Premier Leys Grass Seed
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Contents
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You, through Mole Valley Farmers and SCATS
Countrystores, are supporting the NIAB Grass
Recommended Lists.
Conventional Premier Leys
Rumigan Premier Leys (Organic)
Introduction
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Introduction
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10 Benefits of Reseeding with a MVF Premier Ley
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Selecting your Rumigan Premier Leys
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Establishing a New Ley
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Rumigan Hi-Pro Booster
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10 Point Plan for Establishing a New Ley
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Rumigan Hi-Pro Silo Filler
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Optimising Production with Sound Nutrition
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Rumigan Silage Buster
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Fertiliser for Grass Reseeds
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Rumigan Hi-n-Sile (No 8)
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Weeds and Pests
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Rumigan New Gold-Multi
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Selecting your MVF Premier Leys
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Rumigan Milk-n-Meat
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Hi-Pro Booster (MVF No1)
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Rumigan Diamond-Multi
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Hi-Pro Silo Filler
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Rumigan Platinum Extendi-Graze
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Silage Buster (MVF No 2)
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White Clover Blends
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Hi-n-Sile (MVF No 8)
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Rumigan Red Clover Blends
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New Gold-Multi
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Rumigan Italian Ryegrass
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Maxi-Silage (MVF No 7)
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Renovation Grassland Mixes
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Extendi-Graze (MVF No 10)
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Milk-n-Meat (MVF No 6)
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Grass Silage Additives
Cut-n-Graze
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MVF Range of Grass Silage Additives
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Diamond-Multi
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Ecosyl Range of Grass Silage Additives
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No Clover-Multi
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Advance Range of Grass Silage Additives
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Dryland
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Low Input Pasture
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Renovation Mixes
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Horse / Pony Paddock
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Horse / Pony Traditional Meadow Mix
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Horse Haylage
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White Clover
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Red Clover
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Please Note:
Ryegrasses - Italian and Westerwolds
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Chicory Leys
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Occasionally a shortage of a variety may occur and we therefore reserve the right to replace those
not available with a suitable alternative. Any alteration to the mixture will be clearly shown on the bag
label. Mole Valley Farmers’ standard terms and conditions apply.
Conservation and Amenity Mixtures
Environmental Stewardship Selector
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Environmental Stewardship Mixtures
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Green Manuring Selector
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Amenity Mixtures
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Introduction
10 Benefits of Reseeding
with a MVF Premier Ley
Welcome to the 2012 MVF Premier
Leys grass seed catalogue, in which
you will find our excellent range of
both conventional and organic grass
seed leys for the coming season.
Maximising the value of home grown
forage is highly important in these
volatile times, when bought in feed
can be very costly. Our Premier Leys
are well supported by our suppliers
through research done at IBERS in
Aberystwyth and DARD in Northern
Ireland to improve production from
grass and clover mixtures. MVF
as levy payers support the NIAB
recommended list from which we
are able to select varieties for their
higher yields, palatability and disease
resistance.
Conventional Premier Leys
We are facing a very challenging time
as prices paid to farmers for grass
seed production are rising, owing to
the high price of cereals and it is one
of the most weather sensitive crops to
grow. Prices will remain firm until there
are more stocks around but essentially
reseeding is an extremely good
investment.
The Forage for Profit initiative
was set up by MVF in 2009 to
encourage and support farmers to
produce better quality and higher
quantities of Forage.
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For selection of the leys you require
turn to page 12 for a conventional ley
and page 37 for an organic ley. All MVF
Premier Leys are offered in one acre
packs. This can be delivered direct to
farm or collected from an MVF Branch
or SCATS Countrystores.
Rob Connell
Arable Product Manager
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1st year yields will be 25% more
than the same ley after 5 years in
average conditions (in dry season
or dry sites this can be as much
as 50%)
2.
Increase grass digestibility /
palatability
3.
Clean worm free grazing
4.
Weed grasses are less responsive
to Nitrogen
5.
Better disease resistance in new
varieties
6.
Better winter hardiness
7.
Better ground cover and
persistence
8.
Better feed value and animal
performance at grazing
9.
Ability to increase clover contents,
for increased feed value and
Nitrogen fixation
10. Improved silage quality for winter
feeding
This symbol highlights the products
that qualify for the Farmer Shareholder
Rebate Scheme.
Mole Valley Farmers is part of SILAC (Silage Advisory Centre).
Silac’s website is www.silageadvice.com
Conventional Premier Leys
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Establishing a New Ley
Ploughing and working down prior
to re-seeding is the conventional
approach with advantages where
ground is rutted, badly poached
or uneven. It has the disadvantage
of being the most expensive by
far. It also creates a weed problem
requiring treatment and has the
longest time interval before the new
ley can be grazed. Under sowing a
spring cereal crop or arable silage
mix is an excellent and secure way of
establishing a new ley, giving clean
grazing on firm ground after harvest.
A cheaper alternative which allows
earlier grazing and firm ground which
reduces the risk of poaching includes
overseeding or slot seeding on a
tightly grazed ley with specialist grass
seeding machines.
Conventional Premier Leys
This requires grazing every 4 – 5
weeks to maintain the sward at
4 – 5” until the new seeds are fully
established. Attention to detail before
drilling will ensure the best possible
establishment. Timeliness and care
taken at this stage will prove a sound
investment and result in a crop which
will be high yielding, weed free and as
long lasting as the species selected.
Sowing can take place from early
spring, once the soil is warm and
has sufficient moisture, until October
(weather permitting). Mixtures with
clover should be sown before the end
of August, for best establishment.
10 Point Plan
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for establishing a new ley
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2.
3.
Always roll the seed bed to avoid
sowing too deep and to aid faster
seedling development. Broadcast or
drill seed to a depth of ½” (13mm) to
maximise seedling growth. Harrow
seed in lightly and follow up with a
Cambridge roller to consolidate the
seed bed. Apply 40 units N/acre when
the grass has two leaves and clover
has its first trifoliate leaf.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Soil test – correct pH and
nutrient deficiencies. Phosphate
is particularly important for
establishment
Burn off old sward with Roundup
(Glyphosate)
Cultivate to create a fine, firm
seedbed
Ideally sow into warm, moist soil
Broadcast or drill grass seed
(cross drill)
Drill no deeper than 15mm
Cambridge roll
Monitor Frit Fly, Leatherjacket and
Wireworm. Treat at first signs of
damage
Slug pellets advisable in wet
seasons
10. Control broad leaved weeds e.g.
Chickweed before they take over
the reseed either by light sheep
grazing or suitable weedkillers
Direct Drilling Grass After Using Glyphosate (Roundup/Clinic Ace)
Monitor the establishing sward for
signs of pest damage. Leatherjackets
and slugs can be a problem in both the
spring and autumn. Frit Fly damage
can occur in the summer or autumn.
There are two situations where grass
may be direct drilled:
Early management is very important
to encourage rapid ground cover as
soon as possible. Grazing is preferable
to cutting in the first instance, ideally
using sheep or young stock.
It is essential to remove, or graze
thoroughly surface trash from 5
days after spraying. Grass and
Clover may be direct drilled once
all trash is cleared.
Reseeding is a good time to correct
soil pH, by applying Physiolith (see
pages 8 and 9).
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a) Following a 1 – 2 year old ley –
without surface mat of old grass.
b) Following a long ley/permanent
pasture - with some surface mat of
old grass.
Spray the ley in the autumn. Delay
direct drilling until the following
spring and give the surface mat
time to decompose. Removal
followed by harrowing to break
the soil surface to the depth of
decaying roots and rhizomes will
aerate the soil and speed the
breakdown of the organic mat and
reduce the risk of toxins being
present when grass seeds are
drilled in the spring.
