Sunn hemp’s range of appealing attributes including drought resistance, bio-fumigant properties, easy germination, and rapid growth makes it attractive for current and prospective Australian growers.
Sunn hemp is a multi-talented crop that can be used as a cover crop or inter-crop, or as green manure, fodder, forage or bioenergy.
Its proven capacity to add value to a cropping program has been extensively explored within the sugarcane industry where it is renowned for improved ground cover and protection against erosion, reduced NO3−leaching, increased carbon inputs into soils and improvements in soil biological populations related to cane health.
In addition to its uses as a cover crop, an exciting breakthrough that revealed sunn hemp’s hidden potential as a biofuel has shown that it is a feasible option to replace coal feedstock for electricity generation, but is yet to reach a commercial scale.
Sunn hemp also holds its value as a high-protein summer feed source for cattle, sheep and goats as well as making for good bio-manufacturing feedstock due to its high cellulose content and high crystallinity.
Application rates between 5 – 10kgs / hectare
25kg bags
Inoculate with XLR8 Bio for nitrogen fixation.
Can be harvested for seed, fodder or to be Groundswell® into HumiSoil®