What is Trical seed?
Product Description. TRICAL® 2700 is a widely adapted, highly versatile triticale for grazing, silage and boot-stage hay. It is excellent planted alone, or blended with other cereals or forage peas. Very fast establishment, quick forage.
Is triticale hay good for cows?
Triticale is a highly versatile forage for grazing, silage, balage, and boot-stage hay. Triticale is a cross between wheat and rye. It is excellent forage for dairy cows at the boot-stage and for beef cows and dairy heifers at the soft dough stage.
How many pounds are in a bushel of triticale?
52 – 56 pounds
Triticale (pronounced: trit-ah-kay-lee) is a hybrid cereal grain produced when durum wheat is pollinated with rye pollen. Approximately 11,500 to 13,000 seeds per pound • No official bushel weight exists for triticale. 52 – 56 pounds per bushel is average. Triticale can yield 30 – 80 bushels/acre.
What is triticale used for?
Triticale is a hybrid cross of wheat and rye. Forage production is higher than wheat and nutritive value is greater than rye. It produces a large, broad leaf that is grazed well by livestock. Triticale is a versatile crop that can be used for grazing, hay, and silage.
How late can you plant spring triticale?
Trical® 2700 has superior tolerance to disease and tough growing conditions compared to other spring forages. Seeding rates: Plant 100 – 125 lbs/acre in a firm, moist seedbed. Planting window: Early spring (February to April), can also be planted in late summer (early August) for a late fall crop.
Is triticale hay good for sheep?
Efforts have been done for the utilization of triticale as hay, silage and hole grain to feed dairy cattle and small ruminants (sheep). Studies have shown that triticale could be easily integrated in the existing crop-livestock system of northern Algeria.
Will triticale regrow after cutting?
Subject: RE: how much will triticale regrow? You can get a second cutting, the earlier you cut, the more regrowth you get. I let some go to head last year, but cut before the grain started to fill. Just for beef cows.
When should you cut triticale for hay?
Triticale will be ready for spring grazing 2 to 3 weeks later than rye in spring but will continue to provide good forage several weeks later into late spring than rye. If grazed lightly or not at all in spring, both rye and triticale can produce very high, single cutting hay yields.
How late can you plant triticale?
You just need seeds to sow. Triticale can be sown any time from late summer to early fall in any area of your garden in which you need to enrich the soil or prevent weed growth. Just be sure to sow the seeds early enough for your area that they will be established before the weather turns really cold.
When should triticale be planted?
The best management practice is to plant winter triticale 10 days to two weeks before your local wheat planting date. It’s more critical as you go farther north where winter comes swiftly. Early planting maximizes tillering. The more tillers, the more potential mature stems next spring.
Will triticale reseed itself?
Triticale does not tend to reseed itself and become a “weed.”
Does triticale make good hay?