Forage herbs and brassica provide fast, highly nutritious feed to keep stock performing when pastures slow down. Quick to establish, highly palatable and with strong regrowth, they’re ideal for filling feed gaps and boosting liveweight gains. They also bring agronomic benefits, helping with pasture renovation, weed control and soil improvement, making them a versatile option for productive systems across Australia.
Whether you’re chasing quick seasonal feed, renovating tired pastures or adding resilience to your system, AlfaGen Seeds has forage herb & brassica options to suit your system, rainfall and stock.
Establishment is everything. If your seed doesn’t get there in the first month, we’ll help you try again, half price.
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2-3 years
8-14 weeks
Dryland 3kg/ha
Irrigation 5-7kg/ha
Balance® chicory is adapted to a wide variety of climates, from summer dominant to winter dominant rainfall areas, receiving minimum 400mm annual rainfall. It requires some rain or irrigation to achieve high production over summer.
Sheep, beef, dairy
Grazing
XLR8®
6-9 months
6-8 weeks
Dryland 3kg/ha
Irrigation 5kg/ha
Bouncer hybrid forage brassica is adapted to a wide variety of climates, from summer dominant to winter dominant rainfall areas, receiving 500-800mm annual rainfall.
Sheep, beef, dairy
Grazing
None/XLR8® optional
6-18 months
8 weeks
Dryland 3kg/ha
Irrigation 5-7kg/ha
Compass chicory is adapted to a wide variety of climates, from summer dominant to winter dominant rainfall areas, receiving minimum 400mm annual rainfall. It requires some rain or irrigation to perform best if grown over summer.
Sheep, beef, dairy
Grazing
None/XLR8® optional
3-6 months
8-10kg/ha
Suits a wide range of soil types and regions with minimum rainfall of 300mm over winter and spring
Cover crop, bio fumigation, and soil improvement
None/XLR8® optional
2-4 years
8 weeks
Dryland 3kg/ha
Irrigation 4-8kg/ha
Greater than 600mm average annual rainfall
Sheep, beef, dairy
Grazing
Goldstrike®
6-8 months
8-10 weeks
Dryland 5kg/ha
Irrigation 8kg/ha
Smart Radish® is adapted to a wide variety of climates, from summer-dominant to winter-dominant rainfall areas, receiving a minimum of 400mm annual rainfall. In most regions it is planted in late summer to early autumn, so only requires moderate rainfall in winter and early spring to grow a successful crop.
Sheep, beef, dairy
Quick growing cover crop with additional soil improvement benefits and provision of grazing
Fungicide/XLR8® optional
10-18 months
8-12 weeks
Dryland 3kg/ha
Irrigation 5kg/ha
Subzero hybrid forage brassica is adapted to a wide variety of climates, from summer dominant to winter dominant rainfall areas, receiving 350-800mm annual rainfall.
It requires some rain or irrigation to perform best if grown over summer
Sheep, beef, dairy
Grazing
XLR8®
