WELCOME Welcome to our 2023 Sinclair McGill Handbook. The Sinclair McGill brand and mixtures have long had the reputation for quality and delivering for the requirements of Irish farmers. This year’s product range again highlights our core vision for our brand, which is to formulate the best mixtures that will deliver high dry matter tonnage, highest rates of utilisation and inclusion of N cl e ov w er in in tr s o w t a e rd x s t f a o n r d nit p ro ic ge o n f John fixation to reduce the need for chemical nitrogen but not compromising on yields. Our product range have something for every soil type and farm system that will help you maximise your productivity. With our attention to detail on the breakdown of our carefully selected mixtures we are confident we can deliver a combination of nutritional and agronomic quality. When it comes to all Sinclair McGill products the old adage rings through “Performance you can rely on.” Tom Dowling - Sinclair McGill Business Manager index 2 4 5 6 7 8-9 10-11 SINCLAIR MCGILL MONITOR FARM SEED QUALITY FORAGE QUALITY & TRIALS HOW TO ESTABLISH A NEW LEY OVERSEEDING CLOVER BLEND TECHNOLOGY MULTI-SPECIES FOCUS 12 KEY VARIETIES 13 MIXTURE SELECTION CHART 14-15 PREDOMINATELY GRAZING MIXTURES 16-17 DUAL PURPOSE MIXTURES 18-20 PREDOMINATELY CUTTING MIXTURES 21-24 SPECIAL USE MIXTURES 25 CATCH CROPS 26 FULL SEASON CROPS 27 SKYFALL BOUNCE BACK BRASSICA 28 29-31 32-33 34 35 36 37-39 TECHNICAL HANDBOOK PESTS & WEEDS DISEASE MANAGEMENT SEED SOWING RATES KEY SPECIES FOR PRODUCTIVE GRASSLAND HEADSTART® GOLD DISTRIBUTORS & STOCKISTS 2 SINCLAIR MCGILL MONITOR FARM, Co. Galway Farm info Farmer Manager: Brendan Fahy Type: Beef farm with sheep used on reseeds Location: Corofin, Tuam, Co. Galway Total Area Farmed: 93 ac Stock Numbers: 100 Main Forages: Grass and silage Soil type: Predominantly sandy free draining - clay Soil index 1 & index 2 2.5t – 3t of lime per acre Plan for Future: 60 acres reseeded in 2021, 23 acres reseeded in 2022. Remaining 10 acres to be reseeded in 2023. About the farm: This farm is currently undergoing a full reseed with Sinclair McGill. The farm manager, Brendan Fahy has used Sinclair McGill on his own suckler farm and would not use anything else for performance. Advance grass mixture from Sinclair McGill was specifically developed for the Irish market and in 2023 it includes 5 star grass varieties, Nashota, Aspect and 4 star variety Meiduno making this the best grass mixture to graze out with the highest utilisation figure of any mixture on the market. Turbo is an intensive grazing mixture and suits this farms requirements and soil structure needs. 18 – 20 kg per acre sowing rate was applied by the farm manager, as the farm has never been reseeded and Turbo can offer great speed of regrowth combined with highly palatable tetraploid ryegrasses. Turbo is also a great mixture for productivity on a dairy farm. Castlehill the flagship mixture for Sinclair McGill throughout the country was sown on the monitor farm in spring 2021. Castlehill is a rock solid mix known for its fast recovery, its long term persistency and of course it is a dual purpose mix, for both grazing and cutting! We look forward to their progress over the next few years. 3 SINCLAIR MCGILL QUALITY
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