Tornado

Give your forage position a significant boost

Tornado provides an enormous amount of excellent forage in a short period of time, making it ideal for giving your forage position a significant boost. Additionally, Tornado improves your soil, making it an ideal choice as a cover crop. This way, you achieve two benefits at once: extra forage and improved soil fertility.

Flexibility in your crop rotation

Tornado is temporary grassland based on different types of ryegrass (westerwold, Italian an hybrid). By sowing Tornado after corn or cereals harvest, you can delay the decision on what to do with the field until spring. You can either use it for corn cultivation or keep it for forage production. This provides flexibility in your crop rotation. The lifespan ranges from 6 months to 3 years, depending on the composition designed for local use

Better than single Italian ryegrass

Often, single Italian ryegrass is chosen for sowing as a grass cover crop or to quickly produce forage. However, the quality and purity of these varieties often leave too much to be desired. An official research station has shown through multi-year research that there is a significant difference in quality among Italian ryegrass varieties. This field study has proven that Tornado is a blend of the best varieties of persistency, production and feed value. The well-thought-out composition ensures continuous growth and reduces cultivation risk.

Persistent and easily accessible

Tornado also distinguishes itself from standard Italian ryegrass by having higher persistence. The crop has a better sod density, making it easier to access and harvest a cleaner crop. Combined with its short pre-drying time, this ensures a fresh silage with a low proportion of crude ash. Tornado is also well-suited for summer feeding.

 Increases organic matter content in your soil

The extensive root system of Tornado increases organic matter in the soil. By choosing Tornado, you are investing in the soil, which will benefit your subsequent crops.

Overseeding

Tornado is ideal for overseeding permanent grassland. It can extend the lifespan of your grassland by up to one year. After overseeding with Tornado, you’ll increase forage production and harvest more palatable roughage. For overseeding, use 25 kg/ha.

Save on fertilizer or increase yield

Looking to save on fertilizer without compromising on quality and yield? Combine Tornado with the multi-year clover mixture Duet. Duet is a blend of white and red clover and can fix up to 350 kilograms of nitrogen per hectare from the atmosphere. You can also choose to use the clover mixture to increase yield under a normal fertilization regime. By using the one-year clover mixture ProtaFix, you stimulate a good start, resulting in extra yield.