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Optimising Production
Optimising Production
with sound nutrition
with sound nutrition (continued)
Your new ley is an investment which, if
looked after, will provide your animals
with quality feed for years to come, so
ensuring it has the best start will pay
dividends in the long run.
Efficient soil nutrition is important
for establishing your sward. It will
also help maximise its output (both
yield and quality) and increase its
productive life.
The amount and timing of fertiliser
applications are key factors together
with your choice of fertiliser to
complement your soil reserves and
Slurry or FYM applications.
Producing More Meat or Milk
From Forage
We look to achieve this with the
Nutribalancer™ program. This
combines the technically advanced
specific fertilisers in the range with
traditional products, blends and
straights.
We are able to offer excellent advice
on all areas of forage and livestock
production. This is provided through
a team of local MV Forage Specialists
supported by our own research,
product development, and our local
fertiliser manufacturing facility at
Teignmouth in Devon.
The Importance of pH
Correction
Analysis of your soil pH is crucial to
achieving the best return from your
fertiliser inputs and to getting a new
ley established. Most crops grow best
at a pH of 6 - 6.5.
Conventional Premier Leys
Physiolith soil conditioner is
recommended for the rapid correction
of soil surface pH and contains a
rooting complex Amino Purine to aid
germination and root development. We
can also supply bulk Agricultural Lime.
Regular soil nutrient testing, at
least once every four years, is
recommended to ensure levels
of Phosphate, Potash, Calcium,
Magnesium and trace elements are
satisfactory. Particular attention
should be paid to soil phosphate
levels. Phosphate is vital for root
development and energy production
within the ley. Clovers are particularly
sensitive to phosphate reserves.
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To ensure good agricultural practice,
maximising yield and crop potential, it
is advisable to do a soil analysis. Mole
Valley Forage Services can arrange
both pH testing or full soil nutrient
analysis. Samples are analysed by an
independent ISO registered laboratory
to ensure accurate and reliable
results. Nutribalancer™ fertiliser plans
can then be formulated from this
information.
Fertiliser
for grass reseeds
The following recommendations are in
units/acre and are to be placed in the
seed bed. The amounts are then to be
deducted from the crop requirements
for the year.
Nitrogen
Autumn Sown
0
Spring Sown
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Fertilser Helpline:
0845 6031210
Phosphate and Potash
Index
0
1
2
3
3+
Phosphate
96
64
40
24
0
Potash
96
64
48(2-)
32(2+)
0
0
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Weeds and Pests
Weeds and Pests
for reseeds
When establishing your new ley it
is important attention is given to
controlling weeds and pests which can
lead to loss of plants (yield), quality
problems and reduced utilisation of the
sward by animals.
Problem
Rate
Comments
Squire Ultra
60gm / ha
Grass from 3 leaves to first tiller.
White clover from 2 trifoliate leaves.
Do not use on swards containing
Red Clover.
Chickweed, Seedling
Docks, Fat Hen,
Mayweed
Pastor +
Companion
Gold
2L / ha +
0.5L / ha
Grass from 3 leaf stage.
Use 300L water / ha.
Chickweed, Seedling
Docks, Charlock &
Polygonums.
Mircam Plus
5L / ha
When majority of grass has 3
leaves.
Seedling Docks
Clover Absent
Pests such as Frit Fly, Slugs and
Leatherjackets can also pose threats
to the newly sown ley and close
monitoring of the reseed at its early
stages of establishment is essential.
Problem
Symptoms
Product
Rate
Comments
Pest Control Treatments
The tables on the following pages offer
spray guidance.
Spray Helpline:
01769 576297 / 07798 583667
Measuring Grass Growth and Quality
See MVF Grasswatch in our monthly newsletter for the latest grass growth and
quality figures. Grass Platemeters can be obtained from Mole Valley Plus.
Tel: 01769 576201
Email: molevalleyplus@molevalleyfarmers.com
Conventional Premier Leys
Product
Clover in Mixture
It is vital to remember that cultivations
to establish a new ley will often
bring thousands of weed seeds to
the surface, which, unchecked, can
smother much of the newly sown
grasses.
Successful weed and pest control
relies on correct product choice
and timing of application. Mole
Valley Farmers have BASIS trained
agronomists who can advise you.
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Frit Fly
Stunted or dead
plants. Thin
pointed larvae in
central shoots.
Dursban WG
(max 1
application per
year)*
1kg / ha
Spray after drilling and
before grass emergence
where risk of attack is high
or at first signs of attack.
Slugs
Shredded leaves.
Carakol 3
Rivet
Condor 3
(mini pellets)
3.5kg / ha
5kg / ha
7kg /ha
Apply to seedbed 3 days
before drilling in high risk
situations.
Leather
jackets
Bare patches in
new leys.
Dursban WG
(max 1
application per
year)*
1kg / ha
Spray when temperature
is over 5OC in high risk
situations in 200-1,000L
water / ha.
Wireworm
No chemical control available.
* There is now a Voluntary Stewardship Scheme on Chlorpyrifos (Dursban). “Use
LERAP three star low drift nozzles and adopt a 20m no-spray buffer zone beside
water courses”. For further information go to www.saynotodrift.co.uk.
Vigorous, well rooted grass is better able to withstand weed and pest attack:
good drainage, fertiliser application and rolling
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g also help
help.
Conventional Premier L
Leys
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Selecting your MVF Premier Leys
Short term ley
1-3 years
Cutting
Selecting your MVF Premier Leys
Hi-Pro Booster (No1)
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Hi-Pro Silo Filler
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Cutting
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Maxi-Silage (No7)
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Extendi-Graze (No10)
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Dryland
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Milk-n-Meat (No6)
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Cut-n-Graze
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Diamond-Multi
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Grazing
Silage Buster (No2)
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Long term ley
5 years plus
Cutting
Hi-n-Sile (No8)
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Cutting
and Grazing
New Gold-Multi
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Lamb Finisher
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No Clover-Multi
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Lamb Finisher Plus
White Clover
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Low Input Pasture
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Livestock Grazer
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Horse / Pony Paddock
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Horse / Pony Traditional
Meadow Mix
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Medium term ley
3-5 years
Chicory Leys
Grazing
and Cutting
Conventional Premier Leys
Conventional Premier Leys
Horse Grazing
All mixtures are suitable for all soil types.
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Hi-Pro Booster
Hi-Pro Silo-Filler
Short Term, Cutting (MVF No 1)
Short Term, Cutting
• Very high yields of high protein
silage over 3 years.
• 3 cuts and late grazing.
• High protein levels complement
maize silage.
• Cut around 10th - 24th May to
maximise protein content and cut
approximately 7-8 weeks later for
second cut.
• Hi-Pro Booster includes the
excellent Aber® hybrids giving
better yield, quality and disease
resistance.
• Red clovers will fix Nitrogen and
improve soil nutrient levels and soil
structure.
• Use a 5 year break between red
clover crops to prevent pest and
disease build-up.
• 2 years of maximum production.
• High crude protein content.
• High protein levels complement
maize silage.
• First cut around 2nd-3rd week of
May when 50% of flowers show
red.
• No need for artificial Nitrogen.
• Annual yields of 13-15 tonnes
DM/ha can be achieved.
• Excellent for improved soil structure
and soil nutrient levels.
• Use a 5 year break between red
clover crops to prevent pest and
disease build-up.
Variety
Variety
Amount
AberEve Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass
4.00kg
AberExcel Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass
3.00kg
AberDart Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
Milvus Red Clover
2.00kg
AberRuby Red Clover
1.00kg
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Amount
Muriello Diploid Italian Ryegrass
4.00kg
Dorike Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass
5.00kg
AberRuby Red Clover
1.00kg
Merviot Red Clover
2.00kg
12.00kg / acre
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Conventional Premier Leys
12.00kg / acre
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Silage Buster
Hi-n-Sile
Short Term, Cutting
Medium Term, Cutting
(MVF No 8)
• Intensive production up to a three
year period.
