Dairy support has three main functions in the support of a high-performance dairy platform:
Below is a good example of a sustainable rotation that includes some key forage opportunities on a dairy support runoff or farm.
Winter feed options
Catch crop and forage cereals
Early autumn sown Milton oats and/or Jivet annual ryegrass are ideal early winter grazing options
Diploid perennial ryegrass
Tetraploid perennial
Tetraploid hybrid
Italian ryegrass
Fescues
Cocksfoot
* Legion has been bred, selected and successfully tested as a perennial and will function as a perennial ryegrass. Due to a small number of tip awns Legion is certified as Lolium Boucheanum.