Bullet™
Tetraploid
Superior establishment with exceptional cool-season performance.
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Get startedBullet, a densely tillered and highly palatable tetraploid Westerwold annual ryegrass. Renowned for superior speed of establishment and cool-season performance, Bullet is a strong choice for superior late spring pasture quality. With exceptional growth rates across autumn, winter and late spring, Bullet stands out with high metabolisable energy, digestibility and disease resistance. Ideal as a winter break crop, ensuring potential for multiple grazings and high-quality silage or hay production.
Where it fits
As a specialist, high quality 8 –10-month winter feed for grazing, silage or hay production.
Agronomic Information
- Ploidy: Tetraploid
- Persistence: 8-10 months*
- Rust resistance: 9**
- Endophyte: Nil
- Min rainfall: 500+mm or irrigated
*subject to climate, insect pest pressure and management
**1 = Susceptible, 9 = Resistant
Available Endophytes
Fungal endophytes exist naturally in symbiosis with ryegrasses, helping to protect plants from insect attack and improving pasture persistence. In New Zealand many ryegrass cultivars contain endophyte, passed down within the seed. These include the naturally occurring Standard Endophyte (SE) and novel endophytes AR1, NEA2 and CM142, each providing a different level of plant protection.
While endophytes help to protect against insects, some endophytes can impact livestock performance, including causing grass staggers and heat stress. Therefore, it is important to consider animal health when selecting an endophyte that is best suited to your farms environment and the livestock class being grazed.
Nil
Animal safety
Recommend for:
Dairy
Beef
Sheep
Horse
Ryegrass staggers
Does not cause ryegrass staggers or heat stress.
Insect pest control
Downloads
Bullet™ technical documents
Sowing Information
- Sowing rate: 25-30Kg/Ha
- Pasture mix: 10-15kg/Ha
- Sowing depth: 1-2cm
- Sowing season: Autumn
Our sowing guides are a great way to compare a broad range of forage grasses.
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