Kea Kale
Kea kale has been bred to combine the winter yield characteristics of intermediate and giant type kales with increased leafiness, enhancing quality, utilisation, and animal performance. Kea is a New Zealand bred intermediate kale selected for its high dry matter yield and leaf percentage.
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Why use
Thanks to its rapid growth and high leaf content Kea Kale offers flexibility to be used as a high-yielding single-graze Winter feed or as a multi-grazed option.
When planted in early Spring, Kea can be grazed multiple times throughout the Summer and Autumn months.
This adaptability adds flexibility to farm systems and transforms how kales have been historically utilised on New Zealand farms.
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Benefits/Agronomic information
- A leafy kale of intermediate stem height with high yield potential.
- High leaf to stem ratio.
- Flexibility to be used as a high yielding single graze winter feed, or as a multi-grazed option
- Sowing date – October – February
- Sowing rate – 4-5 kg/ha
- Sowing depth – 1-2cm
- Stem height – intermediate to high
- Time to grazing – 50 – 220 days from sowing
- Leaf to stem ratio – High
- Disease tolerance – Very good
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Why use
Thanks to its rapid growth and high leaf content Kea Kale offers flexibility to be used as a high-yielding single-graze Winter feed or as a multi-grazed option.
When planted in early Spring, Kea can be grazed multiple times throughout the Summer and Autumn months.
This adaptability adds flexibility to farm systems and transforms how kales have been historically utilised on New Zealand farms.
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Benefits/Agronomic information
- A leafy kale of intermediate stem height with high yield potential.
- High leaf to stem ratio.
- Flexibility to be used as a high yielding single graze winter feed, or as a multi-grazed option
- Sowing date – October – February
- Sowing rate – 4-5 kg/ha
- Sowing depth – 1-2cm
- Stem height – intermediate to high
- Time to grazing – 50 – 220 days from sowing
- Leaf to stem ratio – High
- Disease tolerance – Very good