Tankard or globe bulb (Brassica rapa)

Tankard type summer turnips are popular as a milking feed due to exceptionally high yield potential from a single graze. They also  have good leaf to bulb ratio hence are a high quality feed so have good utilisation and reduced wastage. Early maturing turnips provide summer feed to add to pastures for milk production or dry cows (e.g. Barkant™).

Late maturing turnips (120 days e.g. Green Globe) provide autumn/early winter feed for young stock, milking or dry cows.

Wrightson Seeds have the following Tankard Turnip cultivars available:

Barkant
Green Globe
York Globe

Hybrid Leafy Turnips (Brassica rapa)

Multi-graze option (e.g. Pasja, Appin). Quickly grows spring, summer and autumn feed, providing up to 3–4 grazings in summer. Very low ripening requirement. More prone to summer moisture deficit than forage rapes because of less prominent tap roots.

Wrightson Seeds have the following Leafy Turnip cultivars available:

Pasja
Appin