Kale
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).
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Gruner Angeliter Kale
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 in all sorts of seasons for many years and is still very popular today.
- sow at 2 - 3 kilos per acre
- Rovral, Thiram, Seperit treated
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Keeper Kale
Keeper has a high leaf to stem ratio that stands well with good resistance to lodging and a high dry matter content ideal for autumn or winter utilisation.
- sow at 2 - 3 kilos per acre
- Rovral, Thiram, Seperit treated
Thousand Head Kale
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