Forages
Work on breeding of perennial grasses began in 1954, and the work on clover began twenty years later. The work encompasses the most significant species of grasses and clover.
These grass and clover species are the basic components for sowing of artificial grasslands, i.e. meadows and pastures as well as supplementary sowing and repair of natural grasslands.
The objective of this work is to develop domestic varieties adapted to our environmental conditions, to harmonise the varieties with corresponding components they are sown with in a mixture, and that they regenerate well, while providing high and stable yields of high-quality forage over an extended period of several years.
By now, twenty-three varieties of grass and clover species have been created. In all tests performed by now, our varieties proved equal or superior to the existing range in the Europe or globally. Today, efforts are made to maintain them and to market them.
| NAME | DESCRIPTION AND CHARACTERISTICS |
|---|---|
| CLOVER | |
Crimson clover – Nada | Excellent-yielding on tougher and more acidy soils as well • Vegetation: medium-early • Height: 90 cm • Leaf: Large, green with a triangular white spot • Resistance: to cold, diseases, lodging • Mass of 1000 grains: 1,7 g • Green mass yield, on average: 50-60 t/ha |
Alfalfa – Mirna | High yield of green mass and proteins • Vegetation: medium-early • Height: 90 cm • Leaf: Large, green with a triangular white spot • Resistance: to cold, diseases, lodging • Mass of 1000 grains: 1,7 g • Green mass yield, on average: 50-60 t/ha |
Alfalfa – Posavina | Rich in protein and minerals • Vegetation: medium-early • Height: 80 – 100 cm • Leaf: large, upturned egg-shaped • Resistance: to cold, drought, diseases, lodging • Mass of 1000 grains: 1,8 – 2,2 g • Green mass yield, on average: 60,0 – 100,0 t/ha |
DTS – Clover-grass mixture | Perfect combination for top yield • High yield of green mass (70 – 80 t/ha) • Excellent regeneration after mowing • High proportion of leaves • Resistance to diseases, pests and cold • Long-term and diverse use • Sowing term: early spring, late summer |
| GRASSES | |
Perennial rye-grass – Šampion | Grass of top quality and yield • Vegetation: medium-early • Height: 50 – 70 cm • Leaf: Markedly grass-green, succulent and glossy • Resistance: to cold, diseases • Mass of 1000 grains: 2,0 g • Green mass yield, on average: 60 t/ha |
Orchard grass – B-15 | Very good quality grass, also of stable yield in drought conditions • Vegetation: medium-early • Height: 100 – 125 cm • Leaf: Large, grey-green • Resistance: To cold, drought, lodging and diseases • Mass of 1000 grains: 0,7 – 1,25 g • Green mass yield, on average: 85 – 95 t/ha |
Timothy-grass – B-10 | Excellent grass of high quality with pronounced resistance to low temperatures • Vegetation: late • Height: 80 – 100 cm • Leaf: grey-green • Resistance: To cold, lodging and diseases • Mass of 1000 grains: 07 – 1,0 g • Green mass yield, on average: 70 – 85 t/ha |
Italian rye-grass – Mir | Top yield of green mass of excellent quality • Vegetation: medium-early • Height: 90 – 110 cm • Leaf: long, yellow-green • Resistance: to cold and diseases • Mass of 1000 grains: 3,8 – 4,5 g • Green mass yield, on average: 80 – 140 t/ha |
Meadow fescue – Zelena dolina | The best combination of quality and green mass yield • Vegetation: medium-early • Height: 100 – 120 cm • Leaf: Long, grass-green, meaty and succulent • Resistance: To cold and diseases • Mass of 1000 grains: 2,0 g • Green mass yield, on average: 70 – 100 t/ha |
Red fescue – KORANA | Multipurpose quality grass of excellent resistance • Vegetation: medium-early • Height: 50 – 60 cm • Leaf: Narrow, grey-green • Resistance: To cold, drought, lodging and diseases • Mass of 1000 grains: 1,4 g • Green mass yield, on average: 60 t/ha |
Tall fescue – B-18  | Quality grass of top resistance • Vegetation: medium-early • Height: 120 cm • Leaf: Large, green • Resistance: To cold, drought, lodging and diseases • Mass of 1000 grains: 4,2 g • Green mass yield, on average: 100 t/ha |
| PEAS | |
Winter cattle pea – OZIMI ŠAMPION | Champion of yield and quality • Resistant to cold • Green mass yield of 50 – 70 t/ha and more (in mixture) • High protein and energy content • Diverse uses • Rewarding in production with high and stable green mass and grain yields • Sowing term: End of September, mid-October |
Winter cattle pea – MAKSIMIRSKI RANI | For early use of top-quality forage • High yield of green mass (60 – 70 t/ha, in mixture) • High percentage of proteins in green mass (2.5 – 3%) • High carbohydrate content in the green mass (11%) • Diverse uses • Sowing term: End of September, mid-October |
Spring cattle pea | For high yield of excellent quality peas • Vegetation: very early to early • Raw proteins in green mass, %: 2 – 2.5 • Raw proteins in grain, %: 18.5 – 24 • Carbohydrates in green mass, %: 11.3 • Carbohydrates in grain, %: 72.2 • Dry matter in green mass, %: 19.2 |