Renovator & Meatmaster: Selecting The Perfect Blend

Renovator & Meatmaster blends are premium pasture, forage and fodder mixes that use only the highest quality seed. They are presented as ‘ready to sow’ providing livestock farmers with the best possible performance outcomes.
Mixtures are targeted to specific applications and will combine grasses, legumes and cereals for animal nutrition, resilience and performance.

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Choosing The Right Renovator Blend

The Renovator range of blends is ideal for cool temperate zones in southern Australia and areas at higher altitudes. There are options from high output dairy pastures through hardy dryland perennial options, fast winter feed, pasture over-sowing and specialty fodder production mixes.

Purpose	Purpose	Stock / Use Pattern	Pasture Blend
Perennial Pasture	High Performance Perennial Pasture	Dairy, Beef, Lamb	Renovator HR
	Performance, Tougher Sites	Dairy, Beef, Lamb	Renovator 850i
	Performance, Summer Dry	Dryland Dairy, Beef, Lamb	Renovator 700
	Ryegrass Pasture, Summer Dry	Beef, Sheep	Renovator Grazier
	Ryegrasses Only, Summer Dry	Beef, Sheep	Renovator Duo
	Extensive Systems, Summer Moisture	Beef, Sheep, Equine	Renovator 500+
	Extensive Systems, Summer Dry	Beef, Sheep, Equine	Renovator GT
	Ryegrass Free Perennial Pasture	Equine / general	Hardy Horse Blend
	Low Maintenance Perennial Pasture	Equine / general	Renovator Equine
Multi-year Highest Quality Feed	Performance Ryegrass, 4-5 Years	Dairy, Beef, Lamb	Renovator Elite
Multi-year Highest Quality Feed	Chicory & Clover Finishing Mix	Dairy, Beef, Lamb	Renovator ME Plus
Seasonal Fast-feed & fodder	Winter Feed, Fodder Production		Renovator SR
	Winter Grazing, Bulk Silage or Hay	Grazing, Silage, Hay	Renovator Oats & Rye
	Autumn Sown, Silage or Hay	Silage, Hay	Renovator Oats & Vetch
	Winter/Spring Sown Quality Silage	High Yield Specialty Silage	Spring Silage Blend

