealand, Nui is still available but its usage, especially in dairying areas, is minimal due to being outclassed by newer varieties for overall production and disease resistance.
- Diploid
- 500mm+
One50
One50 is a new generation late-heading perennial ryegrass providing outstanding drymatter production and high quality feed for silage and hay. It is high yielding and offers excellent summer, autumn and winter production with strong quality late feed.
Due to One50's late-heading date it maintains vegetative leaf production into late-spring and early-summer, making pasture management easier. Recommended for rotational grazing, One50 is available with AR37 endophyte for improved persistence and production advantages.
Sowing rate:
20-25 kg/ha alone
15-20 kg/ha with clovers
- Endo
- Diploid
- 700mm+
Prospect
Prospect is a new-generation mid-season, late-heading perennial diploid ryegrass providing excellent yields. Characterised by a dense fine-leaved habit, one of its main strengths is its reliable all-year-round production.
Prospect has proven its excellent adaptation to a wide range of environments from hill country to highly productive dairy pastures. Bred and selected with AR37 novel endophyte, its densely tillered, fine leaf nature enables it to recover from hard grazing once established and leads to good persistence under tough conditions.
Sowing rate:
20-25 kg/ha alone
15-20 kg/ha with clovers
- Endo
- Diploid
- 700mm+
Victorian
Victorian is an early-heading diploid perennial ryegrass of the standard endophyte variety. It can cause animal health issues and is not recommended.
It can persist but is not as productive or rust resistant as newer varieties.
Sowing rate:
15-20 kg/ha alone
10-15 kg/ha with clovers
- Diploid
- 500mm+
Cocksfoot Cocksfoot
Megatas
Megatas is a highly summer active cocksfoot with a very high level of palatability as per digestibility and nutritive value. Ideally suited to high production dairy or beef systems, Megatas consistently produces high dry matter yields with excellent seedling vigour and high tiller density. Megatas is suitable for all classes of livestock.
Sowing rate:
5-10 kg/ha alone
1-5 kg/ha with clovers
- 500mm+
Savvy
Savvy is a vigorous, very high yielding cocksfoot providing high production levels in all seasons, maintaining summer quality and palatability due to its low aftermath heading and soft leaves. Unlike most cocksfoot varieties, Savvy has exceptional disease resistance and has been bred to tolerate hard grazing in cattle and sheep systems, ensuring excellent recovery and persistence in a range of conditions.
Key features:
High autumn and winter production
High quality and very leafy with summer moisture
Bred for soft fine leaves
Disease tolerant
Increased palatability
Suited to well drained sandy loam soils
Tolerates acidic soils where perennial ryegrass struggles to persist
Sowing rate:
8-10 kg/ha pure stand
2-5 kg/ha with clovers and herbs
Endophyte:
Nil
Persistence:
5-10 years
Recommended rainfall:
600 mm+
Best grazing practice:
Rotational
- 600mm+
Tall Fescue Tall Fescue
Demeter
Demeter is a deep-rooted fescue with an erect growth habit, strong spring and summer activity and low winter production. It will provide excellent persistence and performance in growing regions that are spring and summer rainfall dominant. Demeter is adaptable to a wide range of soil types, with tolerance of low fertile, poorly drained areas and moderate salinity.
Tall fescue establishes more slowly than many other cool season grasses, and good management in early spring while Demeter is in its vegetative stage will ensure excellent regrowth. Demeter's leaf is not as palatable as newer tall fescues.
Sowing rate:
20-25 kg/ha alone
15-25 kg/ha with clovers
- 600mm+
Hummer
Hummer is a market leading summer active tall fescue and has shown excellent persistence under tough conditions, maintaining density over time. Hummer has been bred for softer leaves, making grazing management easier than coarser type fescues. Hummer tall fescue with MaxP® endophyte is is well suited for a wider range of Australian conditions compared to perennial ryegrass. It can tolerate heavy, wet and moderately saline soils, but also grows more for longer than ryegrass in hot conditions. Hummer is a flexible grass as it can be used in irrigated or dryland conditions.
Hummer can also be used in dairy, beef and sheep farming systems. It can be used in mixed pastures with Ecotain® environmental plantain, clovers or chicory.
MaxP® is a novel tall fescue endophyte that improves the ability of tall fescue pastures to handle pest attack and moisture stress.
Key features:
• Fine and palatable leaf encourages greater utilisation by stock
• Higher quality soft leaves
• High yields and autumn activity
• Deep rooted perennial providing excellent persistence
• Contains MaxP® endophyte
Sowing rate:
20-30 kg/ha alone
15-25 kg/ha with clovers and herbs
Persistence:
5-10 years
Best grazing practice:
Rotational
Endophyte:
MaxP®
- Endo
- 600mm+
Phalaris Phalaris
Australian
A semi-winter dormant variety with a prostrate growth habit, Australian phalaris demonstrates strong persistence under heavy grazing and is suited to high rainfall, cool tableland regions. It offers low winter production and is suitable for set stocking systems and areas with low soil fertility. Australian has been superseded by Australian II.
- 400mm+
Confederate
Confederate is a new winter active phalaris bred to replace Maru. It is better suited to 500mm+ rainfall and heavier soil types, with a similar growth habit to Sirosa and Holdfast it requires rotational grazing. Confederate was selected for strong winter activity combined with low alkaloid production and improved late season growth.
Sowing rate:
4-6 kg/ha alone
1-3 kg/ha in a mix
- 400mm+
Holdfast
Winter active variety with low to moderate summer dormancy, good persistence under drought. Semi erect growth habit, medium seedling vigour and winter production, high total production.
Sowing rate:
4-6 kg/ha alone
1-3 kg/ha with clovers
- 500mm+
Sirosa
Sirosa is suited to 500 mm+ rainfall. Semi erect growth habit with medium summer dormancy and good drought tolerance. Excellent seedling vigour, high winter production.
4-6 kg/ha alone
1-3 kg/ha with clovers
- 500mm+
Brome Brome
Exceltas
Exceltas Coloured Brome is a clover friendly grass with good late spring and early summer growth. It demonstrates excellent palatability even when seedling and is best suited to a high input rotational grazing system, with particular advantages in sheep grazing. It endures as a quality feed option with no negative effects to animals as it contains no endophytes.
Sowing rate:
25 kg/ha alone
20 kg/ha with clovers
- 600mm+
Gala
Gala is a winter active grass exhibiting high yield and tiller density, and is specifically bred for sheep grazing. It offers great palatability with no risk of ryegrass staggers. Gala also ensures good persistence and tolerance under hard grazing, with rapid recovery and the ability to tolerate set stocking. As a dryland species it is tolerant of the many pests and diseases in summer dry environments.
Sowing rate:
25 kg/ha alone
20 kg/ha with clovers
- 600mm+