Dogs of Barenbrug Calendar 2026

Racer

If you like Hogan, you'll love Racer. Our new supercharged annual establishes 8% faster, and provides unbeaten high ME winter yield.

  • Unbeaten for winter growth.

  • Supercharged annual

  • Fast establishment

  • Reliable performance

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Upgrade

Hogan annual ryegrass is a farm favourite, thanks to its performance and fast, reliable growth. Racer is the next release from our breeding programme, an upgrade that delivers short term feed, better.

Unbeaten in winter

Racer starts fast, with 8% quicker establishment than Hogan. And in the National Forage Variety Trials (NFVT) Racer is unbeaten for winter growth.

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Extra $95/ha

Overall, Racer produces 4% more dry matter yield than Hogan, or an extra 190 kg DM/ha. Putting a $0.50 kg DM/ha value on this nutritious feed that’s $95/ha return on investment (or an extra $3.15/kg of seed return!) over Hogan.

System fit

Racer is a late heading (+15 days) tetraploid, with very high feed quality. It does not contain endophyte, and is designed to be a fast establishing 6-12 month crop.
 

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