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Savvy Cocksfoot

Savvy Cocksfoot has exceptional disease resistance and has been bred to tolerate hard grazing in cattle and sheep systems, ensuring excellent recovery and persistence in a range of conditions.

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Description

Savvy Cocksfoot is a vigorous, very high yielding cocksfoot providing high production levels in all seasons, maintaining summer quality and palatability due to its low aftermath heading and soft leaves. Unlike older cocksfoot varieties, Savvy has exceptional disease resistance and has been bred to tolerate hard grazing in cattle and sheep systems, ensuring excellent recovery and persistence in a range of conditions.

Key features:

  • High autumn and winter production
  • High quality and very leafy with summer moisture
  • Bred for soft fine leaves
  • Disease tolerant
  • Increased palatability
  • Suited to well drained sandy loam soils
  • Tolerates acidic soils where perennial ryegrass struggles to persist

Variety Savvy Cocksfoot
Endophyte Nil
Sowing rate 8-10 kg/ha pure stand
2-5 kg/ha with clovers and herbs
Recommended rainfall: 600 mm+