Italian Ryegrass Seed

Italian ryegrass has a fit for forage where a farmer does not want the grass to go to seed and also wants good forage quality as a crop seeded after something else or under seeded to it.

In 2020 we had a customer buy Oryx Italian ryegrass to under seed with oats in May. After he took the oats for green feed he watered it and this picture below is 2 weeks after the green feed came off. This picture taken Sept 11 2020. 

Oryx Italian ryegrass is a diploid type of Italian ryegrass, they are more fine-leaved and dense in growth. They are more resistant to damage by grazing cattle. The diploids have a higher dry-matter content.

Tetraploid varieties are typically darker and more broad-leaved, and slightly higher yielding with higher sugar content, better winter hardiness, and more open growth.

We most commonly sell Harmony Italian blend Italian ryegrass as its a blend of of Diploid & Tetraploid types.

For other cover crop ideas see:  Cover crops