- Good tolerance to drought
- Highly persistent
- Suitable for set stocking and hard rotational grazing
by sheep
- Improved animal performance
A high quality cocksfoot with good drought tolerance and
proven animal production benefits.
Grasslands TEKAPO Cocksfoot is an early flowering cocksfoot
with proven animal production benefits. It is less dominating than
other fine leafed cocksfoots, allowing for a higher clover content
in the sward. TEKAPO Cocksfoot is highly persistent and is well
adapted to set stocking regimes and drought.
Its prostrate, densely tillered growth habit makes it ideal for set
stocking and hard rotational grazing by sheep. TEKAPO has
shown improved feed quality through the summer months
compared with Grasslands Wana, indicating that TEKAPO is
more palatable, thus increasing animal intake and production.
Prostrate dense growth of
Tekapo cocksfoot(LHS) compared to Porto (RHS).
MANAGEMENT TIPS
- Tekapo should be sown in early autumn or spring as a companion
grass with compatible species at a rate of 1 - 3 kg/ha.
- Tekapo should be well grazed during the spring period to enable
good tillering and to encourage high clover content in the sward.
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