Atom
Prairie Grass
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
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