The DLF Seeds Programmed Approach™ to pasture renewal allows a farmer to capture the full value of improved pasture genetics in today’s new grasses and legumes. It encourages the view that by treating pastures as a crop, farmers ensure they have a good supply of quality, homegrown feed all year round.

• Improved supply of high energy feed all year round.
• Opportunity to break the perennial weed cycle using glyphosate, leading to pastures free of Couch, Californian Thistle, Kikuyu, Paspalum.
• Introduce improved chemistry within cycle (brassica crop herbicides).
• Opportunity to break the wild endophyte cycle to allow summer-safe grazing and the introduction of novel endophytes.
• Encourages forward planning and the opportunity to address fertility and drainage issues earlier, resulting in more productive pastures and crops.
• Increases the success of establishing a new perennial pasture.
• Reduces the requirement for more expensive or bought in supplementary feed.

STEP 1   Identify poor performing paddocks before soil testing (sparse plant population).

STEP 2   Soil test before starting the Programmed Approach™ and six months before planting a brassica.

STEP 3   Spray out existing pasture with glyphosate + Dicamba® to control all pasture species, including clover.

STEP 4   Direct drill an Ultrastrike® treated winter active ryegrass such as Ascend or Astro®.

STEP 5   Spray out annual ryegrass with glyphosate + insecticide in spring.

STEP 6   Sow a brassica or chicory crop e.g. Titan, Goliath, Barkant, Pasja II, Pallaton* or Rocket Fuel™.

STEP 7   Manage brassica crop effectively.

STEP 8   After autumn rains, spray out germinating weeds with glyphosate when full germination has occurred.

STEP 9   Prepare paddock and sow an elite perennial pasture variety such as Base AR37, Reward Endo 5, ^#Platform AR37, Confederate, Quantica MaxP® or Quantum II MaxP® mixed with DLF Seeds proprietary clovers.

STEP 10 Introduce new pasture management.
 

^{* Pallaton Raphno® is available through accredited retailers only.}

^{# Platform has been bred, selected and successfully tested as a perennial and will function as a perennial ryegrass. Due to small number of tip awns, Platform is certified as Lolium boucheanum.}

^{For more information on AR37 see DLF Seeds Product Guide or visit ar37endophyte.com}