WHAT IS REBOUND MILLET?
Rebound Millet is a very fast growing, high yielding, leafy plant for either grazing or hay. Rebound Millet provides palatable feed of good quality. A feature of this plant is its very rapid growth during the first 8-10 weeks. In this period it far out yields other fodder crops. Typically millet sown in early November can be grazed about 6 weeks-later (Mid to Late December). Millet is thus a useful feed supplement during the hot summer months when the growth of permanent pasture may suffer. Regrowth of millet following grazing is very good if soil moisture and nitrogen levels are sufficient.
Rebound in combination with other species such as brassica or clovers may be used to increase feed quality characteristics to boost animal performance in finishing systems. Versatile forage in management can be grazed or cut for hay at any stage of growth, throughout the growing season.

• Fast growing summer grass
• Safe, good quality palatable feed
• Ideal in hot summers
• Combines well with other varieties
• Supported product

SOWING
Sowing times are from late October to January. Soil temperature is the critical sowing criteria. Soil temperatures must be 14°C and increasing. Early sowing maximises total production. A seeding rate of 30kg/Ha is recommended for irrigated areas. An attractive feature of millet is that it can be sown dry, then "irrigated up': If perennial pasture is to be established after the millet crop then an option is to include white clover at sowing.
FERTILISER
After sowing, excellent responses to nitrogen fertiliser are obtained. Nitrogen can be applied (where required) when crop is about 150mm high. After the first grazing or hay cut, it may be wise to apply nitrogen fertiliser straight away with the next irrigation to boost regrowth.
IRRIGATION
Rebound Millet is not drought resistant but it will survive extended intervals between irrigations better than permanent pasture.

High fibre, cost effective, high quality, palatable feed which combines well with other varieties - the flexibility of rebound Millet.

GRAZING
It is important to treat Rebound Millet, whether for grazing or hay, as a leaf crop.
It should be grazed frequently to prevent it from running to head. It quickly loses feed value and palatability as it matures. It will not regrow well after grazing if it begins to run to head. For these reasons staggered sowing's make good grazing management easier. The growth rate of millet during January and February usually enables the crop to be grazed every two weeks. While the feed value of millet is higher than that of other crops, it is still less than that of irrigated perennial pasture. (ryegrass Et white clover).The onset of cooler weather in Autumn causes a steep decline in growth and generally early sown crops fail to grow much after the end of March. There is little danger of poisoning stock with millet compared with sorghums.
HAY
Rebound Millet can be harvested for hay as well as grazed. If millet is to be grown for hay the sowing rate should be reduced to 25kgs/Ha. This reduces competition between the plants. A mower-conditioner is essential to ensure rapid and even curing. This will also ensure a high quality product.

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