Forage Rape
With its relatively low seed rate and inputs, forage rape is a popular choice with many livestock farmers. The crop has a wide sowing window and will provide excellent autumn/winter feed for finishing lambs. The crop can also work well alongside stubble turnips to extend the usage of that valuable crop.| Sowing Information | Yield & Feed Quality |
| Sowing Period = May to end August | Average dry matter yield = 3.5 tonnes/ha |
| Broadcast at rate of 4 kg per acre | Average fresh yields = 24-35 tonnes/ha |
| Drill at 2-3kg per acre | Dry Matter = 12-14% |
| Crude Protein = 19-20% | |
| Digestibility Value = 65 D | |
| Metabolisable energy = 10-11 MJ/kg DM |
Stego is an extremely high yielding forage rape variety with excellent disease resistance, including mildew. This variety has extremely digestible stems, which allows complete use of the whole plant. Not only does this increase the number of animals that can be finished off the crop, it also minimises the residual matter that needs to be ploughed in the following season. In UK trials Stego outperformed all other commonly used varieties out yielding some varieties by as much as 15%.
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