Densely tillered, resiliant & resists pugging

The perennial diploid cultivars AberDart and AberMagic are prostrate growing and very densely tillered grasses that offer a higher drymatter content than many farmers are used to assessing by eye.

Jim Simpson  Mt Gambier, SA "AberDart's growth rate is similar by sight (to a tetraploid) but the AberDart is certainly denser. It's better after a silage cut, which is important to us. There's less bare ground under irrigation, which means more water absorption. The AberDart had fewer weeds and its density means it should withstand high traffic. The cows did seem to eat the AberDart more."

Glenda Hall Willow Grove, Victoria "The AberDart is so dense, even when sown at 18kg/ha. There's few weeds and those paddocks stood out when the rest of the farm had browned off ... and they kicked in quickly when it did rain. After three years the AberDart still looks good so we put in 40ha this March (to total 70ha). The cows like it and will give an extra half to one litre of milk per cow per milking when fed AberDart. It all adds up."