Dairy Mixes
Amazon
Amazon – Endo 5 and AR1 is a high quality summer mix suitable as a proportion of an irrigated system. It requires good drainage, low levels of pugging, and consistent summer irrigation.
H&T Direct recommend up to 30 percent of milking area in this mix. It may be slower over the August – October period than the Elite AR37 – dairy mix.
Amazon – Edno 5 and AR1 has a high level of palatability, is highly compatable with clover and has a high summer leaf production.
Its recommended enviroment is consistent summer moisture and good drainage with Olsen P >25, pH >5.9, rainfall >1000 mm.
Amplifier
Amplifier increases both yield and quality of pasture that has lost its density. It will improve pasture for one to three years depending on insect pressure, heat and summer moisture.
It establishes itself quickly, has high winter growth rates and low summer stem production.
Amplifier can be widely adapted over New Zealand, with a recommended environment of Olsen P >20, pH >5.0, rainfall >800 mm.
Elite AR37
Elite AR37 – dairy - should be the mainstay of dairy systems. This mix is a quantum leap in long term pasture yield, with maximum drymatter production and persistence allowing maximum milk production.
Its benefits are a very high pasture production on a long term basis and reduced pulling via stronger root sytems. It is resistent to a range of pests including agrentine stem weevil, black beetle, mealey bug, root aphid and porina. It also has good tolerance to ryegrass leaf disease and utalises robust and productive white clover cultivars.
Elite AR37 – dairy - can be widely adapted over New Zealand, with a recommended environment of Olsen P >20, pH >5.8, rainfall > 950mm.
Fescue
Fescue is best used to improve summer yield where summer soil temperatures likely to exceed 20 degrees. This performs best in areas of summer moisture or irrigation, and sowing prior to March 10 or spring sowing is preferred.
Seed should be sown into a weed free, well consolidated seed bed at 10mm to ensure establishment.
This mix provides high summer pasture growth rates in hot environments, with good insect tolerance.
It is best suited to hot summer environments with Olsen P >25, pH >5.9, rainfall >900 mm.
Thrive
Thrive AR1 is a high quality summer mix with excellent cool season activity. It can tolerate more foot pressure and less consistent summer rainfall than Amazon.
H&T Direct recommend up to 30 percent of milking area in this mix. It may be slower over the August – October period than the Elite AR37 – dairy mix and is most suited to areas with good summer moisture retention.
Thrive AR1 has high summer leaf production and tolerates high stocking rates.
Its recommended enviroment is areas with good summer growth, with Olsen P >20, pH >5.0, Rainfall >900 mm.
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