SUBTROPICAL PASTURES
Excellent physic-botanic quality grasses in accordance with the different productive ways and modern technology.
Grama Rhodes CV Katambora
It is a diploid material. It is easy adaptable to sandy soils, which are not very fertile. It does not tollerate clay soils or flooding either. But it is very tolerant to salt. It is a medium sized plant. The flowering is slower than cv pioneer. Its fodder production is between 5000 to 8000 kg. Per ha. Sprouts early on because of its tolerance to low temperatures
Grama Rhodes CV Pioneer
It is a diploid variety. It is medium sized. It has a great quantity of stolons. It flowers early. It has a great capacity of natural re birth. Its fodder production is between 4000 to 7000 kg/ha. This variety is the “best seller” in our country due to its adaptability to differnet zones, climates and soils. It tolarates short time flooding. Seeding density is about 8 to 10 kg/ha.
Panicum Maximum CV Gatton Panic
It is adaptable to a wide variety of soils. It needs from 500 to 1400 mm of rain per year. It is very resistant to drought. But it is not so resistant to flooding. It is appropriate to lands which have been cleared because it can cover them properly. It lasts evergreen all winter long. Its Fodder Production is between 6 to 9 kg. Per year. SEEDING DENSITY: 5-6 kg / ha.
Panicum Coloratum CV Klein Verde
It is a perennial grass. It grows during spring and summer because of which is very adaptable to tropical zones. It also has a good performance in our pampa with excellent tolerance to cold. It produces 6000 to 8000 kg / ha of fodder. Its seeding time is from mid-October to December (in our country) Seeding density is 5-6 kg per ha.
Panicum Maximun CV Aruana
Growing perennial with good tolerance to cold and drought, needs a minimum rainfall of 750 mm. It has very good palatability and excellent result as deferred. Grazing can be started with 50 cm, approximately 90/100 days. It has medium tolerance to salivazo and shading. It adapts to light soils with good fertility and drained. Its sowing should be superficial to a density of 6-8 kg / Ha. Its estimated annual production is 13-18 Tn / Ms / Ha.
Tanganyka Grass Panicum Máximun CV Tanzania
It is a perennial fodder variety SUITABLE to zones with more than 700 mm rain per year. It is excellent to cleared areas. It has a great re sprout speed. It is a good dry material producer. It has an excellent stem-sheet relationship. It is ideal to storage or to intensive pasture. Its seeding density is 5 kg/ha.
Beard grass Brachiaria Brizantha
It is perennial. It is highly adaptable to humid environments, to sandy soils or highlands which are well drained. It is not very tolerant to drought or to cold. Its dry material production is between 7000 to 10000 kg per year. Its forage has great digestability and it has proteins in 9 – 12 %. Seeding density: 5 – 7 kg/ha.
Koronivia Grass Brachiaria Humidícola
It is perennial. It is adaptable to low fertility and heavy soils. It tolerates flooding and cattle trampling. But it is not so tolerant to cold. It is a 0.70 cm tall plant. It produces 8 to 10 tones of low palatibility fodder per year. It is used for direct pasture and for hay. Seeding density: 4-6 kg/ha.
African Bristlegrass Setaria Sphacelata
It is perennial. It is recommended to high temperatures and abundant rains. It has a high forage production (about 11000 kg of dry matter in a year) it is maintaining good quality for deferred grazing. It can be seeded from the begining of spring till the end of summer. Seeding density is 5kg. /ha and.
Dicantium Erectum
It is perennial. It adapts to different soils. It has low tolerance to drought and to cold. It is used for direct pasture and to for hay. It produces 6000 to 8000 kg/ha per year. It has good palatability and good digestibility. It needs more than 700 mm rain per year. Its seeding density is 4KG / HA.
African Foxtail Grass Cenchrus Ciliaris
It is perennial It grows during the summer. It has big roots. It is resistant to intensive pasture and to burn. It can grow in places where rains are just 300/350 mm in a year. Dry Material is about 3000 /4000 kg per ha. It has a good palatability and a good fodder value if it keeps green. Seeding Density is 4-6 kg / ha.
Weeping Lovegrass Eragrostis Curvula
It is perennial. It forms bushes of 80 cm tall. It has deep roots. It is very resistant to drought and to low temperatures. It does not tolerate salt and flooding neither. Its best performance is during spring time. It can produce between 3000 to 4000kg per month per ha. The optimum planting date is in September and October (in our country). Seeding density is 2 – 3 kg/ha.