PROTA SILE

High output, high protein grass & clover ley

  • An intensive cutting mix that will produce up to four cuts of leafy, high protein forage per year, with the option to graze cattle or finish lambs
  • Animals fed on red clover with grass perform better due to increased intake and higher feed quality
  • Short Term
  • Medium Term
  • Long Term

Key benefits

  • Provides multiple cuts of high quality forage
  • Combining the yield of the grasses with the additional protein from the clover blend
  • Prota Red 'fixes' up to 200kg/Ha of nitrogen
  • High clover content can help animals finish faster and with better carcass characteristics

 

Considerations

  • Mixtures with high clover content benefit from a soil pH of 6 or more and close attention to P and K levels

 

When to sow

PROTA SILE will grow at soil temperatures of down to 5°C, enabling the growing season to be extended. Clover will germinate at 10°C.

 

When to utilise

Three cuts of high protein forage can be taken from this highly productive mixture. Both grass and clover heading dates have been matched to ensure a consistent, quality crop of silage.


Post-cutting grazing is ideal for finishing lambs or grazing young cattle. Breeding sheep should avoid all red clover sources for six weeks pre-tupping until six weeks after tupping as phytoestrogens can affect the breeding cycle and conception rates.

 

Cover crop

An ideal cover crop for arable rotations, helping to improve soil quality, organic matter and provide other benefits. Cover crops can bring agronomic and environmental benefits with the active growth, rooting, ground cover and habitat provision providing benefits in rotations over a bare fallow and helping to reduce nutrient losses via run-off and leaching. Cover crops can also benefit soil physical and biological characteristics, leading to benefits in soil structure, potentially reducing erosion.

 

Note

Red clover should be overwintered between 4-6cm

 

Available as an organic mixture.

 

Composition
Variety
Species
3.75kg
Barclamp
Hybrid Ryegrass Dip.
3.00kg
Kirial
Hybrid Ryegrass Tetr.
2.00kg
Fintona
Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass Tetr.
2.00kg
Seagoe
Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass Tetr.
3.00kg
Prota Red
Red Clover Mix
0.25kg
Prota White
White Clover Mix
Specifications
Sowing rate / acre
14kg/acre
Sowing rate / hectare
35kg per hectare
Sowing depth
Up to 10mm
Soil temperature
>5°C
Min. cutting height
8cm post cutting
Min. grazing height
6cm post grazing
Pack size
14kg
Multi-species
Herbal Ley
Cover Crop
Clover
Silage
Grazing
Dairy
Beef
Sheep
Mixed Livestocks
Environmental
AD
Organic
England and Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
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Grass for Agriculture

The Barenbrug UK range of grass and clover mixtures, for all types of farms, are created to suit each type of grassland and farm management system, providing environmental benefits, biodiversity, high-quality forage yield, better palatability and improved animal health. Use our grass mixture selector tool.

The Barenbrug UK range of grass and clover mixtures, for all types of farms, are created to suit each type of grassland and farm management system, providing environmental benefits, biodiversity, high-quality forage yield, better palatability and improved animal health. Use our...

The Barenbrug UK range of grass and clover mixtures, for all types of farms, are created to suit each type of grassland and farm management system, providing environmental benefits, biodiversity, high-quality forage yield, better palatability and improved animal health. Use our grass mixture selector tool.

Recommended Grass List

Barenbrug UK is a leading organisation within the Recommended Grass and Clover lists, which are drawn up after rigorous testing for attributes such as yield, persistency, quality and disease resistance. With data coming from Barenbrug UK’s own trial site, Cropvale, and evaluated by a panel of experts, these lists can help to decide which variety will suit your requirements. Visit our recommended grass seed pages to see the latest lists.

Barenbrug UK is a leading organisation within the Recommended Grass and Clover lists, which are drawn up after rigorous testing for attributes such as yield, persistency, quality and disease resistance. With data coming from Barenbrug UK’s own trial site, Cropvale, and evaluated...

Barenbrug UK is a leading organisation within the Recommended Grass and Clover lists, which are drawn up after rigorous testing for attributes such as yield, persistency, quality and disease resistance. With data coming from Barenbrug UK’s own trial site, Cropvale, and evaluated by a panel of experts, these lists can help to decide which variety will suit your requirements. Visit our recommended grass seed pages to see the latest lists.