FOREWORD. As a local seed merchant we pride ourselves in being able to meet all your seed, nutrient, chemical and soil sampling requirements.

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2 FOREWORD George Duncan Agri Solutions is a family run business established in June 2002 with six members of staff specialising in seeds, fertilisers and agricultural GPS. We have expanded and grown each year and in September 2010 we moved to a new purpose built facility at Kingsford Alford. We are delighted to bring to you our own seed range under the Kingsford banner; this is a major step for the company allowing us to formulate mixtures for all requirements using the very best grass and clover varieties approved by independent trials from all seed breeders. As a local seed merchant we pride ourselves in being able to meet all your seed, nutrient, chemical and soil sampling requirements. From left to right: James Hardie, Allan Grant, Mary Grant, Caroline Duncan, George Duncan and Eddie Gray With input costs increasing significantly notably fertiliser, fuel and feed the challenges that lie ahead have never been greater for producers. The need for self-sufficiency ensuring maximum yield from every acre is essential for all crops. As with all crops we would recommend soil sampling to ascertain the nutrient status of the soil allowing you to apply any fertiliser or lime that is required. The application of nutrients should ensure that your crops get off to the best possible start. The selection of seed variety for any crop is also important to maximise potential yield and our sales team will be happy to give advice if required.

3 CONTENTS Kingsford Quality Mixtures 04 Variety Selection 04 Seed Quality 04 Mixture Selector 05 Kingsford Ythan 06 Kingsford Ugie 06 Kingsford Spey 07 Kingsford Deveron Kingsford Don Kingsford Dee 09 Kingsford Kids-play 10 Kingsford Pride & Joy 10 Kingsford Verge 11 Kingsford Shade 11 Forage Rape 12 Hybrid Rape/Kale 12 Kale 13 Stubble Turnips 13 Swedes 14 Turnips 14 Seed Sowing Rates For Swedes 14 Kingsford Horse Paddock 15 Using Agricultural GPS 16 GPS Farming: Nutrient Mapping Steps 16 GPS Farming: Nutrient Mapping Steps 17 Soil Analysis 17 Special Formulations 18 Mixture Specification 18 Monarch and Sinclair McGill 18 Services 19 Contact details 19 GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD 3

4 KINGSFORD QUALITY MIXTURES Within you will find our range of mixtures designed specifically for the northern grass farmer. Our mixtures have been designed, developed and produced in Scotland by us therefore you can be confident that our Kingsford mixtures will perform for you. VARIETY SELECTION All Kingsford mixtures have been developed and designed from local and independent data derived from our experience and from the SAC grass levy scheme trials. This levy scheme is voluntary and invaluable for us to ensure that our customers have only the very best SAC 1st choice varieties included in their mixtures. We are pleased to support and contribute to the invaluable trial work of the SAC. SEED QUALITY Using the best varieties is only part of the story. The benefits of sowing the correct varieties can be negated by sowing poor quality seed. Our seed lots endure a meticulous selection process and are maintained to ensure that only seed lots of the highest germination, purity and vigour are used in our mixtures. 4 GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD

5 MIXTURE SELECTOR MEDIUM TERM 3-5 YEARS LONG TERM 5 YEARS+ EQUINE Grazing Cutting Grazing Cutting Grazing Cutting KINGSFORD YTHAN KINGSFORD UGIE KINGSFORD SPEY KINGSFORD DEVERON KINGSFORD DON KINGSFORD DEE KINGSFORD HORSE PADDOCK GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD 5

6 KINGSFORD YTHAN 3-5 Years Intensive Cutting and Grazing A flexible mixture containing Hybrid and Perennial Ryegrasses providing high yields of quality, high sugar grass for cutting and grazing. May be cut 2-3 times per year with excellent early spring growth and quality aftermath grazing. Ligunda Hybrid Ryegrass 1.50 kg Aberecho Hybrid Ryegrass (T) 1.00 kg Bree Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass 2.75 kg Aubisque Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (T) 3.00 kg Eurostar Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (T) 1.00 kg Abermagic Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass 1.00 kg Twymax Late Perennial Ryegrass (T) 2.00 kg Merwi Medium Leaved White Clover 0.50 kg Alice Large Leaved White Clover 0.25 kg kg/acre Mixture Options Available with/without or extra clover Organic version available KINGSFORD UGIE 3-4 Years Intensive Cutting and Grazing with Red Clover Highly productive red clover mixture giving high protein and sugar yields for maximum animal performance. Best suited to cutting but flexible enough to graze also. Aberecho Hybrid Ryegrass (T) 1.00 kg Aubisque Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (T) 3.00 kg Foxtrot Late Perennial Ryegrass 1.50 kg Twymax Late Perennial Ryegrass (T) 2.00 kg Merviot Red Clover 2.50 kg kg/acre Mixture Options Available with/without or extra clover Organic version available 6 GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD

