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Roughage shortage? Sow Fast Spring Rye after the corn
With Fast Spring Rye as a catch crop, the requirement to comply with the nitrate directive is met by 'catching' residual nitrogen and thus limiting leaching on maize fields as much as possible. In addition, it is very well suited to harvest Fast Spring Rye in the spring as roughage. This provides a lot of dry matter and protein and therefore perfectly meets the need to be more self-sufficient in protein and therefore less dependent on expensive external protein sources. These are the experiences that have been gained on a broad scale in recent years in trials and in practice. Fast Spring Rye has proven itself!
Fast Spring Rye is a unique product from the hybrid rye breeding of KWS and has been specially developed as a forage crop between two maize crops. It combines the properties of a catch crop with those of a protein producer.
The advantages of Fast Spring Rye over traditional rye, triticale and grass are countless:
- Faster germination after sowing in September/October, captures more residual nitrogen
- Better tillering in early spring, more stems per plant, which means that half the sowing seed is needed
- As catch crop and mowing: 4 units/ha (± 80 kg) (for comparison: 130 kg traditional rye when sowing before 1 October and 160 kg when sowing after 1 October)
- As catch crop: 2 units/ha
- Faster length growth resulting in a timely harvest as early as April
- Firm crop, no alloy, no plant growth regulator or fungicide needed
- Very hardy and good plant health
- The root and stubble mass of Fast Spring Rye promotes soil fertility
- No competition with the main crop maize due to a timely harvest
- Good preservation after harvest as a chopped product or in bales
- Very good absorption thanks to very good palatability
A high yield of 3.500 to 5.000 kg ds and 600 to 900 kg protein per hectare is the result!
Sow immediately after the maize harvest
Fast Spring Rye can be sown very well in one pass in combination with stubble cultivation after the maize harvest. The ideal time to sow is between early September and late October. The one and only Quick Spring Rye is available in the original orange KWS packaging and available from stock at your supplier! Snel Lente Rye is also available for Flanders as an EAG mixture in combination with Adrina tetraploid Italian ryegrass!
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