Rampage

Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass

New Zealand’s highest yielding annual ryegrass.

Rampage
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Rampage, Cropmark’s cutting-edge tetraploid annual ryegrass, ranked as the top annual ryegrass in the 2023-2024 National Forage Variety Trials®, exhibiting rapid establishment, exceptional yield throughout all seasons and robust cool-season performance. With the ability to sustain growth into late spring and early summer, Rampage maintains high productivity and forage quality with late heading and low aftermath heading. Combined with exceptional disease resistance, high forage quality, excellent palatability and grazing utilisation - making Rampage the first choice for winter feed for all livestock and as a break crop after maize.

Where it fits

A high performing winter feed and break crop before and after maize.

Agronomic Information
  • Ploidy: Tetraploid
  • Heading date: Late
  • Persistence: 8-10 months*
  • Winter activity: Very high
  • Rust resistance: 9**
  • Endophyte: Nil

*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
Nil

 

Animal safety
Ryegrass staggers

Does not cause ryegrass staggers or heat stress.

Insect pest control

Provides no insect pest control.

Downloads

Rampage technical documents

Sowing Information
  • Sowing rate: 20-30kg/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.

Sowing guides
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