Renovator HR	High performance dairy and finishing Renovator HR is a high performance and palatable blend for high rainfall and irrigated application. 4front and Array are two industry leading late flowering perennial ryegrasses for improved animal production and freedom from staggers. Storm and Weka white clovers provide excellent grazing tolerance and persistence with year-round production, with the advantage of AgriCOTE.
Renovator 850i	Performance dairy and finishing, harder going The Renovator 850i formulation produces a highly productive permanent pasture for high rainfall or irrigated applications. Array and Rohan are densely tillered, higher performance diploid perennial ryegrasses. Both aid recovery from potential pugging and improve persistence under more challenging conditions. AgriCOTE Storm and Weka white clovers combine to provide year round production and excellent grazing and heat tolerance.
Renovator Elite	High performance 4-5 year+ mix for dairy/ finishing Featuring the latest release high performance Forge NEA 4-5 year hybrid ryegrass. Forge has the capacity to perform in similar fashion to elite Italian ryegrasses in the cool seasons, and with late flowering offers exceptional feed quality deep into summer, with persistence approaching that of true perennial ryegrasses. Includes Captain plantain and productive clovers that offer feed through warmer seasons and terrific stock acceptance. Renovator Elite is highly suited for over-sowing existing perennial pastures
Renovator 700+	Performance in Dryland dairy/finishing Renovator 700+ is a highly productive permanent pasture blend for higher rainfall dryland applications, and also very much suited to elevated, winter-cold areas. The inclusion of the all-round performance of Maxsyn, and the early and hardy nature of Kidman combines to offer a resilient, high quality pasture. Storm white clover has excellent cool-season growth, high yield and excellent feed quality. Monti and Denmark sub-clovers will increase pasture persistence through good seed-setting and performance under dry conditions
Renovator Grazier	Early season ryegrass blend Renovator Grazier is a productive high quality grass and clover pasture for medium rainfall areas where late season rain is unreliable. AgriCOTE sub-clovers ensure good legume growth and improved energy with Kidman and Barberia providing excellent bulk growth that will not cause staggers.
Renovator Duo	Perennial ryegrass over-sowing mix A high-yielding perennial ryegrass solution for operations that may have relied upon Victorian style ryegrasses. Kidman and Barberia's early-maturity, confers excellent autumn and winter growth, together with high spring yields. The growth pattern of Kidman and Barberia matches early lambing or calving times and provides opportunity for reliable silage and hay making. Renovator Duo may also be used for over-sowing existing dryland cocksfoot, phalaris or lucerne pastures. If clovers are required to be sown, consider Renovator Grazier, but where a good clover base already exists, Renovator Duo will offer the opportunity to restore a resilient and productive mixed pasture.
Renovator GT	Hardiness, performance, summer dry Renovator GT has been developed as a long-term, productive and persistent pasture for extensive cattle and sheep enterprises. It has the resilience of the most highly grazing tolerant phalaris, a hardy cocksfoot, with the cool season productivity of an early heading perennial ryegrass. The clovers are highly productive as well as being prolific at re-seeding. Renovator GT will suit moderate to higher rainfall areas, will cope with dry years and continue to be productive in the longer term
Renovator 500+	Hardiness, performance, summer moisture Renovator 500+ is a productive high quality permanent pasture suited to heavier soil types with good water holding capacity. Renovator 500+ gives an optimum mix of seasonal production and persistence, and will particularly suit heavier soil types and areas that can capture some summer moisture. Ideal for year round set-stocking or rotational grazing and hay production. SARDI 7 Series 2 lucerne may be included to assist spring, summer and autumn growth
Renovator ME-Plus	Multi-year high performance, versatile forage for dairy, beef, and lamb finishing. The high-quality feed attributes of Commander chicory combined with the very best clovers offers exceptional high-quality forage for dairy or finishing operations. Chicory is very low in fibre which allows for improved animal daily intakes, which combined with very good metabolizable energy (ME), creates a feed base with highest possible animal performance potential. Renovator ME Plus is a terrific option for a spring-sown summer feed, grass-free pasture break as part of a pasture renovation program. This system offers low-maintenance quality summer and autumn pasture with the opportunity to re-introduce oversown grasses the following autumn or a year or two later. Renovator ME Plus may also be sown in the early autumn, or used as an over-sowing mix to re-introduce clovers and diversity into existing swards.
Renovator SR	Quality grazing and fodder 1 – 2 years Renovator SR offers the combination of Hogan for fast establishment and high winter growth and combines Tempo Italian ryegrass for longer lasting feed into the late spring-early summer. AgriCOTE annual clovers improve the quality of pasture for grazing, silage or hay production.
Renovator Equine	Low maintenance horse blend This is a fast establishing, productive, hardy and reliable blend suitable for all classes of horses. The combination of grasses will provide excellent grazing quality and the opportunity for hay production. This mix is specifically designed for a grass-only, endophyte safe, easy-care pasture.
Renovator Hardy Horse	Versatile Perennial Mix Hardy Horse blend provides a persistent and productive ryegrass free pasture option. A balanced blend of deep-rooted grasses combine to deliver year-round feed where moisture is available, and excellent drought hardiness. Clovers are included to balance the pasture, fix natural nitrogen and feed the pasture for the longterm. This blend finds favour with horse owners and smaller operations that have a range of stock classes
Renovator Oats and Rye	Ideal for grazing, hay or silage Renovator Oats and Rye blend offers the combination of fast establishing and growing forage oats along with both tetraploid and diploid annual ryegrass. An annual option which is ideal for grazing, hay or silage. This combination will provide excellent early autumn feed which will continue well into the winter months and into spring with the ryegrass.
Renovator Oats and Vetch	Autumn/winter sown silage and hay production Oats and vetch mixes are well regarded for producing reliable yields of high-quality silage, particularly in dryland, extensive cropping systems. Express oats provide yield, energy and the reliable bulk for the crop and the vetch adds energy and improves digestibility, stock acceptance resulting in pleasing animal performance. For highest feed quality, harvest when the vetch is into the flowering stage and the vetch pods are just starting to form.
Renovator Spring Silage Blend	Pea and Oat silage blend High yield silage crop (pea and oat mix) Spring silage blend offers an excellent later planting option for good silage production in southern areas. Usually sown from June to September in higher rainfall areas with a typically longer spring season. High yield of good quality feed may be produced from a modest area over a relatively short period. Mammoth oats provide yield, energy and reliable bulk. Field peas add protein and improve digestibility and overall animal performance. Silage inoculation is usually advisable at harvest time. Harvest when the pea is at flat pod or the oats milk-dough, whichever is first.

