Turnips

Turnips n - A vegetable with a large yellow or white edible root

Turnips offer nutritious, highly palatable feed. They are fast maturing, can be grazed 60-100 days after sowing and typically yield 8-12 t DM/ha, for a single grazing. They are mainly used for dairy cows as a high quality summer feed to maintain milk production in situations where pasture growth and quality is typically poor. Summer turnips have high ME (typically 12+) so they complement the feeding of pasture or maize silage during this time. They should comprise no more than a third of a milking cow’s diet.

Summer turnips are also useful for pasture renewal, providing a good break crop and seedbed for autumn sown pasture.

Appin Turnip	Muliti graze turnip High Leaf to bulb ratio
Barkant Turnip	Yield average of 13 tonne Short maturity 60-90 days High Leaf to bulb ratio Single graze summer Turnip
Dynamo Turnip	Yield potential 8-12 tonne Short maturity 60-90 days Leaf to bulb ratio close to half and half Single graze summer Turnip
Envy Tankard Turnip	Yield average of 11 tonne Short maturity 60-90 days Single graze summer Turnip
G2 Winter Globe Turnip	Yield average of 11 tonne Long maturity 110 days + Single graze Summer or winter crop
Green Globe Turnip	Yield potential 10 tonne Long maturity 90-120 days Single graze winter or summer Turnip
Marco Turnip	Yield average of 10 tonne Very short maturity 55-65 days Single graze summer Turnip
New York Turnip	Yield average 8-12 tonne Long maturity 90-120 days Single graze summer or winter Turnip
Rival Turnip	Yield average 8-12 tonne Short maturity 60-90 days Single graze summer Turnip High leaf to bulb ratio
White Star Turnip	Yield average of 11 tonne Long maturity 90-110 days Single graze summer crop
York Globe Turnip	Older common summer variety Short maturity 70 – 90 days Round bulb type

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Turnips

Appin Turnip

Barkant Turnip

Dynamo Turnip

Envy Tankard Turnip

G2 Winter Globe Turnip

Green Globe Turnip

Marco Turnip

New York Turnip

Rival Turnip

White Star Turnip

York Globe Turnip