7 KINGSFORD SPEY 4-6 Years Intensive Cutting and Grazing The very best quality all round mixture. Kingsford Spey is our most popular mixture providing excellent early season growth whilst maintaining reliable, quality bulks of Hay or Silage. The sward base is dense therefore resisting poaching and weed encroachment, keeping the sward productive. To ensure maximum animal performance we have included only the most palatable perennial ryegrass with high WSC (Water Soluble Carbohydrate) content. Bree Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass 2.00 kg Aberdart Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass 1.00 kg Aubisque Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (T) 1.00 kg Calibra Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (T) 1.25 kg Mezquita Late Perennial Ryegrass 1.00 kg Foxtrot Late Perennial Ryegrass 2.00 kg Twymax Late Perennial Ryegrass (T) 2.00 kg Navan Late Perennial Ryegrass (T) 1.00 kg Comer Timothy 0.75 kg Rivendel Small Leaved White Clover 0.20 kg Merwi Medium Leaved White Clover 0.50 kg Alice Large Leaved White Clover 0.30 kg kg/acre Mixture Options Available with/without or extra clover Organic version available GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD 7

8 KINGSFORD DEVERON Permanent Mainly Grazing Mixture A very dense, palatable mixture designed to perform over the long term offering early growth and grazing across the season. Includes persistent high yielding clover varieties specific to intensive grazing. Bree Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass 2.75 kg Aberdart Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass 0.75 kg Aubisque Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (T) 1.00 kg Calibra Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (T) 1.00 kg Mezquita Late Perennial Ryegrass 1.25 kg Foxtrot Late Perennial Ryegrass 2.00 kg Twymax Late Perennial Ryegrass (T) 1.75 kg Navan Late Perennial Ryegrass (T) 1.00 kg Comer Timothy 1.00 kg Laura Meadow Fescue 0.50 kg Crusader Medium Leaved White Clover 0.40 kg Merwi Medium Leaved White Clover 0.50 kg Alice Large Leaved White Clover 0.10 kg kg/acre Mixture Options Available with/without or extra clover Organic version available 8 GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD

9 KINGSFORD DON Renovation Mixture All ryegrass mixture to inject new life into tired or damaged swards. Perennial ryegrass is the most productive part in any sward but over the years the ryegrasses decline allowing less productive and less Nitrogen responsive weeds and grasses to persist. Kingsford Don is made up of vigorous perennial ryegrass to ensure rapid establishment into the competitive environment of an existing sward. Ligunda Hybrid Ryegrass 2.00 kg Calibra Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (T) 3.00 kg Aubisque Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (T) 3.00 kg Twymax Late Perennial Ryegrass (T) 2.00 kg kg/acre Organic version available KINGSFORD DEE Renovation Mixture (With Clover) As Kingsford Don mixture, but with the inclusion of clover to help fix some of the all-important free Nitrogen. Ligunda Hybrid Ryegrass 2.00 kg Calibra Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (T) 2.50 kg Aubisque Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (T) 2.75 kg Twymax Late Perennial Ryegrass (T) 2.00 kg Merwi Medium Leaved White Clover 0.50 kg Alice Large Leaved White Clover 0.15 kg Merviot Red Clover 0.10 kg kg/acre Organic version available JUNE ft above sea level JANUARY ft above sea level GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD 9

10 KINGSFORD KIDS-PLAY Hardwearing Universal Landscape Mixture (With Rye) Our most popular mixture for general landscaping, lawns, parkland, housing and industrial estates. This mixture gives rapid establishment, heavy wear tolerance and low maintenance. Dwarf Perennial Ryegrass 45% Chewings Fescue 10% Strong Creeping red Fescue 40% Browntop Bent 5% Sowing Rate 35 g/m2 KINGSFORD PRIDE & JOY Fine Universal Landscape Mixture (No Rye) A fine, non rye version of our popular Universal Landscape for more ornamental uses. Less forgiving and requiring more intensive management to keep it at its best. This mixture gives a fine appearance, is low maintenance and tolerates closer mowing. Chewings Fescue 20% Strong Creeping Red Fescue 75% Browntop Bent 5% Sowing Rate 35 g/m2 10 GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD

11 KINGSFORD VERGE Road Verges Mixture For low maintenance road verges and motorway embankments where rapid establishment on poor soils is required. Perennial Ryegrass 20% Strong Creeping Red Fescue 38% Hard Fescue 25% Flattened Meadow Grass 10% Browntop Bent 5% White Clover 2% Sowing Rate 35 g/m2 KINGSFORD SHADE Shade Mixture For shaded areas under trees and building surrounds. This mixture is designed to be tolerant to shaded and droughted areas, will establish rapidly in difficult soils giving strong weed competition during establishment. Slender Creeping Red Fescue 10% Chewings Fescue 25% Strong Creeping Red Fescue 45% Bentgrass 5% Rough Stalked Meadow Grass 15% Sowing Rate 35 g/m2 GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD 11

