Forage Products
The financial performance of a cattle farm greatly depends on its own levels of forage production. Barenbrug grass seed mixtures are formulated using the best varieties and produce masses of tasty forage for your lifestock.
Bets Wit | Cowpea
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Bred as a superior, more prostate, forage type
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Its prostate growth habit withstands harder grazing and provides multiple grazing opportunities
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White-cream coloured seed
Red | Sunn Hemp
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Medium-fast establishment
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Long growing season
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Seeding rate @ 20kg/ha
Black | Sunn Hemp
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Fast establishment
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Short growing season
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Seeding rate @ 50kg/ha
Arvika | Forage Peas
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Very leafy type
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Aggressive growth habit
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Highly palatable
Soa Gabriel | Birdsfoot Trefoil
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Fixes nitrogen and increases the quality of pastures
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Ability to flourish under conditions where other legumes are unsuccessful
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Seedling establishment is slow and it should be given time to build up reserves before the first grazing
Rongai | Dolichos
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Long growing season
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Vigorous twining growth habit
Highworth | Dolichos
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Shorter growing season
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More of an upright growth habit than Rongai - easier to harvest