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Tropical grass varieties available from Barenbrug Australia

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Endura Rhodes Grass

Chloris gayana
  • Significantly later flowering than Tolgar Rhodes®
  • Greater synchronisation and uniformity of flowering over similar varieties
  • Later flowering than Katambora Rhodes and synthetic Rhodes grasses
  • Higher leaf to stem ratio and finer stem compared to Tolgar Rhodes®
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Mariner Rhodes Grass

Chloris gayana
  • Later flowering than Samford or Callide
  • Higher leaf to stem ratio compared to Samford or Callide
  • Highly suited to both grazing and hay making
  • Highly palatable
  • Unrivalled persistences
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Tolgar Rhodes Grass

Chloris gayana
  • Later flowering than Katambora Rhodes grass types
  • Higher leaf to stem ratio compared to traditional Rhodes grass varieties
  • Finer stem compared to Katambora Rhodes grass
  • Suited to grazing, hay cutting, reclamation and soil conservation activities
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Megamax®049

Panic Grass
  • Very leafy with high tiller density with fine, soft, pliable leaves
  • Responds rapidly to rainfall
  • Highly palatable and well eaten by both sheep and cattle
  • Excellent persistence under extended dry conditions
  • Cold tolerance – longer growing season into autumn
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Megamax®059

Panic Grass
  • High quality feed
  • Unrivalled persistence
  • Excellent production potential
  • Highly palatable
  • Suited to grazing and cutting
  • Adaptable to variable rainfall environments
  • Early season growth
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Lakota

Buffel Grass
  • Plant hybrid performance
  • Higher forage yield than Gayndah and USA Buffel
  • Greater persistence over commercially available buffel varieties
  • Handles a wide range of soil types
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Hybrid Brachiaria

Brachiaria decumbens x ruziziensis x brizantha
  • Suitable for environments generally considered outside the normal adaptation range for many Brachiaria species
  • Well adapted to acid soils and tolerates high aluminium (Al) levels
  • Tolerant of short-term flooding
  • Strong persistence, even under seasonally dry conditions
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