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Popular Brassica Mixes:


The following suggested mixes are commonly used by many of our clients. These are normally sown down over the Summer or Autumn for various reasons.

These mixes help can increase total dry matter yield, provide variety in stock diet, may help reduce animal health problems and can provide extended seasonal dry matter production.

Often when grazing has finished in the mid to late autumn these paddocks are then direct drilled with a permanent pasture mix.

We offer:

Annual Ryegrass / Brassica Blend:
The Mix:

Seed Varieties:

Use for:

Annual Ryegrass
(9 - 12 months)

Devour Annual (tetraploid) Ryegrass

Short Term Feed Boost

Typical Blend:
15 kg Annual / 250gms-500gms Turnips or 1-2 kg Rape

mixed with either: Winter / Summer Turnip (gaucho treated)
or 2 kgs Rape / Forage Brassica (gaucho treated)

Recommended sowing @ 15.5 - 17 kgs per hectare

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Italian Ryegrass / Brassica Blend:
The Mix:

Seed Varieties:

Use for:
Italian ryegrass
(1 - 2 years +)
 Kano Italian (diploid) ryegrass

Short / Medium Term Feed Boost

Typical Blend:
10 kg Italian / 250gms-500gms Turnips or 1-2 kg Rape

mixed with either: Winter / Summer Turnip (gaucho treated)
or Rape / Forage Brassica (gaucho treated)

Recommended sowing @ 11 - 13 kgs per hectare

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Brassica / Herbs / Clover Blend:
The Mix:

Seed Varieties:

Use for:
Persian Clover
 Enrich Persian clover

Short / Medium Term Feed Boost. The following mix works best with multiple grazing brassicas and is not recommend with either Swedes or Kale.

Chicory Chicory: Puna 2 or Punter
Red Clover Red Clover : Rossi or Tuscan
Plantain Plantain: Boston / Endurance or Tonic
Turnips or Rape Summer Turnips or Rape / Forage Brassica

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