PROTA WHITE

White Clover Blend

  • PROTA WHITE is a blend of white clovers, to improve animal performance through higher milk yields or better live weight gains
  • It also produces a better quality sward with fewer weeds and less disease than grass grown without clover
  • Short Term
  • Medium Term
  • Long Term
  • Long growing season
  • Fixes atmospheric nitrogen, up to 150kg N/ha
  • A mix of varieities provides increased management flexibility and environmental resilience
  • Animals prefer to graze a clover / grass sward, resulting in higher voluntary intakes and better animal performance

 

Key benefits of including clover

Clover offers environmental and sustainability benefits as well as a highly productive, protein-rich forage for livestock.

 

In recent years, the price of farming inputs have fluctuated drastically. Clover blends sold separately mean that clovers can be added or re-added into new or established pastures, allowing for more flexible chemical control options in grass-only swards. The inclusion of a high clover ley can provide a range of benefits including reducing the requirement for purchased nitrogen, and increasing the quality of homegrown feed.

 

White clover is more grazing tolerant and thrives mid-season, improving overall digestibility and protein levels of the sward. Red clovers are best suited to silage or growing youngstock.

 

Clovers fix nitrogen in the soil, help to maintain soil moisture, suppress certain weeds, create stable organic compounds that nourish surrounding plants and enhance the levels of minerals including calcium, magnesium, cobalt and selenium in the sward. Many clover species thrive in a variety of soils and climates and can withstand winter conditions. Some grow quickly, making them an ideal catch crop. Pollinators and other insects benefit from a clover ley, supplying food, water and shelter as well as nourishing earthworms - important stewards of soil health.

 

Key benefits

  • Higher quality pasture under low fertiliser use
  • Improves digestibility
  • Fix up to 200kg N/ha/year
  • White clover offers a mid-season high protein sward
  • Improves grass health and resilience against disease
  • Increased intakes resulting in higher milk yields and daily liveweight gain
  • Reduce bought in nitrogen and leave residual nitrogen for a subsequent crop
  • Improved soil health
  • Promotes pollinators and insects

 

Expert advice

  • Some red clover varieites are high in phytoestrogen and all breeding sheep should be kept off for six weeks either side of tupping. Store lambs can be fattened very effectively on red clover silage aftermaths.
  • Store lambs can be fattened very effectively on red clover silage aftermaths

  • Always maintain a soil pH of at least 6.0 and P & K indices of 2 for optimal clover content and health.

 

Composition
Variety
Species
0.5kg
Buddy
White Clover Medium leaf
0.3kg
Dublin
White Clover Blend
0.2kg
Barblanca
White Clover Blend
Specifications
Sowing rate/acre
1kg/acre
Pack sizes
1kg
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.