Jamon
- Sowing Time Late September to early November
- Grazing Seasons Autumn, Winter
- Time To First Grazing Anytime after all herbicide grazing withholding periods are met. Typically 24-28 weeks to reach yield potential
Jamon is a very uniform, mono-germ cultivar that has been evaluated in New Zealand for a number of years. It is an orange skinned cultivar with a bulb drymatter percentage of between 16 -18%, similar to many current industry products. Jamon is French fodder beet breeders Florimond Desprez’s most popular product and with our New Zealand experience we believe it complements Agricom’s current fodder beet range.
- True mono-germ cultivar
- Medium to high drymatter type (16-18%)
- 50% of bulb above ground
- Very good resistance to bolting
- Above ground colour: Orange
Sowing & Establishment
| Suggested Sowing Time | Late September to Early November |
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| Suggested Sowing Rate (seeds/ha) | 80,000 (precision sown) |
| Time to First Grazing | Anytime after all herbicide grazing withholding periods are met. Typically 24-28 weeks to reach yield potential |
| Number of Potential Grazings | 1 |
| Potential Yield (t DM/ha) |
Average = 18-22 Top = 30 + |
| Bulb DM% | 16-18% |
| Seed Type | True mono-germ |
| In-situ Grazing | Most suited |
| Mechanical Harvesting | May be lifted, not ideal |
Varieties
Agricom has been supplying fodder beet to farmers for a number of years, and in that time has conducted research into cultivar performance, crop husbandry and animal feeding techniques. Agricom has partnered with world leading French fodder beet breeding company, Florimond Desprez, to access new genetics for improved yield and quality. Table 1 shows the varieties Agricom markets in New Zealand.
| TABLE 1: FODDER BEET VARIETY BULB DM % | |||||||
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| Low | Medium | High | Sugar Beet | ||||
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Feldherr |
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Jamon |
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Bangor |
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Brunium |
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Enermax |
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Tadorne |
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