Pasja is a Turnip/ Rape hybrid that has the forage characateristic of producing a large amount of leaf and small bulb. The bulb is well anchored in the soil and has a crown which enables the plant to regrow after defoliation.

Sowing Information

 Sowing period = April - September

 Direct Drill = 5kg/ha (2kg/acre)

 Broadcast = 8kg/ha (3kg/acre)

Yield & feed Quality

 Average dry matter yield = 10 tonnes/ha

 Regrowth potential = Very high

 Crude protein = 22%

 Metabolisable energy = 12.5 MJ/kg DM

 Utilisation

 • Graze 42 - 56 after planting 

• Greatest benefits from Pasja when strip grazed

  Useful Tips

 For maximum regrowth and highest total yield, rapid grazing is essential and overgrazing resulting in damage to the crowns should be avoided.

•  Grazing 6-8 weeks from sowing is critical to future production and life span of the crop  
• Very successful when drilled direct into cereal stubbles  
• Must be back-fenced to facilitate regrowth

   

Benefits

•  Very high yielding from successive grazings  
• Hybrid plant type ensures very high plant vigour  
• Suitable for all classes of stock  
• Leafier than all other forage brassicas  
• Highly productive and can produce up to 10 tonnes of dry matter through the growing season  
• Pasja produces exceptionally leafy forage that has good nutritional value  
• Pasja is more flexible than traditional forage rape and can be utilised over a much longer period  
• An extremely cost effective and efficient forage crop  
• Well anchored which prevents it being pulled out by stock