High yield and regrowth. Superior palatability.
CA$H™ is a very high performance and premium quality Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass. It is highly palatable, rust resistant, frost tolerant, high yielding and adapted to frequent cutting/grazing, silaging and haycutting.
| Performance Benchmark | Rating of CA$H™ |
|---|---|
| Establishment performance | High |
| Seeding vigour | Very High |
| Seedling frost tolerance | Very High |
| Early feed potential | Very High |
| Rust resistance | High |
| Suitability for oversowing | Very High |
| Quality | High |
| Palatability (taste rating/ease of ingestion) | Very High |
| Utilisation by grazing animals | Very High |
| Metabolizable energy content | High |
| Versatility of management | High |
| Tolerance to frequent grazing/cutting | High |
| Capacity to substitute for grazing oats | Very High |
| Tolerance to treading | High |
| Compatibility in mixtures with annual clovers | High |
| Suitability for silage and hay | Very High |
| Adaptation | High |
| To subtropical areas and irrigation | Very High |
| To cold winter and frost prone areas | Very High |
CA$H™ before third grazing, Oct 2004 Qld. Showing high density of rust free regrowth.
High regrowth and yield
CA$H™ was bred for high yield and regrowth under intensive grazing management and also for superior palatability.
Left; Concorde, centre; CA$H™, right; Tetila before a third grazing, Qld Oct. 2004.
Palatability from superior taste and ingestion
Excellent mixtures with annual clovers
Highly palatable, rust resistant CA$H™ combines with rust resistant legumes such as Turbo Plus Persian Clover (above) to form premium quality fodder/pasture.
'Varieties that set benchmarks for excellence'