Silver Circle

Ideal for fattening lambs and beef animals

Silver Circle mixture grazed by two black cattle
  • Grazing: 4 out of 5 rating
  • Silage: 4 out of 5 rating
  • Hay: 4 out of 5 rating
  • Early Spring Growth: 4 out of 5 rating
  • Persistency: 3 years
  • Pack Size: 14kg

Silver Circle is a 3 year ley ideal for fattening lambs and beef animals. It can also be used to produce heavy cuts of quality silage or hay if required.

The inclusion of high yielding Hybrid Italian gives bulky early production which allows high stocking rates.

Silver Circle contains a range of grass species that produce a steady, but increasing amount of growth throughout the season.

Silver Circle contains varieties with excellent early growth which allows for an early turn out of stock and a huge saving in concentrate bills.

Strengths

  • Palatable grazing

  • Quality hay and silage

  • Excellent ground-cover

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% +
Limagrain Field Seeds
Limagrain UK
Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT
Tel: +44 (0)1472 371471 Email: enquiries@limagrain.co.uk Web: www.lgseeds.co.uk
Registered Company No: 1305690 England
Silver Circle mixture grazed by two black cattle
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Silver Circle

Ideal for fattening lambs and beef animals
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Silver Circle is a 3 year ley ideal for fattening lambs and beef animals. It can also be used to produce heavy cuts of quality silage or hay if required.

The inclusion of high yielding Hybrid Italian gives bulky early production which allows high stocking rates.

Silver Circle contains a range of grass species that produce a steady, but increasing amount of growth throughout the season.

Silver Circle contains varieties with excellent early growth which allows for an early turn out of stock and a huge saving in concentrate bills.

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Key Strengths

  • Palatable grazing

  • Quality hay and silage

  • Excellent ground-cover

Technical Information

Mixture Constituents

• Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (Dip) 510 seeds/m2 

• Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (Tet) 220 seeds/m2 

• Late Perennial Ryegrass (Tet) 150 seeds/m2 

• Hybrid Ryegrass 240 seeds/m2 

• White Clover 530 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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