Matrix 40 is a grazing mixture that offers excellent forage quality over an extended growing season
Contains Matrix Festulolium which grows at lower temperatures to add up to 6 weeks extra grazing on the shoulders of the season.
Excellent ground cover for resistance to poaching and increases sward longevity.
High (10%) White Clover content helps to feed the grass with clover nitrogen and increases protein and mineral content of the sward.
Treated with HEADSTART® GOLD for improved establishment.
Matrix 40 is a grazing mixture that offers excellent forage quality over an extended growing season
Contains Matrix Festulolium which grows at lower temperatures to add up to 6 weeks extra grazing on the shoulders of the season.
Excellent ground cover for resistance to poaching and increases sward longevity.
High (10%) White Clover content helps to feed the grass with clover nitrogen and increases protein and mineral content of the sward.
Treated with HEADSTART® GOLD for improved establishment.
Mixtures are more easily managed on a paddock grazing system as pioneered in New Zealand, where Matrix was developed. When the Matrix in the mixture has 3 true leaves per tiller, it is ready for grazing. At this point, it is likely to yield between 2500 to 2800 kg DM/ha. After grazing, the residual grass should be 1400 to 1600 kg DM/ha for cattle and 1000 to 1200 kg DM/ha for sheep. If grass gets beyond the 3 leaf stage prior to grazing, quality will drop and regrowth will be slower. If you are using a rising plate meter, you will need to make allowances for the improved density of a Matrix based mixture.
On a typical New Zealand system, every paddock will be grazed 10 to 12 times a year.
13-16 kg/acre (33-40 kg/ha)
"Our field with the Matrix 40 mixture is ready to graze before the other leys, and so it’s the first field we turn the cows out onto in mid-March. All through the season, we find the sward grows very fast. And in hot dry weather, it stays green longer than the other grass leys"