12 FORAGE RAPE Fast growing leafy catch crop with high protein content. Flexible sowing period. Hobson Stego Hungry Gap Great variety for finishing lambs. High digestibility and resistant to powdery mildew. Good performer. High disease resistance and yield. Exceptional winter hardiness. Can be used in January and February. Sowing Rate 2-4 kg/acre HYBRID RAPE/KALE Provides the best of both worlds with the winter hardiness of Kale and the growth potential of Rape. Best sown late summer for utilisation weeks from sowing. Can be grazed more than once if sown for summer use. Swift Interval Redstart Offers great re-growth ability and winter hardiness. Good all year round performance. Exceptional yield potential, disease resistance and palatability. Very leafy, suitable for grazing and game cover. Sowing Rate 2-4 kg/acre Optional Flea beetle treatments available 12 GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD

13 KALE Kale is a well proven fodder crop which consistently provides very high yields. High protein content and can be fed to all types of livestock. Produces 8/10t/ha DM. Allow 20 weeks to grow the crop. Caledonian Grampian Keeper Highest yielding variety and is club root resistant. Intermediate type with some club root resistance. Medium/short type, ideal for feeding to sheep. Good lodging resistance. Maris Kestral Popular all round variety. Good sheep grazer. Sowing Rate kg/acre Optional Flea beetle treatments available STUBBLE TURNIPS Stubble Turnips are fast growing and can help to reduce winter feed costs. An excellent catch crop which produces a nutritious, highly palatable feed. Yields 3.5/4t/ha DM. Samson Rondo Tyfon Delilah Volenda High yielding. Produces large purple tankard shaped roots. Highly palatable to both sheep and livestock. Excellent disease resistance. Winter hardy. Leafy, green skinned bulbing variety. Excellent disease resistance. Leafy Hybrid with regrowth potential. Minimal or no bulb. Produces large white tankard shaped roots. Ideal for fattening lambs. Resistant to mildew. Good resistance to club root and alternaria. Winter hardy and drought resistant. Sowing 2-4 kg/acre GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD 13

14 SWEDES Excellent high energy winter feed with a yield of up to 10t/ha DM. Ideal for cattle or finishing lambs, lifting or storing. Lomond Invitation Gowrie Magres Ruta Tofte High yield. Main crop/excellent mildew resistance. High yield. Late season use/high dry matter. High yield. Main crop/excellent mildew resistance. Good yield. High dry matter. Late season use. High dry matter. Other varieties available Optional Flea beetle treatments available TURNIPS Faster growing than swedes and able to be sown later i.e. June rather than May. Can be grown at higher elevations on less fertile soil. Massif High yielding green top yellow turnip. Early season use and ideal for late sowing. SEED SOWING RATES FOR SWEDES Quick guide to weight of seed per acre: Width 2 Width 3 Width 4 Width 5 Width 6 Row g 400g 325g 265g 215g Row g 375g 290g 235g 195g Row g 350g 265g 215g 180g Row g 325g 245g 195g 165g Row g 300g 225g 180g 150g Row g 280g 210g 170g 140g 14 GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD

15 KINGSFORD HORSE PADDOCK Long Term Horse Pasture Kingsford Horse Paddock is a specific equine mixture designed to give good seasonal growth throughout the grazing season. It also provides a dense sole resistant to poaching. Although a grazing mixture Kingsford Horse Paddock is also suitable for occasional cutting if required. Bree Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass 2.00 kg Calibra Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass 1.00 kg Foxtrot Late Perennial Ryegrass 3.50 kg Twymax Late Perennial Ryegrass (T) 1.00 kg Laura Meadow Fescue 1.50 kg Scots Timothy 1.00 kg Comer Timothy 1.00 kg Herald Strong Creeping Red Fescue 2.00 kg kg/acre Mixture Options Available with Mixed Herbs GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD 15

