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Mach 1 ®

Annual Ryegrass

Enterprise Type

Heading Date

Mid: 8 days later than Nui

Sowing Rate

25-40 kg/ha

Pasture Life

Annual

Ploidy

Tetraploid

Rainfall / Irrigation

500mm+

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

High Quality

Mach 1 has high feed quality and is mid flowering so maintains quality well into spring and early summer. It has excellent recovery from grazing and is ideal for silage and hay production. Mach 1 is a tetraploid annual ryegrass and is a suitable replacement for varieties such as Tetila.

Sowing Hints

Drill seed into a well prepared seed bed. Roll paddock to get good seed to soil contact. Sow Kickstart® treated seed with a DAP or MAP type fertiliser at approximately 100 kg/ha to achieve an even, fast emergence for early grazings. Use slug bait if slugs are present.

Management Tips

Rotational grazing maximises growth rates. Strategic nitrogen application or hay booster type fertilisers are recommended for extra drymatter production for grazing, silage or hay production.

Characteristics

Perenniality	Annual
Ploidy	Tetraploid
Heading Date (relative to Nui)	+8 days
Sowing Rate	25-40 kg/ha alone 15-25 kg/ha with clovers
Best Grazing Practice	Rotational grazing

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Mach 1 Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass

Despite record low rainfall, this Mach 1 at Bairnsdale has been grazed 3 times since it was sown in April

Name: Simon - Stephen Pasture Seeds
Location: Bairnsdale, VIC

This paddock of Mach 1 and oats is punching above its weight coming from a late start and limited rain. Peter, the farmer, will use this paddock to finish steers for MSA grass fed premium beef.

Name: Aaron - AusWest Seeds
Location: Marker NSW, NSW

Mach 1 is doing a great job with this mob of Angus X heifers, getting them up towards joining weights for a November joining at Yarrowitch NSW.

Name: Aaron - AusWest Seeds
Location: Yarrowitch, NSW

I am very Impressed with Mach 1. After 4 days, I thought they were hammering the first strip a bit hard, so I moved them on. They are now on their 4th strip and will be back to the start in about 5 days. The recovery of the ryegrass is unbelievable!

Name: Peter Reeves
Location: Marlee, NSW

From now on if other farmers ask what ryegrass to grow I'll be recommending Mach 1 ryegrass. On 35mm of rain - Outstanding

Name: Peter Reeves
Location: Wingham, NSW

Alan Simpson | AusWest & Stephen Pasture Seeds

Mach 1 keeps coming back, even after it dries off a bit one of our paddocks which was chewed down fairly hard in late January 2018, received a shower of rain and it's back to being green again - within a week it'll be right to put another mob of cows on it.

Name: Alan Simpson
Location: Willow Grove, VIC

Mach 1 Annual Ryegrass | AusWest & Stephen Pasture Seeds

We cut 57 rolls of hay off just 7 acres. I'm really pleased with the Mach 1. It has re-grown again, nice and leafy after being cut, I've fertilised it and I'm hoping to get another cut. Next year I'll plant three times as much Mach 1.

Name: Peter Soutter
Location: Benambra, NSW

I've sown Mach 1 in a paddock of 4 acres that has huge variations in soil, from sandy loam at the riverside to real heavy clay at roadside. It was sown at a very high rate (38 kg/ha) and I applied urea four times over winter. It was a very thick pasture and I was able to cut two silage crops off it as well as feeding the cattle off it three times. It was sown in April and it lasted right to Christmas after a good start to spring.

Name: James Bird
Location: Halton, NSW

Brett Craig has been successfully growing Mach 1 annual ryegrass for the past four years on his dairy farm at Swan Marsh, near Colac. Mach 1 is renowned for its aggressive speed and exceptional late season growth. Brett said, the cows have been milking extremely well off the Mach 1 and have been returning to the paddocks about 9 days quicker than my other pastures, this is significant considering the drier year.

Name: Brett & Christobel Craig
Location: Colac, VIC

The speed and vigour of Mach 1 makes it a great choice for winter clean-up crops in our renovation program. It crowds out any remaining weeds, provides a couple of winter feed rotations, and the regrowth after silage making is impressive.

Name: Julian Carroll
Location: Mudgegonga, VIC

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