Your Browsers Needs a Update

Your browsers is abit old. For better online securtiy and a better experince your best keeping it up to date. Click here for the latest versions. Once your've updated reopen the site to enjoy.

STEP 1
Request a Catalogue

You can request a catalogue to be sent to you by post, to be emailed to you for later use, or to be made available for immediate download.

STEP 2

    Post me a catalogue

    You can request a catalogue to be sent to you by post filling out your details in the form below.

    Product Catalogue (IE)Product Catalogue (NI)Catch Crops (IE)

    STEP 2

      Email me a catalogue

      You can request a catalogue to be emailed to you for later use by filling out your details in the form below.

      Product Catalogue (IE)Product Catalogue (NI)Catch Crops (IE)

      STEP 3
      Thank you!

      Your request has been submitted.
      If you have chosen your catalogue to be posted, it will be with you in 2-3 working days or if you have requested your catalogue to be sent by email, it will be sent to you automatically.

      Cart Icon

      AD Medium-term

      AD Medium-Term offers great potential for biogas production where well managed Aber HSG leys are the cheapest source of nutrition for meat and milk production.

      Studies that have been carried out at Germinal Horizon Aberystwyth show that Aber HSG ryegrasses perform better when compared to general grassland mixtures.

      All Aber High Sugar Grass (HSG) varieties outperformed mixed grassland with the conclusion that higher water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) content in grass has a positive effect on both the yield and rate at which biogas is produced.

      Germinal is setting up further research at Germinal Horizon Aberystwyth to compare Aber HSG varieties with alternative feedstocks that have a range of D-values and at varying harvest dates.

      Aber HSG varieties that have been bred for higher WSC content and rank high for D-value offer the ideal combination of characteristics for an AD feedstock, whether ensiled.

      kg/acre Variety Type
      6.00 AberEcho Hybrid ryegrass (T)
      8.00 AberWolf Perennial ryegrass
      14.00

      Ask a grass and forage expert

      Feel free to ask our experts if you have any questions at all.

      Sowing rate 34.5kg/ha (14kg/acre)
      Sowing time March/April or August/September
      Sowing depth 15mm (½ inch) or broadcast
      Sowing instructions –       Drill into a fine tilth

      –       Moist and warm soil conditions (minimum 5˚C)

      –       Roll before and after drilling for good soil-to-seed contact

       

      Additional comments