Brigadier Fodder Beet Seed

Brigadier is most suitable for strip grazing due to:

1. Bulbs sit high up out of the soil, which means low tare and easy accessible for animals
2. Soft bite due to low dry matter content makes it suitable for all kinds of animals
3. Abundant healthy leaves give good weed suppression and extra dry matter yield
4. High sugar level makes is very palatable
5. Suitable for milk- and beef cattle, sheep, deer and other animals
6. Brigadier breaks the traditional weed and pest cycle of brassicas
7. Relative low use of nitrogen
8. Palatable forage stimulates extra high total intake by animals

BRIGADIER

This is a polyploid traditional mangel beet with orange flesh. Fresh yields up to 140 tons per hectare are not an exception. Harvesting can be done by hand or by machine and soil tare is low. The huge leaf production stays fresh and healthy until the moment of harvest. Brigadier has a dry matter content of around 12% and the beets are very suitable for storage. Its roots are more above the soil (65%) than average fodder beets enabling easy access to the crop when strip feeding. This is a better option for grazing and it is a softer bite, which is more suitable for feeding younger stock.

From: £60.00/50,000 seed box, standard treatment (Thiram Hymexazol)

Brigadier:

 

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How many seeds to the acre? When is it best sown

 

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One 50,000 seed box to the acre normally Brigadier is best used for grazing there are other varieties available for lifting & dual purpose varieties.

I did see a photo of someone drilling them on Twitter last week most will go in in the next few weeks.