Barkant is a very vigorous diploid turnip variety with a purple tankard root (50 percent of the bulb is on top of ground). Barkant has high bulb yield with good top growth. It also has high sugar content which provides winter-hardiness and increased palatability. Barkant has good tolerance to bolting/heading and under a correct grazing management system can provide multiple harvests with up to 4-6 tons/acre of dry matter production in 60-90 days. Barkant is also suitable for stockpiling or strip grazing with sheep and cattle.