Blizzard

High dry matter content with the ability to be harvested later

  • End Use: Dairy, Beef & Biogas
  • Harvesting Machinery: Beet Harvester
  • Utilisation: Lift and Clamp
  • Harvest: October, November & December

White skinned fodder beet variety which can be harvested later. Blizzard fodder beet has the potential to produce very high dry matter yields.

Blizzard’s characteristics make it ideal for harvesting with sugar beet machinery and its high dry matter content allows growers extra harvesting flexibility.

It will produce a very palatable feed, best fed to dairy or beef animals because of the high dry matter content.

Blizzard fodder beet offers biogas potential and less clamp losses.

Strengths

  • High DM yields

  • High DM %

  • Flexible harvesting dates

Technical Information

UK Trials Data

Relative Dry Matter Yield %Relative Fresh Yield %Skin ColourDry Matter Content %% of Root in GroundMean Bolter Count
BLIZZARD1029422.2White70.00.8
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Blizzard

High dry matter content with the ability to be harvested later

White skinned fodder beet variety which can be harvested later. Blizzard fodder beet has the potential to produce very high dry matter yields.

Blizzard’s characteristics make it ideal for harvesting with sugar beet machinery and its high dry matter content allows growers extra harvesting flexibility.

It will produce a very palatable feed, best fed to dairy or beef animals because of the high dry matter content.

Blizzard fodder beet offers biogas potential and less clamp losses.

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key strengths

  • High DM yields

  • High DM %

  • Flexible harvesting dates

Technical information

UK Trials Data

The full dataset for our UK Fodder Beet Trial can be downloaded using the Resources, Downloads and Resources ribbon below

Relative Dry Matter Yield %Relative Fresh Yield %Skin ColourDry Matter Content %% of Root in GroundMean Bolter Count
BLIZZARD1029422.2White70.00.8

Data Source: Limagrain UK trials 1998-2022, (c) = Control. RT = Rhizomania tolerant. *No data available. Not all varieties tested every year. Not all scores taken every year

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