Atom
Prairie Grass

Enterprise Type
Sowing Rate
30-50 kg/haRainfall / Irrigation
600mm+Atom is a large leaf prairie grass with a palatable seedhead and high protein content, providing high quality year-round feed as nil endophyte forage. It proves an excellent long season option with strong summer heat tolerance as well as good winter production, and is perfectly suited to rotational grazing systems.
Sowing rate:
30-50 kg/ha alone
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Atom Prairie Grass
This crop of Choice chicory and Atom Prairie grass were shaved to the ground 7 days ago at Gatton to help control some weed issues. The crop response is surprising.
- Name: Peter - AusWest Seeds
- Location: Gatton, QLD

This bloke is in top working order after grazing this "Bull mix" at Deepwater NSW. The mix contained Savvy cocksfoot, Atom Praire grass, Titan 7 lucerne, Tonic plantain, Gala Brome grass, Urana and arrow leaf clover.
- Name: Aaron - AusWest Seeds
- Location: Deepwater, NSW

Atom Prairie grass at out Armidale research site showing its superior heat tolerance over ryegrass, cocksfoot and tall fescue. Producing quality feed even while flowering.
- Name: Aaron AusWest Seeds
- Location: Armidale, NSW
This Atom Prairie grass was planted the seventeenth of April at a Demonstration site near Dorrigo. It is showing huge biomass production in early August. Atom grows aggressively into and out of winter and provides high quality feed.
- Name: Greg - AusWest Seeds
- Location: Dorrigo, NSW
Seed Mixes Seed Mixes Show All
This product is available in the following mixes:
Eastern Horse Mix
The eastern horse mix is perfectly suited to the equine industry due to the grass species in this blend having exceptional tolerance to hard grazing. The combination of prairie grass, a grazing brome and an early flowering perennial ryegrass offer a strong grass based pasture with quality feed spread through autumn, winter, spring and early summer. Lucerne, sub and white clover are also included in this blend to increase the overall quality. This blend is suited to free draining soils and will not tolerate low lying areas that are wet during winter. Care must be taken during the establishment phase of this pasture, particularly with the grazing brome.
Soil type
Loams/sandy loam
Annual rainfall
550 mm+
Sowing rate
20-30 kg/ha
Fertility
Medium
Persistence*
5 years+
Sowing time
Early autumn
Establishment
Medium
*Persistence will be influenced by a number of facts and is not guaranteed
Please note: All equine pastures MUST be rested throughout the year and should never be overgrazed during the summer period. Please refer to our Equine Mix brochure for more management tips.
Queensland Summer Horse Mix
A careful selection with tetraploid rhodes grass for quality and quantity of summer growth, plus a bluegrass species ensures this quality but also adds drought tolerance in case of unfavourable conditions. Combine this with prairie grass for winter, spring activity, then add lucerne and a vigorous white clover and there is potential for hay production as well.
Soil type
Wide range
Annual rainfall
550 mm+
Sowing rate
20-30 kg/ha
Fertility
Medium-high
Persistence*
4 years+
Sowing time
Autumn
Establishment
Fast
*Persistence will be influenced by a number of facts and is not guaranteed
Please note: All equine pastures MUST be rested throughout the year and should never be overgrazed during the summer period. Please refer to our Equine Mix brochure for more management tips.
Queensland Winter Horse Mix
Quick establishment in the autumn in preparation for winter growth is a hallmark of the varieties in this mix. Mach 1 annual ryegrass and Atom Prairie grass also provide quality feed throughout the winter and into the spring. Combine this with the quality of the medic and lucerne and you can be assured of a quality pasture blend.
Soil type
Clay loams/heavy clays
Annual rainfall
650 mm+ or irrigation
Sowing rate
20-30 kg/ha
Fertility
High
Persistence*
5 years+
Sowing time
Early autumn/spring
Establishment
Medium
*Persistence will be influenced by a number of facts and is not guaranteed
Please note: All equine pastures MUST be rested throughout the year and should never be overgrazed during the summer period. Please refer to our Equine Mix brochure for more management tips.
MAXImiser Slopes and Plains Performance Mix
This mix has been specifically designed to give a high level of animal performance without compromising persistence. The MAXImiser Slopes and Plains Performance Mix provides a good balance of both winter and summer active grasses and legumes to allow for good overall production all year round.
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Are you planning to plant a mixed pasture? These products are great companion species to plant with this variety.
Choice
Choice is a perennial chicory herb demonstrating 3-4 year persistence and a high level of summer dry matter production. This inexpensive herb provides high forage quality and warm-season pasture growth, with a deep taproot resulting in a consistent growth rate, even during dry spells.
Choice chicory can be added to new grass pasture mixes to boost animal performance and feed production.
Sowing rate:
6-10 kg/ha alone
1-5 kg/ha in a mix
- 600mm+
EcotainĀ®
Ecotain® environmental plantain is a mineral rich perennial grazing herb. Ecotain® is fast establishing and tolerant
to a wide range of soils. This includes less fertile soils and especially dryland regions of approximately 600 mm
rainfall.
Ecotain® has a deep coarse root system, which gives it a degree of drought tolerance and the ability to
respond quickly after summer dry conditions. Ecotain® pastures offer some great animal performance potential
for sheep, beef and dairy farmers, particularly in winter and spring, as well as supporting a high level of animal
health, reduced incidence of dags in sheep and good micronutrient supply. Pure stands of Ecotain® can be used
during lambing to increase lamb and ewe weights at weaning.
Ecotain® has also been shown to reduce the amount of N lost from farm systems. Ecotain® can reduce
N leaching from the urine patch by up to 89%*.
Ecotain® can be sown alone as a pure stand or recommended in perennial pasture mixes, especially medium
term, quality finishing mixes.
* NZ data: Woods, 2017 used with permission
Sowing Rates:
10-14kg/ha as a pure stand
5 kg/ha in a perennial pasture mix
4-6 kg/ha with chicory and clover as a specialist crop
4 kg/ha in a lucerne stand
8 kg/ha with 2 kg/ha of forage brassica
- 600mm+
Relish
Relish red clover offers superior persistence within grazing systems, with a semi-prostrate growth habit and high yield potential. As a perennial species it contains low levels of oestrogen and is highly productive in early spring, making it a suitable pure stand choice for lambs or in permanent mixes for quality grazing, hay or silage.
Sowing rate:
10 kg/ha alone
4-6 kg/ha in a mix
- 700mm+