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Samson Stubble Turnips

Large bulbed highly digestible stubble turnip seed

Samson Stubble Turnips are a tetraploid variety that produces a huge purple tankard shape bulb with minimal effort.

It is a highly digestible variety and is ideal for fattening lambs or flushing ewes and will provide excellent quality forage.

Its large tankard roots will grow out of the ground which will ease grazing.

Livestock Intake

Stubble turnips are very palatable and easy for cows and sheep to digest, However both should be introduced to the crop gradually and should have access to either grass, silage, hay or straw, especially when feeding to dairy cows.
A dairy cow will eat approx 22kg of fresh weight in a 2 – 3 hour grazing period. A ewe will eat about 12kg fresh weight per day. Therefore an average crop of 15 tonnes per acre will provide one days grazing for 500 cows or 1000 ewes. (Allowing for some wastage)

Watch out for stubble turnips tainting milk, feed directly after milking and remove two – three hours before milking.

Sowing & Growing:

Sowing Period	(1) April – June (any earlier and there is a risk of Bolting) (2) July – Mid Sep (any later and they wont amount to much)

Direct Drill	(2kg/acre) 5kg/ha Natural seed

Broadcast	(3kg/acre) 5kg/ha natural seed

Yield & Feed Data:

Average D M Yield	3.5 - 4tonnes/ha

Average fresh yields	38 - 40tonnes/ha

Crude protein	17 - 18%

Digestibility value	68 – 70%

Dry Matter	8 – 9%

Metabolisable energy	11MJ/kg DM

This product is sold in weights of 1.00 Kg(s)

Quantity:

£4.00

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