16 USING AGRICULTURAL GPS The Latest Technology For Precision Farming: GPS Soil Sampling Soil Analysis Variable Rate Applications ph Phosphate and Potash Mapping Service Lancrop Laboratory Testing Using GPS Technology: George Duncan Agri Solutions uses GPS technology to accurately map the soil nutrient variations across your fields, enabling you to target variable fertiliser inputs. We provide GPS sampling, analysis and mapping to provide you with the detailed soil nutrient information you need, to make informed management decisions. By accurately identifying the variations in phosphorus, potassium and lime levels, you can: Reduce/ Target Fertiliser and/or lime expenditure Improve yield where nutrients or acidity are limiting factors Provide a nutrient management plan to justify fertiliser usage Full justification for application rates Precise record keeping Reduce environmental impact by eliminating application to areas with high nutrient status GPS FARMING: NUTRIENT MAPPING STEPS Step 1: An operator will map and sample your fields using GPS taking 9 core samples per acre. Step 2: Soil samples are independently analysed for P, K and ph. Step 3: Agri Solutions creates maps for each field, showing nutrient variations across the field. Step 4: Your Agri Solutions contact will help to evaluate the nutrient maps, showing you how to proceed in the most efficient way for your business. Step 5: Agri Solutions provide lime and fertiliser recommendations based on your cropping, soil type, straw remove decisions and target yields. 16 GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD

17 Step 6: SOIL ANALYSIS Soil ph: Agri Solutions provide variable rate files for your GPS system. Mapping is recommended in each field every four or five years, to build up an accurate picture and take account of any deficiencies which may emerge. The number of samples taken in a given area, coupled with accurate position recording, is key to the success of the system. George Duncan Agri Solutions use Kubota RTV 900 s fitted with GPS technology to record the EXACT area of the field where soil samples are collected. Agri Solutions collect more samples per acre than any other operator, NINE cores per acre are taken and sent to an independent laboratory for detailed analysis. As each farm and each farmer is different application maps for Lime, Phosphate and Potash can be produced to suit your requirements for different rates and different products. George Duncan Agri Solutions will provide what is required by you. The ph of the soil, or more precisely the ph of the soil solution is very important because soil solution carries in it nutrients such as Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potash that plants need in specific amounts to grow, thrive and fight off diseases. If the ph of the soil is increased above 5.5 Nitrogen is made available to plants. Phosphorus is available to plants when the soil ph is between Certain bacteria help plants obtain N by converting atmospheric Nitrogen into a form of N that plants can use. These bacteria live in root nodules of legumes like clover or peas and function best when the ph of the soil they live in is within an acceptable range. Nitrogen: Plants absorb Nitrogen from the soil. As nitrification is so prevalent in agricultural farmed soil most of the Nitrogen is taken up as nitrate. Nitrate moves freely throughout the soil gravitating towards plant roots as they absorb water. Because plants require very large amounts of N an extensive root system is essential to allow maximum uptake. This is where Phosphate comes in. Phosphate is very important for root development. Most plants take up N from the soil continually throughout their lives, and as the plants increase in size so the N requirement increases. A plant supplied with adequate N grows rapidly with fresh green foliage. Plants with pale colouring and stunted growth are showing signs of N deficiency. Nitrogen is available in farm yard manure with 0.65 units available per tonne of FYM on average. Phosphate: Adequate Phosphate results in rapid growth and early maturity. It is readily translocated within the plant moving from older to younger tissue as the plants form cells and develop roots, stems and leaves. A good supply of P is associated with increased root growth which means the roots can explore more soil and utilise more nutrients. Without adequate Phosphate the plant will have very poor root growth and under developed stems and leaves. Phosphate is available in farmyard manure with 0.35 units available per tonne of FYM on average. Potash: Potash is particularly important for plant stem extension and root development. This will help with drought tolerance and will considerably reduce lodging, all important for crops. Potash reduces water loss and wilting, it builds cellulose and aids photosynthesis. Potash is available in farm yard manure with 0.8 units available per tonne of FYM on average. GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD 17

18 SPECIAL FORMULATIONS Although we have included an extensive range of mixtures within our catalogue we appreciate that you may require your own special formulation mixture for very specific situations. We are licensed to mix grass seeds and therefore pleased to be able to amend or devise mixtures for your specific requirement. MONARCH AND SINCLAIR MCGILL We are major suppliers for both Monarch and Sinclair McGill our local knowledge is extensive and we are able to supply any size of order from a domestic lawn to hundreds of acres. MIXTURE SPECIFICATION Owing to demand and availability of varieties, it may be necessary to substitute varieties listed in this brochure. We pledge to use only first choice alternative varieties for inclusion in the Kingsford range. 18 GEORGE DUNCAN AGRI SOLUTIONS LTD

19 SERVICES Grass seeds Cereal seeds Forage crop seeds GPS mapping/ Soil sampling Fertilisers Lime Independent Agronomy Game cover Lawn seed CONTACT DETAILS George Duncan Agri Solutions Ltd Kingsford Store, Kingsford, Alford, Aberdeenshire AB33 8HN Tel: Fax: Web: George Duncan Sales Aberdeenshire Mobile: Allan G M Grant Sales West Aberdeenshire Mobile: allan@agrisolutions.co.uk James Hardie Bsc Sales East Aberdeenshire Mobile: james@agrisolutions.co.uk

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