• For 75D value, cut around 8th - 10th
May, with the second cut 6 weeks
later.
• Up to four cuts of high quality silage
per year or season-long grazing.
• Maximum yield, palatability and
digestibility.
• This ley responds positively to high
levels of fertiliser by producing up to
15% more dry matter per acre than
long term leys.
• The mixture includes only top
yielding Italian and hybrid
ryegrasses.
Variety
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• Maximum yields under a
conservation regime.
• Suitable for high Nitrogen
production systems.
• For quality first cut silage of 75D,
cut around 3rd - 7th May.
• Responds very quickly to Nitrogen
application enabling you to
maximise your conservation yields.
• Contains Aberystwyth bred grasses
selected for yield, quality and
extended growing season.
• Includes AberDart, AberStar and
AberMagic high sugar grasses for
faster liveweight gains and higher
milk production.
• Excellent Crown Rust resistance.
Amount
Barsilo Diploid Hybrid Ryegrass
3.00kg
Novial Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass
3.00kg
Variety
Abys Diploid Italian Ryegrass
3.50kg
AberEve Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass
3.50kg
Barmultra II Diploid Italian Ryegrass
4.00kg
AberDart Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
AberMagic Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
AberStar Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
Dunluce Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
Aran Large White Clover
0.50kg
13.50kg / acre
Amount
Conventional Premier Leys
Conventional Premier Leys
14.00kg / acre
New Gold-Multi
Maxi-Silage
Medium Term, Cutting and Grazing
Long Term, Cutting (MVF No 7)
• Designed for both cutting and
grazing over a wide range of soil
types and climatic conditions.
• Maximum grass production from
early spring to late summer, lasting
up to 5 years.
• Early spring grazing can be followed
by quality conservation cuts (and
subsequent aftermath grazing) from
around 20th May.
• For 75D value, cut around 8th - 10th
May.
• Includes Seagoe, the variety with
the highest conservation yield on
the recommended list.
• Chicory can be added to this ley at
0.25 - 0.5 kg, if required.
Variety
Amount
• A long term cutting mixture that will
provide heavy cuts of quality silage
year after year.
• First cut silage of 75D value, cut
around 8th - 10th May.
• All varieties perform extremely well
under conservation management
with high and low fertiliser systems.
• MVF cutting white clover blend will
give very high yields of clover but
the varieties will also persist under
grazing or high fertiliser regimes.
• Varieties are chosen for excellent
aftermath D value.
Foyle Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass
1.70kg
AberMagic Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
Seagoe Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
Variety
Drumbo Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.30kg
AberMagic Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
Ideal Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.50kg
AberFarrell Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.50kg
Comer Timothy
1.00kg
AstonEnergy Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
MVF Grazing White Clover Blend
0.75kg
AberAvon Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
AberBite Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
MVF Cutting White Clover Blend
0.75kg
13.25kg / acre
No clover option available
Direct delivery to farm only
No Timothy option available
Direct delivery to farm only
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Amount
13.25kg / acre
No clover option available
Direct delivery to farm only
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Extendi-Graze
Milk-n-Meat
Long Term, Grazing (MVF No 10)
Long Term, Cutting and Grazing (MVF No 6)
• Designed to produce a dense,
productive ley for intensive grazing
from early spring to late autumn.
• The late heading of this ley allows
for later cuts of high quality silage to
be taken from early June onwards.
• Varieties have been selected
for their excellent quality and
palatability insuring maximum
production from grazed grass.
• Produces a dense, leafy, easily
managed sward which will
encourage maximum dry matter
intake.
• Suitable for later cutting production
which will still produce top quality
silage.
• The late perennial ryegrasses, Ideal
and Tyrella, have been selected for
their yield, digestibility and disease
resistance.
• Chicory can be added to this ley at
0.25 - 0.5 kg, if required.
Variety
• A dual purpose ley for cutting and
grazing systems.
• In dry years it will produce
palatable, high quality grazing in the
summer.
• For first cut silage of 75D value, cut
around 8th - 10th May.
• Suitable for early spring grazing or
silage cut that can be followed by
grazing right through to late autumn.
• It will produce a dense sward that
will help to reduce poaching.
• Includes AberAvon and AberMagic
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for their high sugar, high grazing
D value and excellent Crown Rust
resistance.
• Contains timothy which gives the
benefits of early growth and mid
summer palatability.
• Chicory can be added to this ley at
0.25 - 0.5 kg, if required.
Variety
Amount
Drumbo Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.50kg
Pastour Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
Tyrella Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.75kg
Delphin Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
Ideal Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
MVF Grazing White Clover Blend
0.75kg
13.00kg / acre
Amount
AberMagic Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
AstonEnergy Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
3.50kg
AberAvon Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
AberFarrell Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
Presto Timothy
0.50kg
Promesse Timothy
0.50kg
MVF Grazing White Clover Blend
1.00kg
13.50kg / acre
No clover option available
Direct delivery to farm only
No Timothy option available
Direct delivery to farm only
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Conventional Premier Leys
No clover option available
Direct delivery to farm only
Cut-n-Graze
Diamond-Multi
Long Term, Cutting and Grazing
Long Term, Cutting and Grazing
• Uses latest high sugar grasses from
IBERS.
• Pure ryegrass mix for high quality
and yield.
• Designed to give a high yielding first
cut of 75D around 12th - 15th May,
followed by high quality, rotational
grazing for the rest of the season.
• Very high D value for extra milk and
liveweight gain production.
• Includes AberBite which is the
highest yielding perennial ryegrass
on the list.
• Chicory can be added to this ley at
0.25 - 0.5 kg, if required.
• A highly versatile long term mixture
designed to maximise production at
the times of the year when grass is
most valuable. It is a highly flexible
mixture for both cutting and grazing.
• Cut at first ear emergence in early
May, the ley will produce grass of
73D plus, and when left for two
weeks to bulk up, will still produce
grass of 68D.
• Has outstanding spring growth
for early turnout and early spring
lambing.
Variety
• Maintains excellent growth into late
autumn, to maximise the grazing
season.
• Uses varieties selected for their high
palatibility and easy management,
with a very low level of re-heading.
• Chicory can be added to this ley at
0.25 - 0.5 kg, if required.
Variety
Amount
Amount
Moyola Diploid Early Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
Copeland Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
AberMagic Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
Montova Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.50kg
AberStar Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.50kg
Drumbo Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
1.50kg
AstonEnergy Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
Tyrella Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
1.75kg
AberAvon Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
Ideal Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
AberBite Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
Comer Timothy
1.00kg
MVF Grazing White Clover Blend
1.00kg
MVF Grazing White Clover Blend
0.75kg
13.50kg / acre
13.50kg / acre
No clover option available
Direct delivery to farm only
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No clover option available
Direct delivery to farm only
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No Clover-Multi
Dryland
Long Term, Cutting and Grazing
Long Term, Grazing
• Designed to produce a dense
productive ley without clover. Can
be used for cutting or grazing.
• First cut silage of 75D, cut around
10th - 12th May.
• The newly established ley can be
sprayed at establishment with more
effective and lower cost herbicides
to control Chickweed and Seedling
Docks, before they get established
in the sward.
• 100% ryegrass content will give
the maximum response to Nitrogen
applications. For either quick
rotational grazing systems or to
maximise silage production.
• The mixture is extremely palatable
with the blend of white clover. It is
essential not to under graze as the
cocksfoot will become fibrous and
tough.
• Cocksfoot produces long fibrous
roots and along with meadow
fescue are drought tolerant.
• Suitable for beef and sheep with a
good dense ground cover.
• Cocksfoot is early to start in the
spring and is very rapid in its
recovery after defoliation.
• Herb mixtures can be added to
the ley as they also are drought
resistant, with deep roots and add
minerals to the grazing animal.
