TURNIPS - OUR TOP SELECTIONS

Marco Tetraploid Turnip

The fastest establishing turnip

Marco Turnip is the earliest maturing turnip available; having an interval to grazing of just 50-70 days, Marco provides flexibility of sowing and grazing management. With less time out of pasture, and the possibility of two crops in one season, Marco is also ideal for late sowings.

Pasja II Hybrid Leafy Turnip

One of the fastest brassica feed options

Pasja II – the brassica to choose when fast , high quality spring/summer/autumn feed is needed for all stock classes. Combines early maturity with yield and the option for multiple grazings and providing quality fast feed you can rely on.

Barkant Turnip

The perfect balance for summer pastures

Barkant® turnips produce high quality feed with a high metabolisable energy (ME) value, meaning greater animal performance can be achieved. It is a high performance feed for lactating dairy cows supplying the energy required to boost milk production.

Appin Leafy Turnip

Flexible multi-graze turnip with high winter growth

Appin is a great quick winter feed option that can maximise the value & return from your pasture system. Tops can be grazed initially, then re-growth of leaf and bulb will occur after a short spell. Sow from September to December and February to April.

Top Crop Brassica & Herbs

High quality feed with multiple grazings

Top Crop Brassica & Herbs contains a unique blend of Pillar & Titan Forage Rape, Pasja II & Chico Chicory that can produce very high quality feed within 6-8 weeks of sowing.

Marco Tetraploid Turnip
Marco Tetraploid Turnip

Turnip Overview

Turnips are an extremely valuable crop, offering flexibility, good disease resistance compared to forage rapes and high quality feed over summer and autumn when you need feed the most. Turnips come in two varieties; tankard type and leafty turnip.

Tankard type have exceptionally high yield potential from a single graze, good leaf to bulb ratio, and range from early maturing turnips ideal for summer feed to late maturing turnips which provide autumn, early winter feed. Later maturing turnips can be ultilised in areas where growing feed in winter months is difficult.

Leafy turnips are generally a multi-graze option with a very low ripening period. Leafy turnips offer quick spring, summer and autumn feed with the potential of providing up to 3-4 grazings. They are more prone to stress during summer than forage rapes as they have a less prominent tap root.

Key benefits

  • Valuable summer and autumn crops
  • Good disease resistance
  • High quality feed
  • High yielding varieites
  • Early and late maturing options
  • Potential for up 3-4 grazings

Forage Brassicas available from Notman Pasture Seeds