VARIETIES

TURNIP SEED

Mildew resistant, purple topped variety of excellent quality.
Suitable for module raising and for early spring and late winter and overwintering crops.
Resistant to splitting and soft rot.
Widely adapted.

Marian is a high yielding, winter hardy swede which makes for an excellent autumn and winter feed.
It has a good uniform shape and also offers the benefit of good resistance to club root and mildew.
High energy winter grazing for cattle and sheep
Ideal for out-wintering systems
Key benefits = Outstanding winter hardiness, High yielding with excellent D-value, Strong clubroot resistance, Yield and energy combination means one hectare of Marian is equivalent to 7-10 tonnes of barley

Kale is a well proven fodder crop providing high yields of green fodder and a flexible utilization period which can stretch from August right through to the following March.
The crop has high crude protein content, good winter hardiness and can be fed to both cattle and sheep.
It can also be harvested and ensiled.

Maris Kestrel is established as the leading kale variety in Ireland and is suitable for all classes of stock.
It is renowned for its high digestibility and long utilisation period (July to April).
Maris Kestrel has been used in Teagasc Moorepark and also in the SAC out-wintering demonstrations.
Its success is due to the face that livestock can utilise the whole plant.
Key Benefits = Outstanding leaf-to-stem ratio, High whole plant D-value, Vigorous early growth, Resistant to lodging, Good winter hardiness, Long utilisation period, Available with Ultrastrike.

Stego is an extremely high yielding forage rape variety with excellent disease resistance, including mildew.
The variety has extremely digestible stems, which allows complete use of the whole plant with minimal residual matter.
High energy grazing for cattle and sheep.
Autumn and winter grazing.
Ideal for out-wintering systems
Key Benefits = Fast and vigorous growth, High leaf-to-stem ratio, Excellent whole plant D-value so low plant residues after grazing, Regrowth potential, High energy and good protein source.

Redstart is a unique utility fodder crop, which offers the highly beneficial combination of rapid growth ability and good all year round performance.
The forage rape genes in Redstart give it the ability to grow very fast while the kale genes deliver very good winter hardiness.
It is a superb catch crop for countering late season grazing shortages.
Redstart is mainly used as a high energy, high protein grazing for cattle and sheep. Ideal for out-wintering.
Key Benefits = Very rapid and vigorous growth, Winter hardiness, Regrowth potential, Good late season yield potential, High energy and good protein source.