“We sowed Dominate at the end of May and cut silage in the third week of September with a Dry matter (DM) of 11.7 ton/ha. Our second cut in the 1st week of December yielded DM of 16.5 ton/ha. We have been very surprised by the winter growth of Dominate compared to other species”
“I had Dominate over sown into existing 5 year pasture in late April. Late August there was very strong growth from Dominate, estimated at twice the other. It stands out with its flat wide leaves. The cow’s rotation is 12 days and the growth from Dominate these past months is approximately 1600 kg/dm harvested per round with an application 30kg/ha of urea monthly. I have a pasture sample analysed each month, 8 /year. Dominate at late September tested 13.5 Metabolizable Energy (ME) – 18.5% Soluble Sugars and Starch (SSS) – 27.6% Protein. The high ME and SSS at this time of year are certainly beneficial. Higher Quality: If pasture quality consumed can be maintained 1 MJ of ME kg, DM higher or 10% better, then extra litres of milk at peak should result.”
“We are seeing some amazing changes in the Dairy Industry with a lot of choices which can be made in feeding systems e.g. Do I all grass feed? utilise a feed pad? buy in feed? and at what cost? Always keeping a watchful eye on our pay-out. Although this pay-out pushes us to drive towards more efficiencies! It seems crazy to me to buy in feed for a feed pad when the farm (160 hectares) is only growing 16-17 tonne/hectare. Why can’t we have grass that can fill all these needs? That can act as a crop and be fed to the cows in the rotation. That’s what I’m looking for! I have tried the crops thing (triticale, barley etc) and was somewhat disillusioned. Then along comes Dominate – so we gave it a go. Bugger! We didn’t put enough in! Absolutely amazing! I’ve found it! Next year – Autumn 50 hectares at least! I don’t care if no one else does it. I’m happy and that is all I care about! Come and have a look – Dominate will revolutionise my system!”
“We’ve been using Stride for more than 8 years now, the stock love it, they do really well on it, and the price is fair”
