High Production Pasture Mixes For Mid To Low Rainfall Areas

Pasture Mixes From Ballard Seeds:

DO NOT graze until plants are firmly established and cannot be pulled out, 1st grazing should only remove tops to encourage tillering.

BALL-BurstA Wet Area Mix:

  • Rocket Ryegrass
  • Tetila Gold Ryegrass
  • Kraka Ryegrass
  • Prima Gland Clover
  • Trikkala Sub-Clover
  • Turbo Persian Clover
  • Balansa
  • ALOSCA

MIN RAINFALL (mm) 400

SEEDING RATE (kg/ha) 15-30

Specifically designed to cope with extended winter waterlogging.

BALL-Feeder Ryegrass Mix

  • Kraka Italian Ryegrass
  • Tetila Gold Ryegrass
  • Rocket Italian Ryegrass

MIN RAINFALL (mm) 375

SEEDING RATE (kg/ha) 15-30

Ryegrass mix of Tetraploid and Diploid types to give the best of both worlds.

BALL-SalinA Saltland Mix:

  • Cavalier Burr Medic
  • Balansa
  • Rocket Italian Ryegrass
  • Tetila Gold Ryegrass
  • ALOSCA

MIN RAINFALL (mm) 275

SEEDING RATE (kg/ha) 15-20

Ideal for salt affected land where Barley Grass is dominant. Ball-Salina really lifts productivity.

BALL-SerrA Serradella Mix:

  • Santorini Yellow Serradella Seed
  • Cadiz French Serradella Pod
  • Margurita French Serradella Seed
  • ALOSCA

MIN RAINFALL (mm) 275

SEEDING RATE (kg/ha) 10-20

A good balanced Serradella mix for infertile sands. Mixture of hard and soft seed for persistence.

BALL-TearA Dryland Mix:

  • Crimson Clover
  • Prima Gland Clover
  • Cadiz Pink Serradella
  • Rocket Ryegrass
  • ALOSCA

MIN RAINFALL (mm) 375

SEEDING RATE (kg/ha) 15-30

Brilliant fodder mix with a blend of Hard Seeded and Soft seeded varieties. It can be used for grazing or a standing dry fodder crop.

BALL-ThumpA Pasture Mix

  • Hykon Rose Clover
  • Prima Gland Clover
  • Cadiz Pink Serradella
  • Casbah Biserrula
  • Rocket Ryegrass
  • ALOSCA

MIN RAINFALL (mm) 275

SEEDING RATE (kg/ha) 15-30

This is a similar mix to Ball-TearA, but is specially designed for lower rainfall areas.

BALL-TrottA Horse Pasture Mix::

  • Italian Ryegrass
  • Perennial Ryegrass
  • Cocksfoot
  • Fescue
  • Sub-Clover
  • Balansa Clover
  • Lucerne
  • ALOSCA

MIN RAINFALL (mm) 400

SEEDING RATE (kg/ha) 25/ha

SEEDING RATE (kg/acre) 10/acre

Developed to suit the horses preferred diet. Low legume content with a mix of annual and perennial grasses.

Rapid Red Pasture Mix:

  • Cadiz Pink Serradella
  • Yellow Serradella
  • Erica Hard Seeded French Serradella
  • Hykon Rose Clover
  • Arrowleaf Clover
  • Sub Clover
  • Prima Gland Clover
  • Tetila Gold Ryegrass
  • ALOSCA

MIN RAINFALL (mm) 275

SEEDING RATE (kg/ha) 5-30

This mix has been designed as a long term grazing pasture option. With a mix of both hard & soft seeded varieties, Italian Ryegrass & ALOSCA Granular Inoculant the mix will come back year after year. Mixed with oats it will produce quality hay or silage.

 

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