Bronze Circle

Similar to Gold Circle, without the white clover

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  • Grazing: 4 out of 5 rating
  • Silage: 5 out of 5 rating
  • Hay: 4 out of 5 rating
  • Early Spring Growth: 3 out of 5 rating
  • Persistency: 4 - 6 years
  • Pack Size: 14kg

Bronze Circle is a similar mixture to Gold Circle, just without the white clover.

White clover is beneficial in many situations - it increases protein and improves palatability and dry matter intake, but it comes with other issues.

In modern agriculture, there has been a loss of many herbicides which are clover safe, so leaving the clover out allows for a larger portfolio of herbicides to be used, with greater efficacy. The removal of Clover means that the ley can be sown later in the season, as soil temperatures will not be as important.

The removal of clover also allows for an additional kilo of perennial ryegrass to be added to the bag, which increases perennial ryegrass seeds/m2 to 107%, over that of a conventional clover mixture.

Strengths

  • Similar mixture to Gold Circle

  • A larger portfolio of herbicides can be used, with greater efficacy

  • Can be sown later in the season

Technical Information

Mixture Constituents

Growth Promoting Agent (GPA)

Seed Film Coating

Seed Quality

Germination Standards

SPECIESUK CERTIFIED SEED LEGAL MINIMUMCIRCLE LEYS TARGET
Perennial Ryegrass80%90% +
Italian Ryegrass75%85% +
Hybrid Ryegrass75%85% +

Purity Standards

SPECIESUK CERTIFIED SEED LEGAL MINIMUMHVSCIRCLE LEYS TARGET
Perennial Ryegrass96%98%98% +
Italian Ryegrass96%98%98% +
Hybrid Ryegrass96%98%98% +
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Limagrain UK
Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT
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Bronze Circle

Similar to Gold Circle, without the white clover
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Bronze Circle is a similar mixture to Gold Circle, just without the white clover.

White clover is beneficial in many situations - it increases protein and improves palatability and dry matter intake, but it comes with other issues.

In modern agriculture, there has been a loss of many herbicides which are clover safe, so leaving the clover out allows for a larger portfolio of herbicides to be used, with greater efficacy. The removal of Clover means that the ley can be sown later in the season, as soil temperatures will not be as important.

The removal of clover also allows for an additional kilo of perennial ryegrass to be added to the bag, which increases perennial ryegrass seeds/m2 to 107%, over that of a conventional clover mixture.

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Key Strengths

  • Similar mixture to Gold Circle

  • A larger portfolio of herbicides can be used, with greater efficacy

  • Can be sown later in the season

Technical Information

Mixture Constituents

• Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (Dip) 450 seeds/m2 

• Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (Tet) 220 seeds/m2 

• Late Perennial Ryegrass (Dip) 450 seeds/m2 

• Late Perennial Ryegrass (Tet) 150 seeds/m2 

• Timothy 620 seeds/m2

Growth Promoting Agent (GPA)

To improve establishment, most Circle Leys are treated with a GPA and Seed Film Coating as standard.

GPA (Growth Promoting Agent) is a researched blend of nutrients essential for plant growth. These stimulate seedling germination, particularly under stress conditions and also encourage larger root systems, enabling the plants to absorb soil nutrients more efficiently.

Seed Film Coating

Seed Film Coating is a technique that forms a polymer film around the seed in which a range of conventional and innovative seed treatments can be carried. Seed Film Coating offers a number of major benefits to the seed and its application.

• Accurate application of GPA seed treatment

• Increased efficacy of the GPA

• Less dust in the seed

• Improved establishment

Seed Quality

Mixture trialling

Nickerson believe in the importance of mixture trialling. Recommended Lists from DARD, NIAB and SAC are used as a starting point, but these take little account of how individual varieties perform when grown together in a farmer’s grass ley. This is where Nickerson research begins.

Mixture trialling is the key to ensuring that only the very best grass mixtures find their way onto your farm.

Highest seed standards possible

Good establishment is essential to achieve full production potential. Poor establishment results in weed invasion, increased poaching and loss of yield. Seed of the highest quality is therefore critical to achieve good establishment.

Germination Standards

SPECIESUK CERTIFIED SEED LEGAL MINIMUMCIRCLE LEYS TARGET
Perennial Ryegrass80%90% +
Italian Ryegrass75%85% +
Hybrid Ryegrass75%85% +

Germination standards achieved by Circle Leys

Purity Standards

SPECIESUK CERTIFIED SEED LEGAL MINIMUMHVSCIRCLE LEYS TARGET
Perennial Ryegrass96%98%98% +
Italian Ryegrass96%98%98% +
Hybrid Ryegrass96%98%98% +

Nickerson purity standards are higher than the UK certified seed legal minimum and HVS

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