Variety
Variety
Amount
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Amount
3.00kg
AberAvon Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
AberMagic Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
AberBite Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
AstonEnergy Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
Erecta Timothy
1.00kg
AberAvon Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
AberTop Cocksfoot
4.00kg
AstonPrincess Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
Rossa Meadow Fescue
2.00kg
MVF Grazing White Clover Blend
1.00kg
AberFarrell Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
13.00kg / acre
12.00kg / acre
Conventional Premier Leys
Conventional Premier Leys
No clover option available
Direct delivery to farm only
Low Input Pasture
Renovation Mixes
Long Term, Cutting and Grazing
Old pasture and leys that have
become thin in the bottom can be
rejuvenated by either broadcasting
seed onto them or by slot seeding.
Ideal ground conditions are important;
use a chain harrow with reasonable
spikes to get a tilth, broadcast the
seed and then either roll or turn out
stock to tread in.
Do not apply any Nitrogen until the
new grasses are well established.
Delivery direct to farm packs: 10 kgs
• A ley designed for beef and
sheep farmers, who are looking to
maximise production from lower
inputs.
• Proven mixture in low input trials
(DARD2003-06).
• Fescues and cocksfoot are included
because they are deep rooted
and able to survive dry and wet
conditions.
• The mixture of species has been
selected to offer opportunities for
cutting and grazing.
• Good mid-season growth is gained
from the mixture of chosen grasses.
• Barolex tall fescue, is a highly
palatable variety, with forage that
contains 15% more protein than
perennial ryegrass.
• This range of grasses will thrive with
lower inputs of artificial Nitrogen,
offers a sustainable farming solution
and will last for many years.
Conventional Premier Leys
Variety
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Short term
Variety
Amount
AberEve Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass
4.00kg
Muriello Diploid Italian Ryegrass
3.00kg
Dorike Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass
3.00kg
10.00kg / acre
Long term
Variety
Amount
Foyle Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass
3.00kg
Pradel Meadow Fescue
1.50kg
Barolex Tall Fescue
4.00kg
Comer Timothy
2.00kg
Barmoral Cocksfoot
1.00kg
Crusader Medium White Clover
0.25kg
Alice Large White Clover
0.25kg
12.00kg / acre
Amount
AberEve Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass
4.00kg
AberDart Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
Calibra Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
10.00kg / acre
Clover seed can be added to either of these
mixtures if required at 1kg per pack and taking
out 1kg of grass seed.
Conventional Premier Leys
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Horse / Pony Paddock
Horse / Pony Traditional Meadow Mix
Long Term, Grazing
Long Term, Grazing
• Designed to produce a high quality
grazing and if required, a very high
quality hay cut in summer.
• Is extremely persistent, dense and
hard wearing.
• This mixture can be used for
patching poached areas on the
farm.
• Available in half acre packs
in MVF Branches and SCATS
Countrystores.
• The mixture contains a wide
range of less productive grasses,
which recreates the nutritional
characteristics of a natural habitat.
• Specifically designed for horses /
ponies that are laminitic.
• Laminitis will still have to be
monitored but the mixture will help
to minimise the risk.
• Will give a dense hard wearing
sward.
Herbs can be added to
this mixture.
Herbs can be added to
this mixture.
Variety
Amount
Variety
Amount
Vesivius/Esquire Amenity Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
Barlane Tall Fescue
2.10kg
Rodrigo Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
4.00kg
Barustic Strong Creeping Red Fescue
1.40kg
Foxtrot Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.50kg
Pradel Meadow Fescue
6.30kg
Presto Timothy
1.00kg
Comer Timothy
2.10kg
Maxima 1 Strong Creeping Red Fescue
2.00kg
Miracle Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
Rossa Meadow Fescue
1.00kg
12.50kg / acre
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2.10kg
14.00kg / acre
Other Mixtures Available
Herb Mixture
Variety
Ribgrass, Sheeps Parsely, Yarrow, Salad Burnet
Gallops mixture - Especially designed for gallops using
highly wear tolerant dwarf perennial ryegrasses.
Conventional Premier Leys
Conventional Premier Leys
• A blend of herbs can add valuable properties to the diet.
• Herbs have the ability to supply different trace elements and minerals.
• Sowing rate 1 - 2kg per acre mixed into a grass seed ley.
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Horse Haylage
White Clover
Medium Term, to be cut for
fodder production
This is used in most long term grazing
leys at between 0.75 to 1.0 kg/acre
inclusion rate. For overseeding 1.0kg/
acre is recommended to boost nutrient
value of the sward and fix Nitrogen.
Up to 100 units/acre of Nitrogen are
fixed by a sward with 20 to 30% clover
composition.
• Produces haylage which is an ideal
source of protein and energy.
• It is ideal for barn drying or high dry
matter haylage or hay.
• The mixture is designed to produce
fodder that is an excellent source of
fibre.
• The inclusion of timothy and
meadow fescue gives that special
‘nose’ to the finished haylage.
• The sward can be grazed prior to or
following a fodder crop
Varieties are categorised by leaf size.
Small leaf varieties are most persistent
under tight sheep grazing, whilst the
large leaf varieties are most persistent
under cattle grazing or silage
management.
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• To increase the palatability of the
sward and consequently animal
performance.
• To fix Nitrogen.
• To supply additional protein and
minerals to the animal.
• To give extra production during dry
spells.
• To maintain the quality of the sward.
• Blends combine complementary
characteristics and offer greater
stability of yield than single varieties
within the mixture.
MVF Grazing White Clover Blend
Variety
Amount
2.00kg
Crusader Small / Medium White Clover
50%
Meribel Diploid Italian Ryegrass
4.00kg
Aberdai Medium White Clover
30%
Barelli Diploid Italian Ryegrass
2.50kg
Alice / Aran Large White Clover
20%
Kilrea Diploid Early Perennial Ryegrass
3.00kg
Pradel Meadow Fescue
0.50kg
Comer Timothy
0.50kg
Variety
Barsilo Diploid Hybrid Ryegrass
Amount
12.50kg / acre
MVF Cutting White Clover Blend
Variety
Amount
Aberdai Medium White Clover
25%
Alice / Aberconcord Large White Clover
25%
Barblanca / Aran Large White Clover
50%
Conventional Premier Leys
Conventional Premier Leys
Ex MVF branch in 2kg packs or direct to farm in 2kg / 25kg packs.
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Red Clover
Italian Ryegrass Blend
A much larger plant than white clover,
used in short and medium term leys
and fertility building swards.
A highly productive, rapidly
establishing sward, which is versatile
enough to be grazed, cut or catch
cropped over the short term. With fast
establishment and rapid production,
it can achieve up to four silage cuts
with over-winter grazing, or be used
as a catch crop sown after maize.
Responds positively to high fertiliser
levels.
There is renewed interest in the
species as a source of home produced
protein and free fixing of Nitrogen.
• High protein level throughout the
growing season.
• Very high yields for 2-3 years.
• Improves soil structure and fertility.
• Large root system makes it drought
resistant.
Warning: It can effect fertility of ewes
due to oestregen production if grazed
6 weeks prior to tupping.
Variety
Merviot, Milvus, AberRuby and
Lemmon
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Delivery and Pack Size
Ex MVF branch or direct to farm packs
25kg bags.
Sowing rate: 12.5 - 15kgs / acre
Variety
Amount
Abys Diploid Italian Ryegrass
33.4%
Meribel Diploid Italian Ryegrass
33.3%
Barmultra II Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass
33.3%
Delivery and Pack Size
Festulolium
• Festuloliums are crosses between
Ryegrass and Fescue.
• The cross can be Italian or Perennial
Ryegrass crossed with many types
of fescues.
• Festuloliums can show better stress
tolerance to drought and winter
hardiness.
• Judge the varieties against other
varieties of PRG/IRG on the NIAB
RL.
• The only Festulolium recommended
by NIAB this year is AberNiche, an
Italian type.
