EARLY FEED
FOR LIGHTER SOILS
Excess
Perennial ryegrass
- Excellent dry matter production
- Strong persistence (AR37)
- Mid-season heading (7 days later than Nui)
- Exceptional summer, autumn and winter growth
- Low aftermath seed head emergence
- Proven performance in upper North Island National Forage Variety Trials
Excess is a medium leaved, diploid perennial ryegrass bred specifically for tougher environments. It produces exceptionally high dry matter yields and the mid-season heading date provides an earlier flush of spring growth which makes it ideal for lambing and calving.
Heading date
| Early | Mid-Season | Late | Very Late |
| Excess: 7 days later than Nui |
Sowing and Establishment
Excess perennial ryegrass can be sown at 15-25 kg/ha with Superstrike® treated clover.
- Soil Fertility High (Olsen P 18+)
- Pasture Life 5 years+
Grazing Management
Excess perennial ryegrass will produce and persist better under rotational grazing. Avoid hard set stocking during periods of stress (e.g. droughts, low soil fertility and insect attack).
- Grazing Method Rotational Grazed – Long Term
Mix Suitability
Excess perennial ryegrass combines well with other components of a pasture mix (e.g. short rotation ryegrass, cocksfoot and Grasslands Puna II chicory and clover).
Example pasture mixes
Excess perennial ryegrass 21 kg/ha
Legacy white clover 2 kg/ha
Quartz white clover 2 kg/ha
Sheep and Beef Pasture Mix
Excess perennial ryegrass 21 kg/ha
Quartz white clover 2 kg/ha
Hilltop white clover 2 kg/ha
For increased animal performance, nitrogen fixation and pasture management, add Amigain red clover to pasture mixes at 4-6 kg/ha.
Howard farms an intensive 60 ha dairy farm in the heart of the Waikato. Howard says Excess has been a revolution to his pasture management plan. "I have been growing Excess for three years now and it is definitely a 'game changer'. The biggest attribute that Excess has offered is the speed of feed and recovery after a dry spell".