Meatmaster Blends For Extensive Systems

The Meatmaster range are best suited to warm temperate zones where the autumn break may be later and the summers a little hotter. There are Meatmaster blends to support animal nutrition with high quality dry matter, balanced fibre and resilience through tough conditions. With blends to suit grazing, hay and silage crafted for a range of regions based on rainfall and soil type and use pattern.

Purpose	Purpose	Stock / Use Pattern	Pasture Blend
Long-term Performance Pastures	High Performance	Dairy, Beef, Lamb	Meatmaster All-Grass
	Specialty Finishing	Beef, Lamb	Meatmaster LC
	Performance, Summer Moisture	Beef, Sheep	Meatmaster HP
Extensive Systems & Perennial Pastures	Summer Moisture, General Purpose	Beef, Sheep, Equine	Meatmaster 500
	Summer Dry, General Purpose	Beef, Sheep, Equine	Meatmaster GT
	Summer Dry, Acid / Aluminium Soils	Beef, Sheep, Equine	Meatmaster AT
	Summer Dry, Shorter Seasons	Beef, Sheep, Equine	Meatmaster Pastoral
Annual Fast-Feed	Winter Feed & Spring Fodder	Grazing, Silage, Hay	Meatmaster ST

Meatmaster All-Grass	High yield grazing and fodder 3 – 4 years The B-Double Mix is an ideal combination of high performance, highly palatable ryegrasses designed to provide year-round, quality feed for maximum production. The mix combines the strong late spring and summer growth of 4front with Barberia’s explosive late autumn, winter and early spring feed.
Meatmaster LC	Finishing blend 3 – 4 years plus A highly palatable and nutritious pasture for use in high rainfall or irrigated, intensive systems with an emphasis on finishing numbers of prime stock. The lucerne and chicory produce quality feed from spring to autumn with improved animal performance when summer grasses are below optimal quality.
Meatmaster HP	Finishing blend, long-term pasture A productive year-round pasture for the 600 to 800 mm rainfall or summer temperate tablelands environments. This mix provides production and persistence in high performance grazing systems by combining the productivity and resilience of Fortune tall fescue with perennial clovers.
Meatmaster 500+	Hardy blend for late areas A long-term pasture for use in 500 to 650mm winter dominant rainfall zones with later spring rainfall. Provides high spring/summer production with solid winter growth from Prosper, Holdfast GT and a productive sub-clover mix.
Meatmaster GT	Hardy dryland beef and sheep blend Designed as a general purpose, extensive beef and sheep mix. Holdfast GT is a highly winter active and set-stock tolerant phalaris with reduced toxicity issues. Mintaro and Campeda sub-clovers offer productivity and resilience through good regeneration and excellent ability to self-inoculate (from back-ground rhizobia) in subsequent years.
Meatmaster AT	Hardy beef and sheep blend for acidic soils Developed for extensive areas with a typically low pH, or high levels of aluminium at depth. Where other grasses struggle in wet, acid conditions, Advanced AT can offer a very productive option. Howlong cocksfoot is included to colonise drier spots in an undulating landscape. Campeda and Monti sub-clovers have good tolerance to water-loggable, acidic soils and are prolific re-seeders.
Meatmaster Pastoral	Perennial mix for low-medium rainfall zones Horizon phalaris and Summadorm cocksfoot are wellproven, productive, winter active grasses that exhibit strong summer dormancy, and ability to persist and produce well in soils and on sites with reduced moisture holding capacity. These grasses also have improved tolerance to acid soil conditions, and combined with Losa and Campeda sub-clovers, create an ideal solution for improved extensive cattle and sheep pastures. Once established, Meatmaster Pastoral offers a truly resilient pasture that should persist and produce for many years.
Meatmaster ST	Winter feed and silage/hay High yield grazing and fodder 1 year A fast establishing, highly productive annual mix ideal for high quality winter grazing and spring hay or silage. Suited to irrigation or 550mm+ winter dominant rainfall broad acre systems.

Ask About Our Custom Blends

The range of Renovator and Meatmaster blends contain first-class options for many applications, but here may be particular circumstances or preferences for specific mixes for certain situations.
Barenbrug has a number of seed mixing locations around Australia and can readily accommodate specific seed requirements; just contact your local Barenbrug Territory Manager to discuss your individual needs, we’d be pleased to formulate your custom blend for you.