Forage Varieties
Over 120 years Barenbrug has excelled worldwide in plant breeding, throughout widely varied climatic zones. Our wide range of varieties and our expertise makes it possible to provide you with adapted forage grasses suited to any location and grassland management system. In this chapter you will find an overview of the forage portfolio marketed by Barenbrug Holland. The most important species are described just as the varieties involved.
Beaumont - White clover
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Large leaf white clover
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High yielding variety
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Best score for persistency
Calimero - White clover
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Large leaved white clover
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Protein yielder.
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Excellent ground cover and persistency.
Crusader - White clover
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Medium leaved white clover.
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Exceptional grazing yield.
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High spring growth.
Tasman - White clover
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Medium leaved white clover
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High dry matter yield.
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Controlled spring growth.
Laser - Persian Clover
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Large leafed Persian clover.
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Suitable for multiple grazing and/or silage cuts.
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Has some resistance to rust.
Lightning - Persian clover
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Large leaved soft seeded annual clover.
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Establishes quickly, even when sown late.
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Tolerates waterlogging and mild soil salinity.
Nitro Plus - Persian Clover
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Large leafed Persian clover.
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Prostrate to semi-erect self-regenerating annual clover.
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Nitro Plus has the ability to vary flowering depending on seasonal conditions.
Blaza - Crimson clover
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Shows good early vigour.
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Offers excellent winter and early spring production.
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Adapted to a large range of soil types, especially lighter soils.
Elite II - Berseem clover
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Vigorous winter growth with lush growth in spring.
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Not known to cause bloat.
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Better able to withstand waterlogging than most other winter growing legumes.