400+ grams liveweight gain per lamb per day

Beef and lamb grazing trials run by IGER have shown an increase in live-weight gains of up to 20% compared to animals fed a control ryegrass.

Farmers in New Zealand report lamb weight gains exceeding 400 gms per head per day when grazing AberHSG pasture.

David Bielski Mount Linton Station, Southland, NZ "It's an awesome ryegrass . it seems to be the silver bullet for us as far as finishing lambs. On AberMagic in early March they went from 35kg to 38.7kg in nine days (averaging 411g/day) and on AberDart went from 28.5kg to 38.4kg over 24 days (412g/day). It's going into 400ha this summer and we plan to sow more each year."

James Aitken Yambuk, Victoria "There's no free lunch in farming but high sugar grass is pretty close to it. Our production from 240 cows at Yambuk went up 500 litres and would drop again when they went off the AberDart. We planted 40ha at Omakere (Hawke's Bay sheep farm) because if it can grow like that in Australia then AberDart can grow like that in New Zealand."