Lambtastic

Highly productive grazing mixture with plantain and chicory

SMG-Lambtastic-Grass-Mixture-with-plantain-and-chicory
  • Use: Mainly Grazing
  • Animal: Sheep
  • Available with Clover: White Clover
  • Length of use: Medium (4 - 7 Years)

This mixture is an adaptation of work done in New Zealand to exploit the lamb finishing attributes of deep rooting Forage Chicory and Plantain, combined with the well understood complementary properties of White Clover.

The inclusion of Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass, combined with Timothy and Early Perennial Ryegrass, all ensure that the sward gets a sprint start in the spring, making it ideal for early lambing.

Lambtastic remains very productive throughout the summer and well into the autumn, and it can be utilised by all classes of livestock.

Treated with HEADSTART® GOLD for improved establishment.

Benefits of multi-species mixtures include:

• Improved growth rates in lambs

• Lower growing costs and fertiliser requirements (that easily offsets any increased cost in the mixture)

• Provide ‘shoulders’ on the grazing season and a longer growing season

• Drought-resistant

• Good soil-improvers, with deep-rooted species and nitrogen fixing legumes. Adds significantly more organic matter to the soils when ploughed in than grass leys

Strengths

  • Ideal for early lambing

  • Very productive throughout the summer and well into the autumn

  • Can be utilised by all classes of livestock

Technical Information

Suggested Seed Rate

Multispecies Mixtures - Herbal Leys

Multi-Species Advantages

Limagrain Field Seeds
Limagrain UK
Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT
Tel: +44 (0)1472 371471 Email: enquiries@limagrain.co.uk Web: www.lgseeds.co.uk
Registered Company No: 1305690 England
SMG-Lambtastic-Grass-Mixture-with-plantain-and-chicory
Back to Sinclair McGill

Lambtastic

Highly productive grazing mixture with plantain and chicory
Headstart-Gold-Logo-trans

This mixture is an adaptation of work done in New Zealand to exploit the lamb finishing attributes of deep rooting Forage Chicory and Plantain, combined with the well understood complementary properties of White Clover.

The inclusion of Matrix Enhanced® Ryegrass, combined with Timothy and Early Perennial Ryegrass, all ensure that the sward gets a sprint start in the spring, making it ideal for early lambing.

Lambtastic remains very productive throughout the summer and well into the autumn, and it can be utilised by all classes of livestock.

Treated with HEADSTART® GOLD for improved establishment.

Benefits of multi-species mixtures include:

• Improved growth rates in lambs

• Lower growing costs and fertiliser requirements (that easily offsets any increased cost in the mixture)

• Provide ‘shoulders’ on the grazing season and a longer growing season

• Drought-resistant

• Good soil-improvers, with deep-rooted species and nitrogen fixing legumes. Adds significantly more organic matter to the soils when ploughed in than grass leys

image
Find a Distributor Ask an expert
Or call us
01472 371471
Print this page

key strengths

  • Ideal for early lambing

  • Very productive throughout the summer and well into the autumn

  • Can be utilised by all classes of livestock

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Suggested Seed Rate

11 -13kg/acre (27 – 32kg/ha)

Multispecies Mixtures - Herbal Leys

Could this be the future for low cost, environmentally friendly and sustainable livestock production?

Well formulated multi-species mixtures really represent a win-win solution for farmers wishing to produce livestock on the lowest possible cost platform, as they also improve soil fertility and the overall environment.

Multi-Species Advantages

Faster liveweight gain in beef and potential to finish lambs one week earlier than grass and clover mixtures, and two weeks earlier than ryegrass only mixtures.

Improved voluntary intake in dairy cows and overall production can equal grass leys receiving 250kg of N/ha.

Legumes fix atmospheric nitrogen and provide protein, trace elements and minerals. A good legume content can reduce, or even eliminate the requirement for applied nitrogen.

Deep rooting herbs draw up the minerals from the soil that are vital for animal health. Most herbs also exhibit high resistance to drought. At low nitrogen levels, weed ingress is reduced too.

Multi-species mixtures improve carbon sequestration and the ability of the soil to retain moisture.

What Our Experts Say

LG SMG Brochure
Download
Sinclair McGill Grass and Forage Crops Handbook
Farmer Chris Tucker LG Monarch Hymax Grass Mixture_Testimonial
Download
LG Organic Grass and Forage Crops Leaflet

NEED MORE INFO? ASK OUR EXPERTS

Marketing Permissions
Limagrain UK will use the information you provide on this form to be in touch with you occasionally and to provide valuable technical updates, news and events information. Please let us know all the ways you would like to hear from us:
Marketing options
You can change your mind at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email you receive from us, or by contacting us at enquiries@limagrain.co.uk. We will treat your information with respect. Click here to view our privacy policy. By clicking below, you agree that we may process your information in accordance with these terms.
Hidden