• They are best used in mixtures.
Conventional Premier Leys
Conventional Premier Leys
Ex MVF branch in 2kg packs or direct
to farm in 2kg and 25kg packs.
Chicory Leys
Westerwold
Ryegrass
Westerwold is the fastest growing
forage grass available. It can be in
production within eight weeks of
sowing and will continue to produce
throughout the year of sowing. A
good catch crop for mid/late summer
sowing for cutting or grazing.
Variety
Amount
Jivet / Winterstar Tetraploid Westerwold Ryegrass
100%
Westerwold Ryegrass Blend
Conventional Premier Leys
This mixture is for cutting or grazing
and this blend will grow very fast for
both autumn and spring production.
Delivery and Pack Size
Direct to farm packs 25kg
Sowing rate: 12.5 - 15kgs / acre
Variety
Amount
Jivet / Winterstar Tetraploid Westerwold Ryegrass
50%
Trocadero Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass
50%
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Puna ll is a New Zealand bred
broad-leaved perennial forage herb
of high nutritional quality, producing
high yields, from spring to late
autumn. It has a large tap root giving
excellent drought Tollerance and can
be sown into grass clover mixtures
or on its own with clover. The high
mineral content appears to have
some anthelmintic benefits for grazing
animals.
Sowing
Spring sowings are recommended,
although early autumn sowing is
possible providing it has established
before winter dormancy. Suggested
sowing rates would be for grasses and
clovers 0.25 - 0.5 kgs per acre, or a
pure Puna ll plus clover stand at 5.5
kgs per acre.
Puna ll has a very small, light seed
and therefore should not be sown
deeper than 10mm. Seed may be
drilled or broadcast and has been
successfully direct drilled under
favourable conditions; slug bait should
be used to enhance establishment.
Chicory prefers well drained soils and
moderate to high soil fertility. The crop
requires similar N, P and K levels as
grass at establishment stage. Allowing
Puna ll to flower once in late autmun
can enhance persistency through
the build up of root reserves. In New
Zealand, Puna ll has been shown to
persist from 2 - 4 years, depending on
management, soil type and climate.
Grazing Management
Graze the crop rotationally in the
sowing and keep on top of the crop
to prevent flowering. Hard grazing,
particularly after flowering or damage
to the crown in wet conditions will
effect production and persistance.
Early studies of lamb growth rates on
pure stands of Puna ll plus clover have
shown between 300 - 400g daily live
weight gain.
Conventional Premier Leys
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Chicory Leys
Rumigan Premier Leys
Medium Term, Grazing
Introduction
Lamb Finisher
All our leys will include 65% organic
seed in the mix which has the approval
of the Soil Association and the Organic
Farmers and Growers. The proposal
for 2013 will be to increase the
inclusion rate to 70%.
Variety
Amount
Puna II Perennial Chicory
2.00kg
Merviot Red Clover
2.00kg
AberRuby Red Clover
1.25kg
5.25kg / acre
Lamb Finisher Plus White Clover
Variety
Amount
Puna II Perennial Chicory
2.00kg
AberConcord Medium White Clover
1.00kg
Merviot Red Clover
1.50kg
AberRuby Red Clover
1.00kg
5.50kg / acre
Livestock Grazer
Variety
Amount
Puna II Perennial Chicory
1.75kg
AberEcho Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass
2.00kg
AberEve Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass
2.00kg
AberMagic Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
4.00kg
AberConcord Medium White Clover
1.50kg
Conventional Premier Leys
11.25kg / acre
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Our Rumigan Premier Leys have
been carefully selected to provide
a combination of palatability, yield
and disease resistance to provide
improved production for both milk and
meat from grass clover mixes.
This year there should be more stocks
of good organic varieties around
including hybrids. However, there will
be a limited choice of clover varieties
and therefore deregation maybe
obtained for agronomic reasons if
there is no suitable organic seed
available.
If any of our organic leys are not
suitable for your requirements, we are
able to make up special mixes to suit.
We are totally committed to producing
organic solutions for our Members and
can provide the following solutions:
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Compound Feeds and Blends
Mineral Supplements and Buckets
Organic Straights
Calf Milk Replacers
Silage Additives
Fertilisers
For further information on the Rumigan
Range, please contact your local Farm
Sales Co-ordinator or the Arable Office
on 01769 576232.
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Selecting your
Rumigan Premier Leys
Short term ley
1-3 years
Medium term ley
3-5 years
Long term ley
5 years plus
Rumigan Hi-Pro Booster
Short Term, Cutting (MVF No 1)
Rumigan Hi-Pro Booster
(No1)
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Rumigan Hi-Pro Silo Filler
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Rumigan Silage Buster
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Cutting
Rumigan Hi-n-Sile (No8)
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Cutting
and Grazing
Rumigan New Gold-Multi
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Rumigan Milk-n-Meat
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Cutting
Cutting
and Grazing
Rumigan Diamond-Multi
Grazing
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Rumigan Platinum
Extendi-Graze
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• Maximum production of quality
forage from the high yielding hybrid,
tetraploid perennial ryegrasses.
• Maximum home grown protein from
the high red clover content.
• Helps build up fertility for the
following crops and improves soil
structure.
• Ideal for spring undersowing under
barley or arable silage mixtures.
• Once established, the sward can
be cut three or four times, with the
option to graze fattening lambs in
the autumn.
• Contains Aber® high sugar grasses.
• Use a 5 year break between red
clover crops to prevent pest and
disease build-up.
Variety
Amount
AberEve Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass-Organic
5.80kg
AberExcel Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass
1.20kg
Rodrigo Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
2.00kg
Milvus Red Clover
2.00kg
AberRuby Red Clover
1.00kg
Rumigan Premier Leys
Rumigan Premier Leys
12.00kg / acre
Rumigan Hi-Pro Silo Filler
Rumigan Hi-n-Sile
Short Term, Cutting
Medium Term, Cutting
• 2 years of maximum production.
• Maximum home grown protein from
the high red clover content.
• Ideal for spring undersowing under
barley or arable silage mixtures.
• Annual yields of 13-15 tonnes
DM/ha can be achieved.
• Excellent fertility builder for
following crops.
• Improvement of soil structure.
• Use a 5 year break between red
clover crops to prevent pest and
disease build-up.
Variety
Amount
Ligrande Diploid Italian Ryegrass-Organic
2.80kg
Muriello Diploid Italian Ryegrass
1.20kg
Dorike Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass-Organic
5.00kg
Merviot Red Clover
2.00kg
AberRuby Red Clover
1.00kg
12.00kg / acre
Rumigan Silage Buster
Short Term, Cutting
• Intensive production up to 3 years.
• Maximum yield and palatability.
• Up to four cuts of high quailty
forage per year or all season long
grazing.
• First cut at around mid May will
produce 70D grass.
• This mixture includes only
top yielding Italian and hybrid
ryegrasses.
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Variety
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• Maximum yields under conservation
and grazing.
• Optimum yield for quality, first cut
silage from 25th May - 7th June.
• One kilo of white clover to give
Nitrogen fixation.
• Red clover for extra protein for first
2-3 years.
• Contains Aberystwyth bred grasses
selected for yield, quality and
extended growing season.
• Ideal for 3-4 bulky silage cuts or
one large cut followed by rotational
grazing.
• Good Crown Rust resistance.
Variety
Amount
AberEve Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass-Organic
3.60kg
Rodrigo Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
2.00kg
AberStar Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
AberMagic Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
1.40kg
AstonEnergy Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
3.50kg
AberDai Medium White Clover
0.50kg
Aran Large White Clover
0.50kg
Milvus Red Clover
0.50kg
14.00kg
/ acre
Amount
Barsilo Diploid Hybrid Ryegrass
2.00kg
Abys Diploid Italian Ryegrass
2.55kg
Danergo Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass-Organic
5.00kg
Magician Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
3.45kg
13.00kg / acre
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Rumigan New Gold-Multi
Rumigan Milk-n-Meat
Medium Term,
Cutting and Grazing
Long Term, Cutting and Grazing
• Designed for both cutting and
grazing over a wide range of soil
types.
