MaxiMix Pasture Mix

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Highly productive and our best value mix. Early, medium and late varieties of diploid and tetraploid ryegrasses, oats and aerial seeded clovers to extend your annual season production whilst maximising livestock nutritional intake. Biological BioNPK Powder S coated.

Key attributes

  • Early, medium and late varieties extend the season
  • Diploid and tetraploid ryegrasses, oats and aerial clovers
  • Maximises livestock nutritional intake
  • Great production over a wide range of soil types
  • Some assurance if the spring finishes early
  • Updated with varieties proven in WA trials

Mix components

Formulation 2026

Component
Astound is a tetraploid annual ryegrass with fast emergence, high dry matter yields and reliable season-long production, making it ideal for silage and hay. It performs well in unreliable autumn breaks and tolerates short periods of waterlogging.
High quality, high yielding, with outstanding dry matter production in winter. Strong establishment and excellent rust resistance. A finer leaved tetraploid producing high quality grazing and hay options. Tolerates short periods of waterlogging.
Dargo is a proven diploid annual ryegrass with strong early establishment, high-quality forage production and reliable winter and spring growth. Well suited to shorter growing seasons and a wide range of Western Australian soil and climate conditions, it also offers high leaf rust tolerance.
Finefeed is a fast-establishing, fine-leafed diploid ryegrass with improved rust resistance and excellent feed quality. Its late flowering supports high-quality winter and spring production, making it ideal for grazing, silage and hay, and a strong companion to Amazon T.
Tetila is a fast-establishing annual tetraploid ryegrass offering strong winter growth, excellent feed quality and reliable winter to early spring production. Suitable for grazing, silage or hay and enhances forage quality when mixed with suitable clovers.
A soft-seeded annual clover providing high-quality, nutritious forage with excellent bulk production for silage and hay, providing multiple cuts. Well suited to medium to high rainfall areas, it establishes rapidly and performs best on fertile neutral to heavy soils, with low bloat risk.
EziGraze is a fast-establishing, highly tillered spring x winter oat that produces high-quality forage for grazing, hay and silage. It offers excellent recovery after grazing, supports multiple grazings, can be sown early without heading risk and performs reliably across most soil types.
A soft-seeded annual clover suited to medium to high rainfall areas, producing high-quality, highly palatable forage through to late spring. It adapts well to loam and gravelly soils and provides added benefits of deep rooting, high seed production and nitrogen fixation.
A highly productive, deep-rooted annual clover suited to medium to high rainfall areas, offering strong late spring and early summer growth. Performs well in acidic sands and tolerates waterlogged soils, producing high spring biomass, and sets abundant seed for regeneration under suitable grazing management. Regeneration is reduced if cut late for silage or hay.
Late flowering, large leaved, erect soft seeded clover offering excellent winter and spring production. Extremely palatable and produces high quality forage. Tolerates medium waterlogging.

*Occasionally some varieties in our mix will be replaced with a like-for-like variety where the original is not available or not easily accessible. Varieties in the mix will be specified on the bag label.

About this seed blend

MaxiMix is designed to give the best bang for your buck. It is continually reviewed and updated with the most up to date varieties that have been proven in WA trials. This unique combination of different species of pasture seed provides an excellent mix for achieving a highly productive as well as highly nutritious feed that extends throughout the season, maximising your pasture potential.

MaxiMix is a combination of tetraploid and diploid annual ryegrasses, oats and various aerial seeded clovers which all have great production over a wide range of soil types. The diversity in this mix provides some assurance total production will not be lost if there is an early finish to the spring. The earlier maturing varieties will have supported the production and, where there is a longer growing season, the later maturing varieties will come into their own.

Biological BioNPK S coated. ECOCERT approved.

Planting & grazing notes

Optimal sowing time is autumn. Ideally spray out any existing pasture or persistent weeds before planting, and prepare an optimal seed bed, applying lime or gypsum if required. Ensure you have adequate soil moisture with the possibility of follow up rain. When planting for early production, dry seed prior to the break only where paddocks are clean of weeds and competitive grasses and you have assessed the risk of a false break. Once established, ensure plants are not prone to pulling, then graze at approximately 20–25cm high, down to 40–50%, to increase tiller density. Do not over graze. Apply a rotational grazing program through winter and spring. Cut mid spring for silage or late spring for hay.

Disease & pest resistance

Amazon T Annual Ryegrass has excellent rust resistance. Dargo Annual Ryegrass offers high leaf rust tolerance. Finefeed Annual Ryegrass has improved rust resistance.

