HEADSTART blends are an innovative way of improving establishment of the perennial pasture herbs and/or clovers in the spring. The summer forage crop (e.g. brassica or millet) acts as a cover crop for the slower establishing species, which benefit from being sown into a warm, cultivated seedbed with seeds of a compatible size.

HEADSTART with Millet

High Fibre Feed

14 Degree +
Soil Temp

Frost Tender

Shirohie Millet
Tonic Plantain (Gaucho)
Puna Chicory (Gaucho)
Huia White Clover (SlimCoat + Gaucho)

 

Sowing Rate

14.5
2.5
4
4

25kg/ha

Shiroche Millet
Tonic Plantain (Gaucho)
Puna Chicory (Gaucho)
Huia White Clover (SlimCoat + Gaucho)

Sowing Rate

14.5
2.5
4
4

25kg/ha

Millet is a C4, summer active cereal species, capable of emerging rapidly and providing abundant summer feed. C4 grasses such as millet and sorghum differ physiologically from C3 grasses such as wheat and oats. This difference gives millet, sorghum and sugarcane the ability to thrive in drier, warmer and lighter conditions. Millet is extremely drought hardy and can be sown in a, providing the fibre component of an animal diet and maximising summer productivity.

HEADSTART with Winfred

High Protein Feed

Cool Soil Tolerant

Winfred Forage Rape (Poncho Plus)
Blue Gorilla Forage Rape (Poncho Plus)
Tonic Plantain (Gaucho)
Puna Chicory (Gaucho)
Huia White Clover (SlimCoat + Gaucho)

Sowing Rate

1
1
1.6
3
1.4

8kg/ha

Winfred Forage Rape (Poncho Plus)
Blue Gorilla Forage Rape (Poncho Plus)
Tonic Plantain (Gaucho)
Puna Chicory (Gaucho)
Huia White Clover (SlimCoat + Gaucho)

Sowing Rate

1
1

1.6
3
1.4

8kg/ha

Winfred provides a High leaf:stem ratio for excellent utilisation rates and is tolerant of dry conditions once established, while Blue Gorilla beefs up the dry matter levels. Ideal for summer, autumn and winter feed

HEADSTART with Karaka

High Protein Feed

Cool Soil Tolerant

Quick to first graze

Karaka Leafy Turnip (Gaucho)
Tonic Plantain (Gaucho)
Puna Chicory (Gaucho)
Huia White Clover (SlimCoat + Guacho)

Sowing Rate

3
1.5
3.5
2

10kg/ha

Karaka Leafy Turnip (Gaucho)
Tonic Plantain (Gaucho)
Puna Chicory (Gaucho)
Huia White Clover (SlimCoat + Guacho)

Sowing Rate

3
1.5
3.5
2

10kg/ha

Quick, short-term, palatable, high quality feed is what you can achieve from this annual hybrid brassica, that is capable of providing high yields from multiple grazings’ when grown on fertile soils and is properly managed. It achieves this while providing a headstart for the herbs to establish within the pasture.

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