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BRASSICAS

Viva Hybrid Brassica Bayou Kale
Viva Hybrid Brassica is a Bayou Kale hybrid is a
new, fast-growing, leafy deep-rooted, medium-ma-
brassica with little bulb de- turing forage brassica with
velopment. It is best suited good winter hardiness and
for multiple grazing. Viva excellent palatability. Bayou
bolts very late and has vig- has a smaller stem and more
orous regrowth after graz- leaf area than other bras-
ing, while maintaining high sicas. Bayou has excellent
feed quality and digestibility. Photo by Dale Strickler regrowth when rotationally
With proper management, grazed, and the stems are
Viva has the potential to more palatable than forage
yield up to 10,000 lbs. of dry rapes for cattle and sheep. Used in food plots for deer as well
matter per acre over multiple as upland game birds, animals will eat the Bayou first when
grazing events. Viva can be planted beside rapeseed. When planted in late summer or
planted with cereal grains or early fall, it is considerably more winter hardy than radish
annual ryegrass in the spring and helps protect the soil longer from erosion. Initial obser-
or late summer to provide vations show that when Bayou is grown for cover, it has the
excellent tonnage and high potential to reduce Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome and
quality forage. potentially reduces white mold.

Biomass
Forage
Salinity
Drought
Brassicas Seeds Per Pound Cold Kill Tolerance Production Quality Tolerance Comments
°F
Daikon Radish (Nitro) 25,000 15 Deep tap root
Smart Radish 25,000 15 Pull down tap root
Forage Radish (Graza) 22,000 15 Slow bolting
Oilseed Radish (Control) 22,000 15 Nematode suppression
Forage Collards (Impact) 175,000 5 Great grazing forage

Purple Top Turnips 175,000 10 Great value for grazing
Hybrid Turnip (Viva, Hunter) 175,000 15 Excellent regrowth

Forage Rapeseed (Trophy) 175,000 5 Lowest cost brassica
Hybrid Rape/Kale (Bayou) 175,000 0 Great winter grazer
Hybrid Turnip/Kale (Winfred) 175,000 0 Great winter grazer

Kale (Siberian) 175,000 0 Very cold tolerant
African Cabbage 180,000 15 Stands well in winter
Camelina 180,000 -5 Most cold-hardy brassica plant

Broadleaf Mustard (Florida) 150,000 25 Huge leaves - best mustard for graze
Yellow Mustard (White Gold) 150,000 25 Best weed suppression mustard
Brown Mustard (Kodiak) 150,000 25 Nematode suppression

Oriental Mustard (Indi Gold) 150,000 25 Nematode suppression

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