Ideal for high performance systems with a focus on pasture management and quality. Base tetraploid perennial ryegrass offers top production with increased animal preference, meaning higher animal intakes and easier management of post-grazing residuals.
Base was selected from high yielding, densely-tillered plants that survived two years of severe drought and hard grazing. Base pastures offer low aftermath heading to maximise summer quality and animal production.
Base tetraploid perennial ryegrass seed is heavier than diploid perennial ryegrass seed so ideally should be sown at a 40% higher rate than diploid cultivars. Base should be sown at a minimum of 22 kg/ha as a pure sward with Superstrike® treated clover. Base performs best on farms with reasonable soil moisture and medium to high soil fertility.
Base tetraploid perennial ryegrass will produce and persist better under rotational grazing. Avoid hard set stocking during periods of stress (e.g. drought conditions).
Base tetraploid perennial ryegrass combines well with other components of a pasture mix (e.g. tetraploid short rotation ryegrass, tetraploid Italian ryegrass and Grasslands Puna II chicory and clover).
Early | Mid-Season | Late | Very Late |
Base: 22 days later than Nui |
Dairy Pasture Mix
Base perennial ryegrass 25-30 kg/ha
Legacy white clover 2 kg/ha
Quartz white clover 2 kg/ha
Sheep and Beef Pasture Mix
Base perennial ryegrass 25-30 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.
Base has exceptional yield and year-round production that's well suited to meeting the demands of a finishing system. It recovers well, with great persistence, from a harsh summer dry environment