Have you considered a Programmed Approach to pasture renewal?

The PGG Wrightson Seeds Programmed Approach is an easy to follow, step-by-step process to improve the supply and quality of your homegrown feed all year round, while optimising your ability to establish a high performing perennial pasture.

Taking the Programmed Approach™ to pasture renewal will maximise your chances of turning a poor performing paddock into a high performing one by addressing drainage and fertility issues and, creating a foundation for improving the result from direct drilling.

Addressing the items above, along with the use of brassica, winter active ryegrass, and chicory are critical components in this process and will help break the perennial weed and wild endophyte cycle. These factors combined will give your renewed paddock the best opportunity to cover feed shortages and provide long term feed options.

Your first step is to identify a poor performing paddock with low pasture density and weeds. Conduct a soil test and apply capital fertiliser and lime if needed. To clean the paddock of all pasture species and remove perennial weeds, spray out existing pasture with glyphosate and Dicamba® (first of two autumn glyphosate applications). Direct drill a winter active ryegrass such as Ascend or Astro™. This will provide you with a winter feed supply and potential high-quality silage cuts in spring. After the spring harvest, spray out the annual ryegrass with glyphosate + insecticide.

Before moisture levels decline, sow a summer crop of brassica such as Titan rape, Pasja II forage brassica, Goliath rape, or Pallaton Raphno®. Apply nitrogen regularly if conditions allow and appropriate herbicides and insecticides approximately four to sizx weeks after sowing. It’s important to remember that for high brassica yields, management and monitoring of your summer crop is essential.

After you’ve finished grazing your summer crop and had sufficient rain fall, monitor your paddock for weed germination and apply the second autumn application of glyphosate. This second application of glyphosate is the most crucial step in the Programmed Approach™ as it helps break the perennial weed cycle before sowing a long-term pasture.

After breaking the perennial weed cycle, your paddock is ready to establish a successful perennial pasture. Cultivate to form a fine but firm seedbed or direct drill an elite perennial pasture such as Ultrastrike® treated Base AR37 Reward Endo5, Platform AR37, Confederate, or Quantum II MaxP® (mix with proprietary clovers) Once your perennial pasture is dense, well tillered, and has survived a summer – you have completed the PGG Wrightson Seeds Programmed Approach to pasture renewal and established a successful long term perennial pasture.

To view a full copy of the PGG Wrightson Seeds Programmed Approach™, visit www.pggwrightsonseeds.com.au.