Kale
Why Grow Kale?
Kale is a high yielding crop, with good crude protein content. This makes it ideal as a buffer feed over the summer or as an outwintering feed. The shorter type varieties tend to be more winter hardy than the tall marrow stem types. The taller, marrow stem varieties, such as Bombardier or Caledonian are more suited to cattle feeding, whereas the shorter types, Pinfold for example, are ideal for sheep to graze.
Flexible utilization period.
High yields.
48
Excellent crude protein content.
Sowing Information
Precision Drilled 2 kg/ha
Direct Drill 4 - 5 kg/ha.
Feed Quality Crude protein 16 - 17%
Broadcast 8 kg/ha
Sowing Period Late April - Early July
Digestibility Value 70 - 75% ME 10 -11 Mj/kg DM
Made with FlippingBook - PDF hosting