HF DRYLAND         

A specialist mixture for very dry conditions using deep rooted grasses with excellent resistance to drought. Formulated using species not commonly found in UK agricultural mixtures, HF DryLand is designed to produce fodder in extremely dry situations where conventional mixtures are likely to fail. 

KORA	Tall Fescue
HYKOR	Festulolium
SPARTA	Cocksfoot
DELPHIN	Late Perennial Ryegrass (T)
POLIM	Late Perennial Ryegrass (T)

15 kg/acre (37 kg/hectare)

• A unique solution to fodder production in very dry conditions
• Contains Tall Fescue and Festulolium, two species used for forage production in hot, dry countries specifically for their drought resistance
• All components selected for their deep rooting ability
• The high sugar content of the Tetraploid Perennials and Hykor balance the lower sugar levels in Cocksfoot
• Excellent disease resistance particularly to Crown Rust which can be a major problem in dry areas and which can seriously affect both yield and palatability

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HF HAYMAKER

A modern mixture for traditional hay making specially designed to produce a large bulk of the type of forage typically required for hay.

BREE	Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
PREMIUM	Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
PASTOUR	Late Perennial Ryegrass
FOXTROT	Late Perennial Ryegrass
PROMESSE	Timothy
DOLINA	Timothy
SENU	Meadow Fescue
HF DUAL PURPOSE   CLOVER BLEND	White Clover

13 - 14 kg/acre (32 - 35 kg/hectare)

• Specially designed to produce top yields of easily made hay
• Varieties selected on the basis of their growth pattern and maturity to provide the right sward characteristics for quality hay production
• High Timothy content and no Tetraploids for ease of hay-making
• Based on Intermediate and Late Perennial Ryegrass with no Early Perennial Ryegrass which heads far too early for hay production
• Varieties selected to provide good Summer and late season grazing

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HF AFTER MAIZE 

A mixture specially formulated with aggressive, fast growing and high yielding Italian Ryegrass varieties to provide the best chance of growing away from Atrazine residues and to ensure bulk for grazing within a short period of sowing.

FOX	Italian Ryegrass
DANERGO	Italian Ryegrass (T)

10 - 12 kg/acre (25 – 30 kg/hectare)

• 100% Italian Ryegrass for the best possible establishment after maize is harvested
• As Atrazine resistant varieties do not exist, the only solution to Atrazine residues is to select grasses with the highest possible germination and aggressive establishment to ensure the grass is capable of growing away from any residues which may be present
• All components meet HF’s minimum germination standard of 90% potentially supplying 15% more live seed than the industry minimum of 75%
• Does not contain any Perennial Ryegrass which is more susceptible to Atrazine residues
• Provides the potential for a full year’s production in the following year

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HF MULTI PURPOSE LANDSCAPER

A mixture specially designed for all situations where a relatively hard wearing, low maintenance grass sward with an attractive appearance is required.  This mix is ideal for river banks, roadside verges, orchards, caravan sites, headlands round fruit fields, paths etc. and any other situations where low maintenance cover is required.

LASSO	Late Perennial Ryegrass
MAXIMA	Creeping Red Fsecue

25 kg/acre (62 kg/hectare)

• Suitable for all low maintenance situations where an attractive appearance is required
• Although the sowing rate is higher than standard agricultural mixtures it is considerably less than the rate required by a true amenity mix to achieve the same effect
• Produces a hard wearing and attractive sward with a good dark green colour

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SHEEP FEED MIXTURES

HF CC and CD are balanced mixtures designed to produce an Italian Ryegrass sward with a Brassica cover crop thereby providing both Autumn grazing from the combination of species and Winter and early Spring  grazing from the Italian Ryegrass.  Inevitably this compromise will not produce the short term bulk of a single Brassica but will provide a lower level of keep for a longer period of time.  In the management of these mixtures it should be remembered that both Rape and Turnips are aggressive species and if allowed to grow too tall they can smother the Italian Ryegrass.  These mixtures should therefore be grazed early to allow the Italian to thrive.

HF CC   

A highly productive catch cropping mix including White Turnips designed to produce Autumn grazing for sheep and fattening lambs.

FOX	Italian Ryegrass
HOBSON	Forage Rape
GREEN GLOBE	White Turnip

9 kg/acre (22 kg/hectare)

HF CD   

A highly productive catch cropping mix similar to HF CC but without White Turnips.

FOX	Italian Ryegrass
HOBSON	Forage Rape

9 kg/acre (22 kg/acre)

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LOW MAINTENANCE MIXTURES

HF LONG TERM GREEN COVER

A mixture specially designed for long term low maintenance grass cover and suitable for both Set-Aside and other situations where production is not required.

LASSO	Late Perennial Ryegrass
ROMARK	Late Perennial Ryegrass
MAXIMA	Creeping Red Fescue
ALBERTA	White Clover

12 – 14 kg/acre (30 – 35 kg/hectare)

• Suitable for all low maintenance situations where grass production is not required
• Based on very late heading Perennial Ryegrass with poor Spring growth to minimise maintenance during the Spring months when conventional grass production is at its highest level
• Uses very dense varieties to ensure good ground cover and effective competition against weeds at relatively low sowing rates
• Clover content set to achieve the correct balance of grass and clover in a set-aside or low maintenance
• situation
• Can be extensively grazed throughout the season or from 1 September after the Set-Aside period

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HF WILD BIRD COVER

A mixture designed to maintain cover and seed production for wild birds from a diverse stand of eligible species for the full two year duration of this Set-Aside option.

SPRING TRITICALE	Cereal
SPRING WHEAT	Cereal
KALE	Brassica
QUINOA	Chenopodium
YELLOW BLOSSOM CLOVER	Legume

20 kg/acre (50 kg/hectare)

• Maintains cover and seed production for two years
• Very attractive species mix for seed eating birds   
• Contains the biennial species Kale and Yellow Blossom Clover to ensure cover and seed production in the second year if the annual species do not regenerate
• Prolific seed production from Quinoa in particular
• Also suitable for wild life mixtures within SEERAD and DEFRA Stewardship Schemes

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