Timbale

HIGH YIELDING MEDIUM-HIGH DRYMATTER STYLE.

Timbale is a new generation medium-high drymatter fodder beet cultivar to the New Zealand market. It’s medium-high bulb drymatter percentage makes it suitable for in-situ grazing by larger stock classes and may also be lifted, particularly when planted at high sowing rates. Timbale has shown consistently high leaf and bulb yields relative to cultivars of a similar drymatter percentage.

True monogerm cultivar
Medium-high bulb dry matter 17-20%
Approximately 45% of the bulb above ground
Pale yellow bulb colour

*Variation in DM % can occur under different sowing rate and/or environmental conditions. Northern North Island drymatters have consistently been lower than stated.

Sowing & Establishment

Suggested Sowing Time	Late September to early November
Suggested Sowing Rate (seeds/ha)	80,000-90,000 grazing 100,000 lifting
Time to First Grazing	Anytime after all herbicide, fungicide and insecticide grazing withholding periods are met. Typically 24-28 weeks to reach yield potential
Number of Potential Grazings	1
Potential Yield (t DM/ha)	Average = 18-22 Top = 30 +
Bulb DM%	17-20%
Seed Type	True monogerm
In-situ Grazing	Most suited
Mechanical Harvesting	May be lifted, not ideal

Varieties

Agricom has been supplying fodder beet to farmers for a number of years, and in that time has conducted research into cultivar performance, crop husbandry and animal feeding techniques. Agricom has partnered with world leading fodder beet breeding companies, Florimond Desprez and DLF Beet Seed, to access new genetics for improved yield and quality. The table below shows the primary varieties Agricom markets in New Zealand.

FODDER BEET VARIETY BULB DM %
Low	Medium	High	Sugar Beet
Feldherr 12-15%
	Jamon 15-17%
	Bangor 17-20%
	Brunium 17-20%
	Delicante 17-20%
	Timbale 17-20%
			Surf 20-26%

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If you are wondering what to plant after your crop has finished, these are our recommended succession products to get the best out of your paddock.

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