Owens Nutrition Grass Leys & Forage Crops

Special Mixtures
Please remember that as well as supplying you with specific high quality leys - see examples below, we also offer a speedy farmers own special mixture service.

Minimum order 7 acres!

Grass Leys

	Supreme Short Term
Use	A 2-3 year intensive silage grazing ley. Gives good early and late season bite, top silage yields and high sugar content forage. (Can provide up to 4 cuts per annum)
Ingredients	3.50 kgs MASTER (Tet Ital Rg) 4.00 kgs LIGRANDE (Dip Ital Rg) 2.00 kgs TWYBLADE or STERLING (Hybrid Rg) 4.50 kgs ORION (Int Tet PRG)
Usage	14.00 kgs/acre
Description

	Supreme Medium Term
Use	A 3-4 year Ley, ideal for dual purpose usage on a mixed livestock farm, (no clover content). Suits more intensive regimes for grazing or silage management systems
Ingredients	2.00 kgs TWYBLADE or STERLING ( Hybrid Rg) 3.00 kgs CITELIAC (Hybrid Perennial Rg) 3.00 kgs ORION (Int Tet Prg) 4.00 kgs PREMIUM (Int Tet Prg) 2.00 kgs ABERDART or RASTRO (Int Dip Prg)
Usage	14.00 kgs/acre
Description

	Supreme Permanent
Use	An exceptionally hady and persistent mix, suited to 7-10 years + duration. Packed with top late Diploid Perennial Ryegrasses to provide a dense bottom to the sward. Diploids make this mixture ideally conducive to grazing over a very long period. Flexible to making Hay, Hayage or Silage
Ingredients	2.00 kgs PROBATE or NUI (EPRG Dip) 3.50 kgs PREMIUM (Int Dip Prg) 2.50 kgs RESISTA or FOXTROT(Late Dip Prg) 2.50 KGS ROMARK or PASTOUR (Late Dip Prg) 2.50 kgs TIVOLI (Late Dip Prg) 0.50 kgs PROMESSE (Timothy) 0.50 kgs PERMANENT WHITE CLOVER BLEND of:- Alice/Menna/Barbian/Aberherald
Usage	14.00 kgs/acre
Description

	Supreme Long Term Dual Purpose
Use	A highly flexible and productive long term Ley, inclusive of a White Clover blend, ideal for a range of livestock situations. Gives superb high sugar silage, plus highly digestible aftermaths (Duration 5-7 years).
Ingredients	3.50 kgs PREMIUM (Int Dip Prg) 1.00 kgs ORION (Int Dip Prg) 2.50 kgs CALIBRA (Int Tet Prg) 3.00 kgs TIVOLI or ELGON (Late Tet Prg) 3.00 kgs PASTOUR or RESISTA (Late Dip Prg) 0.25 kgs PROMESSE (Timothy) 0.75 kgs WHITE CLOVER BLEND (of Alice, Menna and Huia)
Usage	14 kgs/acre pk
Description

	Supreme Super Cut Silage
Use	A longer duration cutting mixture capable of 5-6 years production. Contains leading NIAB varieties with high cutting scores, plus Timothy to help fill the mid-summer gap. Soluble carbohydrate/sugar levels are exceptional and are combined with good ground cover and persistency.
Ingredients	0.75 kgs PROMESSE (tIMOTHY) 3.00 kgs CALIBRA (iNT tET pRG) 1.00 kgs PREIUM or ABERSTAR (Int Dip Prg) 3.00 kgs TIVOLI (Late Tet Prg) 4.00 kgs ROMARK (Late Dip Prg) 2.25 KGS rRASTRO (Int Dip Prg)
Usage	14.00 kgs/acre
Description

	Supreme Horse & Pny
Use	A specialist and proven equine mixture primarily for grazing with an option to cut for hayor haylage. Long term and does not contain any Cover to avoid potential Laminitis problems in the equine species
Ingredients	2.00 kgs GONDOLIN or HERALD (Creeping Red Fescue) 3.75 kgs ROMARK (Late Dip Prg) 4.50 kgs PROBAT/NUI (Early Dip Prg) 2.00 kgs RESISTA or FOXTROT (Late Dip Prg) 1.25 kgs PROMESSE (Timothy)
Usage	13.50 kqs/acre
Description	PLEASE NOTE We do not include any Tetraploid Ryegrass varieties in this specific mixture as they inhibit the easy curing of hay/haylage.

Seed Quality & Service

Owens Nutrition ensure only the best quality stocks of grass and fodder seed are available to their valuable customer base.

All our herbage seed is processed and packed through our key suppliers, modern static seed plant.

We use only seed of top analytical purity and germination.

Herbage seed is all of at least a minimum HVS or equivalent. In most cases far exceed it (a nil docks, nil A M Grass, nil couch standard applies).

Service is just as vital to our busy customers as is seed quality. Stocks of grass and root seed are always to hand in the key sowing periods.

We can deliver to your farm every conceivable type of root and forage crop seed on a guaranteed 24 or 48 hour basis.

Acheiving the Best Results
We parallel our commitment in feed nutriton products to seed too. We have designed grass mixtures which are highly suitable to the different farming circumstances of this region. We are independent in our choice of varieties selecting the best available material.

We continually update mixtures to get the best genetic potential.

Please ask for advice/help in designing your Game Mix.

Futher information may be found in the downloads section.