Annual brassica forage · NACE 01.190
Fodder rape catch crop
Brassica napus var. napus · Norwegian: Fôrraps
A brassica sown into stubble after an early harvest, giving green feed late in autumn when the grass has stopped. It also keeps a root in the ground and living cover on the soil through the wet weeks.
Brassica forage has to be introduced to livestock gradually and balanced against fibre. That is a decision for your own adviser and your own animals, not for a supplier’s website.
The crop’s year
Typical timing at Gol. Green is when it goes in the ground, amber is when it comes off — and both move by weeks between seasons, because snowmelt and heat sum decide, not the calendar.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January: No operation | February: No operation | March: No operation | April: No operation | May: No operation | June: Sowing | July: Sowing | August: No operation | September: Harvest | October: Harvest | November: No operation | December: No operation |
Supply facts
- Life cycle
- True annual, sown after an early cut
- Harvest window
- September to October, grazed or cut
- Supplied as
- Standing crop for grazing, or cut and baled
- Grazed in place; baled where a buyer needs it moved
- Typically bought by
- Sheep holdings extending the autumn grazing season
Harvest volume in Hallingdal depends on the season. Availability is confirmed per enquiry against what is actually in store, and no tonnage is committed before that confirmation.
Feed value varies by field, cut, weather and storage. Any figure that matters commercially comes from a laboratory analysis of the actual batch, quoted with its method and date — never from a table on a website.
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