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.
Tabor - Berseem clover
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Annual clover, one year cycle one harvest per season.
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Suitable for spring sowing or late-summer/fall sowing.
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Adapted to most soil types.
Bolta - Balansa clover
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Balansa clover.
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Superior late spring growth.
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Highly tolerant to diseases.
Vista - Balansa clover
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Balansa clover.
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Improved early season growth.
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Improved winter growth.
Dětenická panonská - Hungarian vetch
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Early
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Very high frost resistance
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High plasticity
Rif
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Very leafy type.
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Agressive growth habit.
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Highly palatable.
Barkant
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High proportion of leaves to bulb.
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Can be grazed 8 weeks after sowing.
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Reliable high yielding.
Commander
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High quality autumn/winter feed.
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Very fast growing.
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Especially suited for grazing.
Tuatara
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Plantain is a perennial herb that performs well in a range of pastures.
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Year-round dry matter contributor.
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Source of key minerals.
Captain
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Yields significantly more through autumn, winter and early spring
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High summer yield provides additional protein and feed quality over the warmer months
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Plantain is easily digestible, improving stock appetite