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Whole Crops & Mixes
Over recent years Wholecrop has become established as an important alternative source of forage to livestock farmers.
Wholecrop cereals are grown like grain but harvested earlier to make silage .
Wheat is the most common species of cereal used, followed by barley, but there is increasing interest in triticale and rye. Wholecrop cereals may be sown with or without peas in mixture. Where forage maize is not a feasible option Wholecrop may be grown, offering good energy levels and higher dry matter contents.
Wholecrop cereals are conserved in two basic forms:
• Fermented
• Urea treated Wholecrop
These two techniques produce different end products, Each requires different harvesting dates and different managment techniques.
Benefits
• Allows increased production from home grown forage
• Produces a high starch feed
• Improves Dry Matter
• No effluent
• Improves milk and protein levels
• Useful means of establishing a new ley
ORIGINAL
Ouality seed is the foundation for quality wholecrop. Seed Film Coating was developed by Nickerson as technique to carry seed treatments on the seed accurately, therefore minimising any phytotoxic effect of seed treatments and maintaining germination and vigour.
SEED FILM COATING
Seed Film Coating is a technique that forms a polymer film around the seed in which a range of conventional and innovative seed treatments can be carried, Benefits include:
• Precisie and even application of chemical to the seed.
• Accurate Drilling and even establishment.
• Controlled release of chemical prevents phytotoxic effect on plant growth.
• Higer yields.
GROWTH PROMOTING AGENT
G.P.A ( a cocktail of essential micro-nutrients and plant growth hormones) aids rapid germination and good establishment. This perfectly compliments the high vigour and germination of Nickerson Original. G.P.A ensures a larger root system enabling the plant to absorb soil nutrients more effectiveley.
• Larger roots and shoots.
• Better establishment.
• Reduced stress and higher yields.
VIGOUR
Vigorous seed is better equiped to cope with poor, cold, wet seed-bed conditions. This is esential for:
• Quick, even crop establishment
• Allowing the crop top grow away from soil-borne pests and diseases
• Stronger plants and higher populations.
• Higher Yield.
PURITY & GERMINATION
Nickerson constanly monitor seed production to ensure that significantly better than the offical standards.