Stand life

Lock up by grazing through winter and early spring and allow the paddock to run to seed in the first year. This will provide the following years' regeneration and, if managed well, MaxiMix should continue to provide high quality pasture into subsequent years. Regeneration of Paradana Balansa Clover is reduced if cut late for silage or hay.

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FAQs

What pasture mix gives the most feed across the whole growing season for sheep and cattle?

We recommend our MaxiMix Pasture Mix, a blend of early, mid and late maturing tetraploid and diploid ryegrasses, oats and aerial seeded clovers. The mix of species and maturities extends production through the season and holds up if spring finishes early. It suits sandy to heavy soils with pH 5.0+ and is used for grazing, silage and hay.

I want fast winter feed plus some legume in the one sowing. What should I use?

Our MaxiMix Pasture Mix combines fast feed from ryegrasses and Ezigraze Forage Oats with aerial clovers including Shaftal Persian Clover, Crimson Clover, Berseem Clover and Paradana Balansa Clover. The ryegrasses and oats give bulk while the clovers add nitrogen and feed quality. It is coated with biological BioNPK Powder S, is ECOCERT approved and suits sandy to heavy soils with pH 5.0+ and 400mm+ rainfall.

How much of a ryegrass, oats and clover mix should I sow per hectare?

For our MaxiMix Pasture Mix we recommend 25 to 35 kg/ha on soils of pH 5.0+, sown 6 to 12mm deep in autumn. Spray out existing pasture and persistent weeds first, prepare a good seedbed and apply lime or gypsum if required. Make sure there is adequate soil moisture with the possibility of follow-up rain.

How low should I graze a mixed ryegrass and oats pasture during winter?

For our MaxiMix Pasture Mix, once plants are not prone to pulling, we recommend grazing at about 20 to 25cm high, taking it down to 40 to 50% to increase tiller density, and not overgrazing. Apply a rotational grazing program through winter and spring so the pasture keeps recovering.

Is there a pasture mix with a biological seed coating that suits organic or regenerative systems?

Yes, our MaxiMix Pasture Mix is coated with biological BioNPK Powder S and is ECOCERT approved, and its diverse blend of ryegrasses, oats and aerial clovers suits growers moving toward regenerative practices. Other ECOCERT-approved mixes with the same coating include SouWest Pasture Mix, NITROMIX, Interow Mix, Cover Crop Plus Winter Mix and Cover Crop Plus Summer Mix.

Can I let a pasture run to seed so it comes back next year?

Yes. With our MaxiMix Pasture Mix, graze through winter and early spring, then lock up and allow the paddock to run to seed in the first year to provide the following years' regeneration. If you cut instead, late silage or hay cuts reduce regeneration of the Paradana Balansa Clover. The mix flowers at roughly August to November.

What rainfall do I need for a ryegrass-oat-clover mix in the wheatbelt fringe?

Our MaxiMix Pasture Mix needs at least 400mm rainfall and suits sandy to heavy soils with pH 5.0+. Its early, medium and late maturing varieties give some assurance if the spring finishes early. On lower rainfall ground below 400mm, our Self Regeneration Mix, suited to 350mm+ areas, may be a better fit.

What's in MaxiMix at the moment?

The current MaxiMix Pasture Mix includes Astound Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass, Amazon T Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass, New Tetila Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass, Finefeed Diploid Annual Ryegrass and Dargo Diploid Italian Ryegrass, plus Ezigraze Forage Oats and the clovers Crimson Clover, Shaftal Persian Clover, Berseem Clover and Paradana Balansa Clover. We update the blend with varieties proven in WA trials, so check the bag label for the exact formulation.

MaxiMix vs Western Annual Mix, what's the difference?

Western Annual Mix is ryegrass only, using Abundant Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass and Dargo Diploid Italian Ryegrass. MaxiMix Pasture Mix is more diverse, adding oats and several aerial clovers to ryegrasses of different maturities for longer season production and extra nutrition. MaxiMix also carries the BioNPK Powder S biological coating. Choose MaxiMix if you want legumes and cereals in the one sowing.

Is MaxiMix good for sheep and cattle?

Yes, MaxiMix Pasture Mix is suited to beef cattle and sheep and is designed to maximise livestock nutritional intake. The ryegrasses and oats provide bulk, and the aerial clovers add feed quality and nitrogen. As with any clover-containing pasture, we recommend introducing hungry stock gradually.