- Excellent winter production
- Late season maturity
- High quality suited to hay/silage
- Consistently high performing short term ryegrass
Continues to be a consistent and proven italian
ryegrass for fast establishment and winter activity.
CONCORD Italian Ryegrass is a high producing short-term
ryegrass with aggressive, rapid establishment, excellent autumn,
spring and summer production and outstanding winter activity. It
is slightly finer and more densely tillered than tetraploid italians
and provides more rapid re-growth after grazing. CONCORD,
like other italian ryegrasses is highly palatable. Its late flowering
characteristics and high sugar content ensure that quality feed is
maintained well into the summer.
What the producers say...
Bruce Michael, Bruny Island TAS
In 2003, he sowed 15 ha of Concord, which established aggressively and
was able to out-compete the bent grass, as well as providing valuable
winter grazing and silage in spring. The Concord was so successful Bruce
planted a further 85ha last year. “I think the ryegrass has been terrific. I was very sceptical about it
because of past experiences in SA. But I have been really impressed with
how the Concord grows and competes, especially in winter. I was running
up to 20DSE and it was still maintaining growth. We can graze it for 12
months of the year - our environment allows it.”
“We have done the work with Concord on 90ha, why not do it over
1000ha?”
Andrew Blissett, dairy producer, Kenilworth QLD
“People have always talked dry matter but to farmers it is dollars and
cents that are important - especially since deregulation. So far the
Concord has provided more feed than Tetila at each grazing. The Tetila
will finish in November and we will still have two to three more grazings
from the Concord. The trial here has been a real eyeopener. It’s shown
me that it definitely pays to plant Concord and I’ll try some Winter Star.”
Mark and David Walker, dairy producers, Kangaroo Valley NSW
“Concord ryegrass fills the winter feed gap on the kikuyu based pastures.
Concord is a proven performer, reliable and highly palatable.”
ECONOMIC BENIFITS
Based on a stocking rate of 3 cows per hectare, Concord produced
an extra 595 litres per cow compared to Tetila. This equated to a
benefit of $446 per hectare.
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