• Gives a very long growing season,
by using varieties with different
growth habits for maximum
production, upto 5 years.
• Produces a sward structure which
will allow the clover content to build
up to the optimum of 30% of the
dry matter.
• A first cut, taken when the first ears
emerge in mid May, will produce the
optimum yield of quality grass.
• Timing of second cut should be
judged by the volume of the crop,
as the white clover content will help
to maintain the quality of the sward.
• The use of disease resistant
varieties ensures a palatable sward
right through the growing season.
• Chicory / herbs can be added into
this ley at 0.25 - 0.5 kg, if required.
• A dual purpose ley for cutting and
grazing systems.
• Optimum first cut silage last week
May - first week June.
• It will produce a dense sward that
will help to reduce poaching.
• Suitable for extended grazing
systems.
• Chicory / herbs can be added into
this ley at 0.25 - 0.5 kg, if required.
Variety
No Timothy option available
Direct delivery to farm only
Variety
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Amount
Foyle Tetraploid Hybrid Ryegrass
1.45kg
Montova Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
1.25kg
Copeland Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
2.50kg
Tyrella Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
2.50kg
Polim Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
3.70kg
Comer Timothy
0.60kg
MVF Grazing White Clover Blend
1.25kg
13.25kg / acre
Amount
Rodrigo Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
2.30kg
AstonEnergy Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
1.50kg
AstonPrincess Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
2.00kg
AberAvon Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
3.00kg
AberFarrell Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
2.45kg
Presto Timothy
0.50kg
Promesse Timothy
0.50kg
MVF Grazing White Clover Blend
1.25kg
13.50kg
/ acre
No Timothy option available
Direct delivery to farm only
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Rumigan Diamond-Multi
Rumigan Platinum Extendi-Graze
Long Term, Cutting and Grazing
Long Term, Grazing
• Designed as a long term dual
purpose ley which will give excellent
quality grazing and silage.
• The ley will achieve excellent growth
of spring grass for early turnout.
• Produces a sward structure that
allows white clover to achieve its
optimum level of 30% of the dry
matter to give maximum production.
• Cut at first ear emergence, the ley
will produce grass of 73D plus, and
when left for two weeks to bulk up,
will still produce grass of 68D.
• Following cutting, the ley will
produce a dense, leafy sward, ideal
for quality grazing.
• Chicory / herbs can be added into
this ley at 0.25 - 0.5 kg, if required.
• Designed for areas of the farm
which are expected to be intensively
grazed.
• The ley has outstanding persistency,
using varieties with excellent sward
density for carrying stock and
suppressing weeds.
• Highly palatable, leafy production to
maximise animal intakes.
• The ley can be rotationally grazed
or set stocked and the season
long growth of the ley, combined
with its excellent stock carrying
characteristics, allows for maximum
grazing time.
• The later maturity of this ley allows
a cut of quality silage to be made as
the first ears emerge at the end of
May.
Variety
Amount
Moyola Diploid Early Perennial Ryegrass
1.45kg
Copeland Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
2.80kg
Montova Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
1.50kg
Pastour Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
2.00kg
Drumbo Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
1.00kg
Polim Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
3.00kg
Comer Timothy
0.50kg
MVF Grazing White Clover Blend
1.25kg
• The varieties used are very disease
resistant with a dense growth habit,
which produces quality late summer
and autumn grazing with minimum
maintenance.
Variety
Amount
Tyrella Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
1.40kg
Drumbo Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
2.00kg
Pastour Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
3.45kg
Polim Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
3.00kg
Delphin Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
1.40kg
Comer Timothy
0.50kg
MVF Grazing White Clover Blend
1.25kg
13.00kg / acre
13.50kg / acre
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No Timothy option available
Direct delivery to farm only
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White Clover Blend
Rumigan Red Clover Blend
• To fix up to 150 units/acre Nitrogen
a year, free of charge.
• To increase the palatability of the
sward and consequently animal
performance.
• To supply additional protein and
minerals to the animal.
• To give extra production during dry
spells.
• Blends combine complementary
characteristics and offer greater
stability of yield than single varieties
within the mixture.
Red clover is used principally for silage
production and will grow on many
types of soil. As with other legumes,
it is best sown from April to early
September.
Conventional (used in Rumigan mixes)
Rumigan Italian Ryegrass
Amount
Crusader Small / Medium White Clover
50%
Aberdai Medium White Clover
30%
Aran / Alice Large White Clover
20%
Rumigan White Clover Blend
grazing / cutting clover blend with
65% organic grass seed for clover
renovation.
Variety
Amount
Calibra Tetraploid Inter Perennial Ryegrass - Organic
2.60kg
MVF Grazing White Clover Blend
1.40kg
4.00kg / acre
Rumigan Premier Leys
Delivery and Pack Size
Direct to farm. Packs: 2kg / 25kg
Rumigan Red Clover Blend
Variety
There is a shortage of good organic
white clover varieties, we therefore
recommend using conventional MVF
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Variety
Amount
Milvus Red Clover - Organic
32.5%
AberRuby Red Clover - Organic
32.5%
Merviot Red Clover
35%
Fast establishment and quick growth
are characteristics of this Italian
ryegrass blend. It is suitable for a 1-2
year ley giving excellent yields for
either cutting or grazing.
Delivery and Pack Size
Direct to farm.
Packs: 25kg
Sowing rate: 12.5 - 15kgs / acre
Rumigan Italian Ryegrass Blend - Mix A
Variety
Amount
Danergo Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass - Organic
65%
Meribel Diploid Italian Ryegrass
10%
Abys Diploid Italian Ryegrass
25%
Rumigan Italian Ryegrass Blend - Mix B
Variety
Amount
Dorike Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass-Organic
40%
Star/Ligrande Diploid Italian Ryegrass-Organic
25%
Muriello Diploid Italian Ryegrass
19%
Danergo Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass
16%
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Rumigan Renovation Mixtures
Old pasture and leys that have
become thin in the bottom can be
rejuvenated by broadcasting/drilling
seed onto them. Timing is important;
use a chain harrow with reasonable
spikes to get a tilth, broadcast the
seed and then either roll, or turn out
stock to tread in.
The benefits trials have shown:
1.3 litres per cow per day extra milk
through 200 days lactation over
untreated silage.
Improvement in daily live weight gain
of 20% extra over untreated silage on
beef cattle.
Delivery and Pack Size
Direct to farm
Packs: 10kg
Sowing Rate: 8 - 12 kgs / acre
Rumigan Clover Rich Renovator
Variety
Amount
Crusader Medium White Clover
2.00kg
Alice Large White Clover
1.50kg
Magician Diploid Late Perennial Ryegrass-Organic
6.50kg
10kg / acre
Rumigan Renovator
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Maximise the quality of your silage by
using a proven silage additive.
MVF Organic Clover Rich
Renovator
• Increasing quality clover percentage
in existing ley.
• Once established, clovers will fix
free Nitrogen and improve protein
production.
• Clovers selected for persistence
and yield.
MVF Range
of Grass Silage Additives
Variety
Amount
Calibra Tetraploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass - Organic
4.00kg
AstonPrincess Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass
2.00kg
AberMagic Diploid Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
5.00kg
Fornido Tetraploid Late Perennial Ryegrass - Organic
2.50kg
10kg / acre
Type of Grass to be Silaged
Choice of Product
To maximise performance or where
very quick fermentation is required
(adverse conditions / heavy crop)
Mole Dominator
2 million lactobacillus plantarum per
gram of grass.
Where conditions are not so
challenging
Mole Active
1 million lactobacillus plantarum per
gram of grass.
