MAJOR
Lolium westerwoldicum
- Tetraploid with very high quality
- Annual allowing more cuts
- Disease tolerant
- Very suitable mixing partner
Multi-cut
MAJOR is quite persistent for an annual ryegrass and can produce up to 4 cuts in favourable years.
High quality grazing or conservation (hay or silage)
Although the primary use of annual ryegrasses is conservation as hay or silage, MAJOR can be grazed as well and provides a very high quality forage.
Mixtures
For improved protein content MAJOR can be associated with legumes like red clover and for more complementarity with other annual or Italian ryegrasses.
Technical Specifications
- Westerwold/annual ryegrass
Annual ryegrass for fast efficient production of dry matter
- Listed/recommended in EU NO UK
- Lateness: Intermediate
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Specification and ratings
Yield from 6 locations / 2 years kg/ha
Source: Official trials in Norway| Kg DM/ha | Barspectra | Tewera | Clipper | MAJOR |
| 1st cut | 3494 | 3136 | 3404 | 3584 |
| 2nd cut | 3493 | 3494 | 3494 | 3588 |
| 3rd cut | 2240 | 2330 | 2325 | 2150 |
Yield, kg drymatter/ha
Source: Official trials in Norway| Billion | MAJOR | |
| 1st cut | 5710 | 7408 |
| 2nd cut | 2331 | 2830 |
| 3rd cut | 2066 | 2201 |