Description

Pillar Forage Rape is a robust, reliable forage brassica with high yielding multi-graze genetics along with excellent stock performance, good aphid tolerance and disease resistance. Its performance under harsh dryland summer conditions and flexibility in planting make it a valuable asset on pasture platforms for dairy, cattle and sheep farmers.

A tough giant type rape, Pillar known for its exceptional regrowth capability after grazing, re-growing leafy feed for excellent livestock performance. Its resilience allows it to bounce back quickly, even after extended periods of summer drought, making it a reliable choice for maintaining forage availability through challenging conditions. Depending on the planting date, season and moisture availability, we would expect 2-4 grazings from a early spring sown Pillar.

A versatile brassica, it can be sown in either early spring or autumn. Pillar Forage Rape is available in our Top Crop Forage Blends , such as combining with forage millet in our robust Top Crop Millet & Rape forage blend. Need a custom blend? Get in touch with Notman Pasture Seeds.

• Leafy, giant-type
• Robust, tough plant, able to withstand tough conditions
• Outstanding re-growth capabilities
• Good disease resistance
• Valuable feed asset for summer

Grazing Forage Rape

• Introduce livestock to crop (1-2 hours a day), building up to a maximum allowance over at least a 7-10 day period to allow rumen microbes to adjust to the high quality forage.
• Feed dry stock and dairy cows no more than 70-80% and 33% of the diet as brassicas
• Prevent gorging & help rumen microbes adjust by feeding extra fibre prior to and while grazing forage rape crops
• Do not feed frozen brassica to stock, feed silage/hay in the morning then shift the break in the late-morning/early afternoon.