Dry Silages, Big Bales or Wholecrop
Mole Dri
2 million lactobacillus plantarum per
gram of grass plus allicin - yeast and
mould inhibitor.
GMO Free and suitable for organic use.
Grass Silage Additives
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Ecosyl Range
of Grass Silage Additives
Advance Range of Grass
Silage Additives
Boost performance with Ecosyl 100
• For clamped grass and legumes.
• Available in 150g jar, which is
sufficient to treat 50 tonnes of fresh
forage crop.
• Advance formulations contain
a 2 strain mix comprising a
Pediococcus, which dominates the
upper pH range, together with a
lactobacillus to drive the pH drop to
completion.
• Advance products contain
lactobacillus brevis which produces
acitic acid to retard the growth of
spoilage yeasts and moulds to give
greater stability.
• The enzyme formulations have
shown significant increases in the
digestibility of treated forages with
improvements of up to 20%.
• This has been achieved because
these enzymes are effectively able
to seperate the carbohydrate from
the lignin in the fibre.
• Apply the solution at 1 litre per
tonne of fresh forage.
• Can also be applied through all
low volume application systems at
manufacturers recommended rates.
• For clamped grass and legumes.
• Available as a liquid (2 litre bottle) and
dry applied product (20kg bag).
• One bottle or bag treats 100t of forage.
• Variable liquid application at 20ml to 2
litres per tonne.
• The tank mix is stable for 48 hours at
ambient temperature.
• GMO free and suitable for organic use.
• Easy to use and suitable for all
applicators.
• Can be stored for upto 10 days when
mixed.
Backed by over 250 independant trials!
Performance
Grass Silage Additives
• Up to 2.3 litres more milk / cow
/ day.
• +0.7 Metabolisable Energy.
• 15.2% higher daily liveweight
gain.
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Grass Silage Additives
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Environmental Stewardship Selector
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Spring Oilseed Rape
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Italian Catch Crop
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Barley

Forage Rye

Winter Hardy
Vetch

Fodder Radish

Mustard

Phacelia
WBA 1
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WBS 3
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WBS 2
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WBS 1
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Not Winter
Hardy
Partridge Mixture
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Wild Bird Seed Mixtures
Decoy Mixture
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Nectar Rich - Gold
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Nectar Rich - Bronze
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Pollen & Nectar with Grass
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WF1
SRG with 15% Wildflowers
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Butterfly & Bumblebee Mixture
SRG Species Rich Grass
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BGM 2 RC
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BGM 1 RC
BGM 2 no Cocksfoot
400
Nectar Rich Mixtures
BGM 4 with Wildflowers
BGM 1 with Cocksfoot
Buffer Strip Mixtures
ELS & HLS Points/ha
Description
HLS Code
ELS Code
ELS & HLS Description
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BGM 3 with Cocksfoot & Clover
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Options for trees and woodland
EC24
HC24
Hedgerow tree buffer strips on cultivated land
Options for buffer strips
EE1
HE1
2m Buffer strips on cultivated land
300
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EE2
HE2
4m Buffer strips on cultivated land
400
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EE3
HE3
6m Buffer strips on cultivated land
400
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EE8
HE8
Buffering in-field ponds in arable land
400
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EE9
HE9
6m buffer strips on intensive grassland next to a watercourse
400
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HE10
Floristically enhanced grass buffer strips (non-rotational)
485
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Options for arable land
EF1
HF1
Management of field corners
400
EF2
HF2
Wild bird seed mixture
450
EF4
HF4
Nectar flower mixture
450
EF7
HF7
Beetle banks
580
Extended overwintered stubble
410
EF22
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Options to encourage a range of crop types
HG1
Undersown spring cereals
200
Grass and legume mixture
Options to protect soil and water
EJ2
HJ2
Management of maize crops to reduce soil erosion
18
EJ9
HJ9
12m buffer strips for watercourses on culitvated land
400
EJ10
HJ10
Enhanced management of maize crops to reduce soil erosion
and run off
94
EJ13
HJ13
Winter cover crops
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Conservation and Amenity Mixtures
Conservation and Amenity Mixtures
EG1
Environmental
Stewardship Mixtures
s
Environmental
Stewardship Mixtures
Buffer Strip Mixtures
Buffer Strip Mixtures
BGM1 - with Cocksfoot
2m, 4m, 6m and field corners
BGM 1 RC - Red Clover and
Cocksfoot
SRG - Species Rich Grass
Variety
Amount
Variety
Amount
Variety
Amount
Variety
Amount
Smooth Stalked MG
20%
Hard Fescue
20%
Meadow Fescue
20%
Hard Fescue
20%
Red Fescue
20%
Creeping Red Fescue
20%
Hard Fescue
15%
Creeping Red Fescue
20%
Meadow Fescue
20%
Cocksfoot
20%
10%
20%
Common Bentgrass
20%
20%
Smooth Stalked Meadow
Grass
Timothy
Timothy
Tall Fescue
20%
Sheeps Fescue
10%
Tall Fescue
20%
Creeping Red Fescue
10%
Cocksfoot
15%
Hard Fescue
10%
Chewings Fescue
8%
Red Clover
5%
Common Bentgrass
7%
Sainfoin
7%
Crested Dogstail
5%
BGM2 - no Cocksfoot
2m, 4m, 6m and field corners
Variety
Amount
Pack sizes: 20 kg
Sowing rates: 20kg / hectare
BGM 2 RC - Red Clover no
Cocksfoot
Pack sizes: 20 kg
Sowing rates: Variable
SRGWF - Species Rich Wild
Flowers
Hard Fescue
20%
Tall Oat Grass
5%
Creeping Red Fescue
20%
Birdsfoot Trefoil
3%
Chewings Fescue
20%
Variety
Amount
Black Medick
2.5%
Variety
Amount
Timothy
20%
Ox-eye Daisy
15%
Meadow Foxtail
2%
Hard Fescue
20%
Tall Fescue
20%
Black Medick
15%
Red Clover
2%
Creeping Red Fescue
20%
Ribwort Plantain
10%
Ox-eye Daisy
1.5%
Timothy
20%
Black Knapweed
10%
Black Knapweed
1%
Chewings Fescue
20%
Yellow Rattle
10%
Yarrow
1%
Tall Fescue
15%
Meadow Buttercup
10%
Red Clover
5%
Self Heal
10%
Yarrow
5%
Common Sorrel
5%
BGM3 - with Cocksfoot and
Clover, 2m, 4m, 6m and field
corners
Conservation and Amenity Mixtures
BGM4 - with Wildflowers
6m margin
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All pack sizes: 20 kg
All sowing rates: 20kg / hectare
Variety
Amount
Hard Fescue
20%
Creeping Red Fescue
20%
Timothy
20%
Red Campion
5%
Cocksfoot
15%
White Campion
5%
Tall Fescue
15%
Birdsfoot Trefoil
5%
Small White Clover
5%
Pack sizes: 20 kg
Sowing rates: 20kg / hectare
Can be added as 15% inclusion with
SRG - Species Rich Grass.
