Great Gains™ High Sugar Grass

Great Gains™ High Sugar Grass pasture seed mix will help improve your farming operation.

Great Gains High Sugar Grass pastures allow farmers to work with nature to improve the health and yield of their livestock, pastures and farming operations.
This proven formula is the preferred choice of progressive farmers throughout the Northwest, Midwest, Northeastern and Mid Atlantic regions, including sustainable and organic farmers.

Formula & Planting Info

Great Gains™	High Sugar Grass (HSG) Mix for Livestock
25%	AberEve HSG Intermediate Ryegrass
25%	AberMagic HSG Perennial Ryegrass
25%	AberGreen HSG Perennial Ryegrass
10%	Quickdraw HSG Orchardgrass
6%	FIXatioN Balansa Clover
5%	Six Point Chicory
4%	AberLasting White Clover

Planting Information

Planting Rate	25 lbs. / acre - Product packaged in 25 lb. bags
Soil pH	5.5-8.5

Financial Rewards

Rumen animals experience increased stocking rates of up to 20%.
Finishing costs are reduced.
Extra forage yields can extend the grazing season and reduce winter feed costs.
Costs of Production are lower due to savings on herbicides and the reduced need for minerals, additives or lower quality (lignified) forage.

John McIntyre (Nahuka NZ)

"We previously struggled to get any lambs off before April and they struggled to make 14 kg carcass weight but now we are sending off about 100 every two or three weeks from early December (to July) at an average of 17.5 kgs."

Farmer Talk

Health & Nutrition

Ruminant animal's preference for Great Gains results in an up to 38% increase in dry matter intake.

High Sugar Grasses improve digestibility and protein conversion.

Great Gains boosts energy levels in all ruminant animals.

Grazing ruminant animals on High Sugar Grass reduces the need for supplements.

Nutrition

Pasture Improvement

High Sugar Grasses are extremely drought and cold tolerant.

A Great Gains pasture will regenerate each year even after difficult weather conditions.

The increased sugar levels occur naturally, and do not require extra fertilizer.

The naturally quick growth rate of HSGs crowd out weeds and reduce the need for herbicides even on heavily grazed areas..

SucraSEED mixes rapid re-growth is extraordinary, delivering tremendous yields, this allows farms to take hay crops after a full season of grazing.

Improvement

Environmental

Great Gains creates highly-sustainable pastures.

Using HSGs reduces dependence on herbicides. It also reduces the need to supplement diets with high-energy intensive crops like corn and soybeans.

Animals feeding on Great Gains are shown to emit up to 24% less nitrogen in urine and feces.

NON-GMO