DLF ForageMax® Quality Grass Seed Mixtures 2026 FORAGEMAX ® Quality Grass Seed Mixtures CONTENTS Multi-species swards 3 More Milk and Meat with DLF 4 Ipnrcordeuacsteivyitoyuirnfaarnmatural way 5 Geveetrtyhme mouotshtfuolut of 6 - 7 DLF Alfalfa - one crop, three performance boosting outcomes 8 - 9 Make one small decision with huge impact 10 - 11 Tyhoeur“brouostin” etossfuture-proof 12 Eeansvyirownamysetnotarel idmupcaecytour 13 Itnetcrohndoulcoinggy itnhneintraotgueranlcontrol 14 - 15 Stewardship selector 16 - 17 Cutting mixtures 18 - 22 Dual Purpose mixtures 23 - 26 Specialist mixtures 27 - 28 HorseMax™ 29 Overseeding 30 SAoniilmhaelahlteha<hfe&rtpilietyrformance 31 SFI mixtures 32 - 33 Overseeding SFI mixtures 34 Amenity 35 Seeds & Science support your business Every farm is different – and special. Our expert teams will help you find the right ForageMax® product for your farming system, your livestock, your soil, and your climate. Our goal is to make your life as a farmer easier. One way we do that is by helping you increase revenues by improving your milk and meat production. 2 DLF ForageMax® Quality Grass Seed Mixtures 2026 MULTI-SPECIES SWARDS Multi-species swards have the potential to produce high yields of quality forage at greatly reduced rates of nitrogen fertiliser input. A multi-species sward is a mixture of three or more species whose growth characteristics complement each other resulting in improved productivity compared to when each species is grown on their own. The species used typically come from three plant groups i.e. grasses, legumes and herbs, with each species bringing different benefits to the sward. Grasses such as perennial ryegrass and timothy provide strong early-season growth and quality while legumes like white and red clover feed the sward with nitrogen fixed from the atmosphere and boost protein. As well as providing excellent quality, mineral-rich forage in the summer months, deep-rooting herbs like ribwort plantain and chicory are extremely drought tolerant which is an increasing concern for many farmers. DM Yield Response of Different Sward types to N Fertiliser DM Yield (kg/ha) 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 0 PRG 120 PRG-CLOVER 240 360 PRG-CLOVER-HERB The benefits of multi-species swards Multi-species swards can produce similar yields to perennial ryegrass swards at significantly lower rates of inorganic N fertiliser. The inclusion of warm-season species like chicory and plantain mean multi-species swards have strong summer production compared to a grass sward. These deep-rooting species make the sward much more tolerant of drought than a grass sward. Multi-species swards are a source of highly digestible, high protein forage and can maintain their high quality throughout the growing season. The inclusion of legumes and mineral-rich herbs provides a more balanced diet than a grass sward with species like chicory also providing some anthelmintic benefits to grazing livestock. The use of multi-species swards compared to grass-only swards in agriculture can also provide a wide range of environmental benefits including: BENEFITS OF MULTI-SPECIES: • Reduced N 2 O emissions and nitrate leaching associated with reduced fertiliser use. • Higher rates of carbon sequestration due to deeper root-depths • Enhanced biodiversity, particularly pollinators feeding on the variety of flowering plants in multi-species swards. 3
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