HF HIGH-HILL

A long term hill mixture specially designed for sheep grazing and to suit the harsher conditions of upland pastures. Ideal for reseeding hills or reclaiming marginal land.


Contains grasses suited to the poorer soils and shorter growing season typical of hill ground.

ORANTAS	Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
PREMIUM	Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
ROMARK	Late Perennial Ryegrass
LASSO	Late Perennial Ryegrass
MAURICE	Late Perennial Ryegrass (T)
PROMESSE	Timothy
DOLINA	Timothy
MAXIMA	Creeping Red Fescue
HF GRAZING   CLOVER BLEND	White Clover

14 - 16 kg/acre (35 - 40 kg/hectare)

• Early bite provided by a high Timothy content and a high proportion of grazing tolerant Perennial Ryegrass varieties
• Very good Winter hardiness for longevity under harsher upland conditions
• Excellent sward density with over 80% of the total mix getting an 'A' for sward density
• Will also provide a cut of hay or silage if required
• Creeping Red Fescue with its creeping growth habit binds the sward together and aids recovery after poaching or over-grazing
• High content of HF’s unique Grazing Clover blend specially designed for production and persistency in an upland situation

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HF SCOTS-HAY

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

KIMBER	Early Perennial Ryegrass
ORANTAS	Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
BREE	Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
FOXTROT	Late Perennial Ryegrass
PASTOUR	Late Perennial Ryegrass
MAXIMA	Creeping Red Fescue
PROMESSE	Timothy
DOLINA	Timothy
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
• Contains the new Early Perennial Ryegrass variety Kimber which, with its later heading date, is much better suited to a hay mixture than earlier heading varieties
• Contains a high percentage of Pastour the highest yielding late Perennial Ryegrass on the 2008 SAC Recommended List
• High Timothy content ideal for hay mixtures
• Varieties selected on the basis of their growth pattern and maturity to provide the right sward characteristics for quality hay production
• Contains leafy albeit relatively stemmy varieties and no Tetraploids for ease of hay-making 
• Good Winter hardiness and persistency ensures consistent bulk over many years

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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 counties 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 CC and HF CD

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/hectare)

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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 CEREAL	Cereal
KALE	Brassica
QUINOA	Chenopodium
YELLOW BLOSSOM CLOVER	Legume

16 kg/acre (40 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

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