AFBI - Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute : Grass & Clover Recommended List

	Variety	Heading Date	Total Silage Yield %	2-Cut Yield %	Maturity Class	Total Grazing Yield %	Sward Density (0-9)
C	Control		14.1 t/ha	9.0 t/ha		11.7 t/ha
	Presto	8 Jun	101	99	Early	102	5.5
	Comer	9 Jun	105	105	Early	104	5.4
	Motim	17 Jun	97	99	Inter	99	6.0
(S)	Aber S48	23 Jun	95	98	Late	90	7.0
	Dolina	9 Jun	102	100	Early	105	5.5
	Comtal	10 Jun	93	90	Early	101	5.2
	Erecta	10 Jun	94	91	Early	99	5.4
	Promesse	10 Jun	91	88	Early	97	5.8
	Narnia	16 Jun	101	103	Inter	98	7.0

	Variety	1st Cut Silage %	2nd Cut Silage %	3rd Cut Silage %	Autumn Grazing Silage Yield %	Spring Grazing Yield %	Early Summer Grazing Yield %	Late Summer Grazing Yield %	Autumn Grazing Yield %
C	Control	5.3 t/ha	3.7 t/ha	2.9 t/ha	2.1 t/ha	2.7 t/ha	4.3 t/ha	3.5 t/ha	1.3 t/ha
	Presto	112	80	111	97	113	96	102	99
	Comer	114	91	109	98	119	93	105	106
	Motim	97	102	92	95	99	101	99	98
(S)	Aber S48	69	140	74	112	54	112	88	94
	Dolina	108	88	114	97	115	98	106	103
	Comtal	102	73	98	99	104	98	101	102
	Erecta	101	76	104	95	104	96	101	97
	Promesse	100	71	95	95	99	99	97	91
	Narnia	90	122	97	101	89	100	101	106

Status Codes:

'Bold Type' - Varieties that have been tested in at least 5 separate trials and found to maintain very high performance levels (designated as Highly Recommended below)
'Plain Type' - Varieties that may have been performing but have as yet completed less than 5 separate trials (designated as Fully Recommended below)
- Varieties which have consistently performed well in 5 or more trials but not with quite as high a performance as the 'Bold Type' varieties (also designated as Fully Recommended below)
(S) - Varieties recommended for a specific use as detailed in the text
(P) - Varieties which, as yet, have completed only 3 trials and are provisionally recommended pending further data (Seed may be in short supply)
(O) - Varieties which are becoming outclassed

Note: Varieties in bold text are in the most highly recommended classification.

Variety Descriptions

Variety descriptions are in alphabetical order. Information is also given on the breeder and on the name of the agent.

Aber S48 (S)	IBERS (UK); BSH A specialist very late maturing variety, with very dense prostrate growth, that provides average annual yields but displays an excellent early summer grazing performance and a very high second silage cut and high aftermath grazing.
Comer	D.v.P. (B) ; DLF Notably high total annual grazing and silage yields, produces very high Spring grazing yields and excellent 2-cut silage yields from swards of a typical erect type for an early Timothy.
Comtal	Advanta Seeds BV (NL); DLF Delivers high total annual yields under the grazing management from erect growing swards. Seasonal grazing growth is best in spring and again towards late summer and autumn.
Dolina	D.v.P. (B) ; DLF Creates a high combination of grazing and silage yields. It has a sward structure similar to Comer and its seasonal grazing yield distribution remains very high throughout most of the growing year.
Erecta	D.v.P. (B) ; DLF A reliable variety for many years, it is capable of achieving good yield performances for grazing production from erect growing swards. Silage and grazing production peaks in spring and again in the late summer period.
Motim	Advanta Seeds BV (NL); DLF An intermediate maturing variety that achieves good annual yields under both management systems and forms a compact dense sward. Seasonal grazing yields feature a consistently high performance throughout and high second cut silage productivity.
Narnia	DLF Trifolium (DK); DLF Similar in maturity to Motim, but with a much higher silage yield performance, including an exceptional second cut productivity. It has similar grazing yields to Motim, though with greater productivity in the late grazing season plus a sward density equal to Aber S48.
Presto	Euro Grass (D); BSH A consistently high yielding variety under both management systems, it forms swards of a higher density than most other early varieties and its spring grazing yield performance is also very high.
Promesse	Cebeco Seeds BV (NL); DLF Forms swards of a very high density for an early maturing variety, produces good grazing yields that are most productive during the spring and early summer.

Grass and Clover - Timothy

Timothy Recommended List 2011

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Variety Descriptions