Progrow is a traditional annual ryegrass, which is best used as a break-crop to carry large volumes of stock through winter, and for early silage production before the re-establishment of spring-sown brassica crops, other crops, or pasture.
Progrow is a finer denser annual making it ideal where there is likelihood of strip grazing or other forms of intensive grazing through winter.
Progrow is a cost-effective tool for patching up old, under-performing pastures, as a break-crop in a pasture renewal program, and as an early step in a land development program. Being a diploid, Progrow can be sown at a lower rate than tetraploids, providing similar production for a low cost.
Annual ryegrass performance in Crop & Food Cereal trial, sown 14th April and harvested as green chop silage on the 10th September, Gordonton Waikato 2006
Entry | kg DM/ha |
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Milton Oats | 7090 |
Progrow diploid annual ryegrass | 4570 |
Andy tetraploid annual ryegrass | 4200 |
Tama tetraploid annual ryegrass | 3910 |