Kale & Forage Rape
Kale is a brassica traditionally grown for grazing by cattle in the autumn and winter. It can also be cut and fed to stock "in house" or as an alternative can be ensiled as big bale kaleage. Kale is very useful as it can extend the grazing season. It is advisable to alternate sowing dates to ensure it does not over-mature. It is vary adaptable and can grow on most sites throughout the UK. Kale can also be used as game cover ( see Cover Crop section).
Forage Rape has the advantage of being a very fast growing crop, suitable for grazing by sheep or cattle. An ideal catch crop for boosting midsummer forage production for livestock farmers when planted in the spring, it is suitable for fattening lambs in the autumn/winter.
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Forage Rape
- Rapid establishment, medium-to-tall, palatable
- Above average dry matter yields.
- Good general disease resistance
- Sowing rate: 4kg (broadcast) / 2.5kg (direct drill) per acre
- Pack size: 5kg & 25kg / untreated
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Kale - Gruner Angeliter
A very high yielding variety with good winter hardiness and excellent feeding quality with fresh yields 15% higher than Caledonian Kale and 10% higher than Bittern in German trials. Gruner Angeliter has been the mainstay forage variety of Kale in New Zealand and has been tried and tested for many years and is still very popular today.
- sow at 2 - 3 kilos per acre
- Flea Beetle treated
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Kale - Proteor
Proteor is a medium height variety with thin stems with a high leaf to stem ratio. Produces a good canopy for holding and driving quality game. Good winter hardiness, can be used throughout the autumn and winter.
- sow at 2 - 3 kilos per acre
- Flea Beetle treated
Kale - Thousand Head
Thousand Head is a slender stemmed variety bearing leafy foliage with very high D value and dry matter content. It has excellent winter hardiness providing forage for feeding after Christmas. Thousand Head can supply approximately 90 tonnes/ha of green forage matter.
- sow at 2 - 3 kilos per acre
- Rovral, Thiram, Seperit treated
