Only available one month before planting season

Rye grass is an annual temperate grass or cereal crop, grown as either a forage- or grain crop. It is categorised as a forage cereal together with Oats and Triticale. Forage cereals produce forage for autumn, winter and spring.

WHERE TO USE RYE GRASS

As a forage crop it can be utilised as grazing, silage or hay (if cut at a vegetative stage). Often produced under irrigation, but requires at least 400 mm rainfall per annum for Winter rainfall areas or 500 mm rainfall per annum for Summer rainfall areas.

Kg/ha 50 - 75

Plant February - April

Wintergrazer

• 13 t DM/ha/season under full irrigation

• 2 - 7 t DM/ha/season under dry land or supplemental irrigation
  Depending on environmental conditions and management

• Popular winter grazing option

• Relatively drought tolerant

• Cold tolerant