Caretaker Perennial Ryegrass

Caretaker is a grass for all seasons with amazing winter growth and heat tolerance

• Developed from high yielding New Zealand germplasm that is adapted to the Australian environment
• Caretaker delivers an advantageous combination of high winter, spring and summer production as well as excellent persistence in a nil/low endophyte variety
• Bred for disease resistance, improved yield, and high tiller density
• Highly dense diploid perennial which is mid-to-late flowering with dry matter yields ahead of most other varieties
• Festulolium x ryegrass background breeding allows for strong winter herbage production
• High tiller density makes it extremely persistent after heavy grazing

Dry matter yield data

Graph 1: 2017 Annual Dry Matter Yields, Yambuk Perennial Ryegrass Trial, VIC 2017.

Graph 2: Seasonal Dry Matter Yields Over 3 Years, Perennial Ryegrass Trial, Yarck, VIC 2013-2015.