Green Circle is a 2 year intensive silage/grazing mixture.  Green Circle is also excellent for zero grazing, aftermath grazing and flushing eyes.

Characteristics and Managment

Early Bite

Green Circle gives grazing or zero grazing up to 3 weeks earlier than normal leys.  This means big savings in feed bills at a time of high milk and meat prices.

Very High Yields

Green Circle contains the highest yielding varieties which can produce up to 20 tonnes and more of silage per year.

Two Full Years of Production

Because Green Circle contains perennial ryegrasses it will not thin out in the second year like many straight Italian leys.

High Palatability

Green Circle contains tetraploid varieties which are extremely palatable.  Maximum intake means maximum production of milk and meat.

Easy to Ensile

The use of Italian ryegrass and tetraploids, which are naturally high in sugar, ensures rapid fermentation.  A high sugar content improves intake resulting in more meat and milk production.

Easy to Manage

Varieties with a narrow band of heading dates are chosen which ensures all varieties in Green Circle head and reach 70 D at the same time.

Quick Recovery

The use of diploid and perennial ryegrasses gives quick recovery after cutting.

Resistance to Disease

A mixture of varieties with good resistance to Rhynchosporium, mildew and Ryegrass Mosaic Virus helps to ensure disease-free swards.

Zero Grazing

High yielding, early, erect varieties make GReen Circle very suitable for this purpose.

Resistant to Poaching

Perennial ryegrass varieties provide a dense bottom which gives good resistance to poaching and helps keep out invasive weeds.

Rapid Establishment

A high seed rate ensures good ground cover and hence good control of weeds.  Green Circle contains aggressive varieties enabling a quick return to production.  This is aided by using high germination seed that is treated with fungicide and GPA.