Pack size: 1-5kg
Sowing rates: Variable
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Environmental
Stewardship Mixtures
Environmental
Stewardship Mixtures
Nectar Rich Mixtures
Nectar Rich Mixtures
Pollen and Nectar with Grass
Butterfly & Bumblebee Mixture
Variety
Amount
Variety
Amount
Meadow Fescue
20%
Creeping Red Fescue
15%
Tall Oat Grass
10%
Sheeps Fescue
15%
Cocksfoot
10%
Common Bent Grass
10%
Timothy
10%
Hard Fescue
10%
Tall Fescue
10%
9%
Sainfoin
9%
Smooth Stalked Meadow
Grass
Birdsfoot Trefoil
8%
Lucerne (Inoculated)
6%
Black Medick
6.5%
Rough Stalked MG
5%
Early English Winter Vetch
6%
Yorkshire Fog
5%
Alsike Clover
6%
Kidney Vetch
4%
Late Flowering Red Clover
3%
Tufted Hair Grass
3%
Black Knapweed
1%
Birdsfoot Trefoil
3%
Variety
Amount
Musk Mallow
0.5%
Phacelia
2%
Sainfoin
42%
Agrimony
2%
Birdsfoot Trefoil
12%
Early English Winter Vetch
2%
Black Medick
11%
Pack sizes: 10kg
Sowing rate: 20kg / hectare
Nectar Rich-Gold
Nectar Rich-Bronze
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WF1
Variety
Amount
Ribwort Plantain
2%
Red Clover
11%
Sainfoin
40%
Devils Bit Scabious
2%
Black Knapweed
6%
Variety
Amount
Early English Winter Vetch
17%
Sheeps Sorrel
2%
Ox-eye Daisy
6%
Sainfoin
50%
Late Flowering Red Clover
10%
Red Clover
1.75%
Yarrow
6%
Early English Winter Vetch
18%
Alsike Clover
10%
Wild Pansy
1%
Red Campion
4%
Alsike Clover
10.5%
Birdsfoot Trefoil
10%
Common Nettle
0.25%
White Campion
2%
Birdsfoot Trefoil
10%
Lucerne (Inoculated)
10%
Late Flowering Red Clover
8.5%
Black Knapweed
2%
White/Red Campion
3%
Musk Mallow
1%
Pack sizes: 10kg
Sowing rate: 10kg / hectare
Pack sizes: 10kg
Sowing rate: 10kg / hectare
Pack sizes: 1kg
Sowing rate: Variable
Pack sizes: 1kg
Sowing rate: Variable
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Environmental
Stewardship Mixtures
Environmental
Stewardship Mixtures
Wild Bird Seed Mixtures
Wild Bird Seed Mixtures
WBS 1 - 1 Year Spring Sown
Attracts Tree Sparrows
Decoy Mixture
Partridge Mixture
Variety
Amount
Variety
Amount
Variety
Amount
Variety
Amount
Triticale
50%
Linseed (Chinook treated)
25%
Spring Triticale
50%
Spring Triticale
50%
Spring Barley
30%
Buckwheat
25%
Spring Barley
30%
Spring Barley
30%
Linseed (Chinook treated)
15%
Red Millet
18.75%
Linseed (Chinook treated)
9%
Kale
8%
Gold of Pleasure
4%
White Millet
18.75%
White Millet
4%
Quinoa
4%
Kale (Untreated)
1%
Fodder Radish
6.25%
Quinoa
3%
Fodder Radish
4%
Mustard
6.25%
Red Millet
3%
Fodder Radish
1%
Pack sizes: 20kg
Sowing rate: 40kg / hectare
White Millet
4%
Pack sizes: 20kg
Sowing rate: 40kg / hectare
Variety
Amount
Winter Triticale
40%
Variety
Amount
Winter Barley
30%
Spring Triticale
55%
Winter Vetch
20%
Spring Barley
25%
Winter Oilseed Rape
10%
White Millet
5%
Red Millet
5%
Mustard
5%
Fodder Radish
5%
Pack sizes: 20kg
Sowing rate: 40kg / hectare
Pack sizes: 25kg
Sowing rate: 25kg / hectare
Pack sizes: 20kg
Sowing rate: 40kg / hectare
Pack sizes: 8kg
Sowing rate: 8kg / acre
Environmental
Stewardship Mixtures
WBA 1 - 1 Year Autumn Sown
WBS 3 - 1 Year Spring Sown
Attracts Finches and Buntings
Conservation and Amenity Mixtures
WBS 2 - 2 Year Spring Sown
Attracts Grey Partridge
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Organic Mixtures
Organic Wild Bird Seed Mixture
Organic Nectar Flower Mixture
Variety
Amount
Variety
Amount
Organic Triticale
65%
30%
Spring Barley
15%
Organic Early English
Winter Vetch
Kale
8%
Organic Lucerne
25%
Quinoa
4%
Sainfoin
20%
Fodder Radish
4%
Organic Red Clover
10%
White Millet
4%
Birdsfoot Trefoil
7.5%
Alsike Clover
7.5%
Pack sizes: 20kg
Sowing rate: 40kg / hectare
Pack sizes: 10kg
Sowing rate: 10kg / hectare
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Green Manuring Selector
Crop
Pack
Size
(kg)
Average Sowing
Rate kg per Acre
Broadcast
Direct
Drill
Amenity Grasses
Sports and Leisure
Sowing Date
Guide
Incorporation
Period
Spring Sowing & Summer Incorporation
Mustard
5 & 25
5-7
2.5 - 5
Spring - Early
Autumn
8wks after sowing
Spring - Autumn
Autumn - Spring
April - Sept
10 - 12wks
after sowing
Brown Mustard
5
2-3
Phacelia
1&5
2-3
Buckwheat
5
20
April - May
Summer - Autumn
Yellow Blossom
Clover
1
2.5
Spring
Summer - Autumn
Crimson Clover
1 & 25
4-5
Spring
Summer - Autumn
2
Special Mixtures
Alsike Clover
25
25
Spring
Autumn
Strawberry Clover
1
4-5
Spring
Autumn
Wildflora Mixtures
Black Meddick /
Yellow Trefoil
1 & 25
4-5
Spring - Early
Autumn
Autumn - Spring
Borage
5
5+
April - June
Autumn
Autumn/Winter Sowing & Spring Incorporation
Forage Rye
25
50 - 75
Autumn
Spring
Italian Ryegrass
25
15
Autumn
Spring
Cocksfoot
20
2-3
Spring / Autumn
Autumn
Forage Rape
5 & 25
2.5 - 3
Spring / Autumn
Autumn - Spring
Vetches
25
15 - 25
Spring / Autumn
Autumn - Spring
Yellow Blossom
Clover
1
2.5
Spring
Summer - Autumn
Red Clover
1 & 25
5-6
Spring - Early
Autumn
Autumn - Spring
White Clover
1 & 25
2-3
Spring - Early
Autumn
Autumn - Spring
Lucerne
25
8 - 10
Spring - Early
Autumn
Autumn - Spring
Agricultural Chicory
1 & 25
3
Spring - Early
Autumn
Autumn - Spring
Long Term Grass & Clover
Conservation and Amenity Mixtures
Mixtures designed for golf and sports
turf. Closed seasons are becoming
even shorter whilst at the same time
levels of play are constantly increasing.
Our range of Pro-Sport mixtures
have been formulated to meet the
requirements of today’s groundsmen
and greenkeepers.
Whilst we have standard mixtures for
most situations, we are always able to
help put together mixtures to your own
specification.
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There is an increasing demand for
conservation mixtures suitable for
amenity landscaping and habitat
recreation. The mixtures range from
5%-20% wild flora for which most will
be native UK production.
Lawn Seed
We supply lawn seed with or without
ryegrass depending on whether you
require a hardwaring or show lawn,
made to our own specification using
quality cultivars.
Stocked at MVF branches and SCATS
Countrystores, packed in 2kg and
10kg bags.
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Arable Office
Tel: 01769 576232 Fax: 01769 576260
Email: seeds@molevalleyfarmers.com
MVF Branches
Bridgwater
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Frome
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Liskeard
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South Molton
St Columb
Yeovil
SCATS Countrystores
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Billingshurst
Bridgend
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Buckingham
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Andover
Basingstoke
Billingshurst
Bridgend
Bristol
Canterbury
Devizes
Dorchester
Gillingham (Dorset)
Godalming
Heathfield
Lymington
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Romsey
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Mole Valley Farmers Ltd., Moorland House, Station Road, South Molton, North Devon EX36 3BH
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