Kraken Forage Barley

Product Description

• Seed Agronomy Table

  Seeding Rate - Dryland (kg/ha)

  30 - 50

  Seeding Rate - High Rainfall/Irrigation (kg/ha)

  50 - 80

  Maturity

  Early

• Seed Treatment

  Contact your local S&W Territory Manager for treatment options

• Enterprises For This Seed

  Beef and Sheep

  Dairy

  Silage and Hay

  Viticulture and Horticulture

• Strengths

  Fast establishing autumn-winter growing fodder crop with high feeding value Exceptional production even in the middle of winter Targeted to fill traditional feed gap periods during winter

• Limitations

  Early planting susceptible to heat stress and leading to early grain development

• Plant Description
  Plant

  Tufted annual grows to nearly 2 metres tall.

  Stems

  Up to 1500 millimetres, hollow except at the nodes. Hairless.

  Leaves

  Emerging leaf rolled in the bud.

  Blade

  Flat. Hairless or a few scattered hairs. Parallel sided. clockwise twist.

  Seedhead

  Spike, up to 150 millimetres long. Does not break up at maturity. 6 rowed Barley (Hordeum vulgare var.hexastichon) has 6 rows of seeds making the head almost cylindrical large pendulous spikelet, 15 to 30 millimetres long; 2 to 3 florets.

  Seeds

  Approximately equal to 25,000 per kilogram.

  Ligule

  Short, membranous, translucent.

  Auricles

  Large, clasping and encircling the stem.

  Collar

  Prominent and lighter than the leaves. Hairless or with a few scattered hairs

• Pasture Type And Use

  Sown from autumn to late winter for quick production. Offers quick recovery from grazing in most enterprises can offer up to 5 to 6 grazings over season. Multi use in forage grazing systems to export hay markets with awnless varieties such as Moby. Often used to provide weed control and soil preparation prior to renovating with perennial pasture.

• Soils

  Well drained. Tolerates a broad pH range.

• Temperature

  Avoid sowing when soil temperature less than 22°C.

• Establishment
  Legumes

  Clovers, peas, vetch, medics.

  Sowing/Planting Rates In Mixtures

  24 to 50 kilograms per hectare.

  Sowing/Planting Rates as Single Species

  Sow into a cultivated seedbed to a depth of 35 to 70 millimetres at 60 to 120 kilograms per hectare depending on soil type/region and expected rainfall.

  Sowing Time

  Sow early Autumn. Can be sown dry (sow less than 50 millimetres).

  Fertiliser

  Sow with 10 kilograms P per hectare. If using MAP/DAP sow separately from the seed.

• Management
  Maintenance Fertiliser

  35 to 70 kilograms N per hectare, ensure P, K, S, Zn are adequate.

  Grazing/Cutting

  Graze once they pass the twist and pull test. This usually occurs at the 3 leaf stage when plants are anchored and have grown secondary roots. Where yield is high it is usually strip-grazed by dairy cattle along a long front - to minimize trampling losses. A back fence may maximise regrowth.

  Ability to Spread

  Regenerates from self-sown seed.

  Weed Potential

  Dropped seed may see plants regenerate for a season or two.

  Major Pests

  Cereal cyst nematode, redlegged earth mite, snails, cutworms, webworm, lucerne flea, army worm, Bruobia mite, wingless grasshoppers and Australian plague locust.

  Major Diseases

  Powdery mildew, Leaf scald, Net blotch.

• Animal Production
  Feeding Value

  Winter feed typically 75 per cent digestibility, 7 to 8 per cent crude protein.

  Palatability

  Readily acceptable.

  Production Potential

  Up to 7 tonne dry matter per hectare by spring where moisture is available and soil fertility is good.

  Livestock Disorders/Toxicity

  Young plants can accumulate a high level of nitrates and lead to nitrite poisoning, especially in cattle. Slow growth, hot, dry conditions or frost/hail damage can elevate nitrate level.

• Licenses
  PBR

  Kraken PBR_ICON Forage Barley is protected by Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) (denoted by the PBR symbol PBR_ICON) and all production (except seed saved for planting) is liable to an End Point Royalty (EPR), which funds S&W to continue to develop new, superior barley varieties. The S&W Variety License Agreement (VLA) outlines the terms and conditions of sale and EPR obligations when purchasing S&W wheat and barley varieties which are covered by Plant Breeder Rights legislation. For detailed information on End Point Royalties please head to https://varietycentral.com.au/

  PBR Link

  https://varietycentral.com.au/

  View VLA

• Establishment Guarantee

  At S&W Seed Company Australia we're so confident about our seed genetics and seed quality, we will replace seed at half the original purchase price if it fails to establish satisfactorily in the first thirty days* Read more