Ryegrass
The workhorse of many pastures finding the right ryegrass can set you up for success for many years or give you a powerful push for a shorter span. AGF Seeds stocks a wide range of Annuals, Italians, Hybrids, and Perennials to ensure we can meet your pasture goals.
Perennial
Perennial ryegrass is the backbone of most temperate permanent pastures because it is the most efficient and cost effective method of supplying a highly nutritious, long term feed option for any grazing enterprise. Cultivars vary greatly in maturity, growth habit, resistance to disease and rainfall requirements with a variety available to suit many regions of southern Australia.
Perennial ryegrass pastures can persist for more than 5 years with minimal intervention, and therefore cost.
Year round growth is achieved with sufficient moisture and management and surpluses can be conserved as hay or silage. Selective herbicides are readily available for broadleaf weed control further improving persistence of the variety.
Hybrid & Italian
Italian ryegrasses are a highly nutritious and productive short term pasture option for areas with mild summers and reliable rainfall or irrigation. Generally used for the production of quality hay or silage, Italians may also be used to oversow depleted perennial pastures for fast growth and short term improvement.
Hybrid ryegrasses cross perennial ryegrass with Italian ryegrass. The resulting types range from those that resemble Italian ryegrass (known as short-rotation ryegrasses), with high yields and having larger leaves, persisting from 1-4 years; to types almost as persistent as perennial ryegrass (known as long-rotation ryegrasses). Hybrid ryegrass can be used in situations where you require some persistence 2-4 years, but don’t want to compromise winter growth.
Annual
Annual ryegrasses will persist for one year and are ideal for a short term winter crop. With rapid establishment and excellent winter growth Annual ryegrasses are keep components of many hay, silage, and grazing operations. Annuals can also be used to oversow pastures to give them a real boost.
With a range of different maturities, peak feed windows and price points if you let us know your goal we will be able to find the right annual ryegrass to make the year successful
Get in touch with our experts
Tim Brown
SWNSW, West Gippsland & Coastal Vic
0403 264 995
Will Bazely
Nth NSW & QLD
0499 456 263
Craig Altman
Vic Mallee & SA
0448 863 169
Cooper Lamben
SENSW,NE Vic & Gippsland
0491 219 291
Ivan Pyke
North Central Vic, Central Vic, South East SA, & Tasmania
0497 432 157