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Surge Italian Ryegrass

Surge is fast establishing, has high forage quality, is late heading (+15 days) enabling pasture quality to be carried through longer into early summer, and has very low aftermath heading

Description

Surge Italian Ryegrass is very high yielding diploid Italian ryegrass which displays strong year-round growth and strong persistence where conditions allow.

Surge is fast establishing, has high forage quality, is late heading (+15 days) enabling pasture quality to be carried through longer into early summer, and has very low aftermath heading (ie it returns to vegetative state quickly). Surge can perform very well into a second year given suitable conditions and is suitable for dairy, beef and sheep.

Surge Italian Ryegrass was selected from numerous high performance trials throughout Australia – and was chosen for it’s excellent persistence and late season quality.

Surge Italian ryegrass has the following benefits:

  • Strong autumn, winter and spring growth
  • Will produce high yields into early summer when conditions allow
  • High ME for increase livestock performance
  • Highly palatable
  • Late heading (+15 days), with low aftermath heading
  • Strong tiller density for improved yield and persistence
  • Strong persistence. It can perform very well into a second year given suitable conditions
  • Suitable for over-sowing into run-out pastures or as a specialist short term ryegrass crop.

 


Variety Surge Italian Ryegrass
Endophyte Nil
Sowing rate 25-40 kg/ha
Heading Date Late +15 days to Nui=0
Ploidy diploid
Pasture life 12-18 months