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2016 NORTHERN FORAGE ADVISOR

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– PASTURES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN FARMER –

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ROB SAYS

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Goldstrike® XLR8® Seed TreatmentThe XLR8® seed treatment package utilising Gaucho 600FS, has been used successfully over many years. Pasture Genetics are always looking at

new technology to help bring even better performance to our leading forage products. The new insecticide package Poncho Plus® is such advancement in the seed treatment market. The XLR8® treatment will now include Poncho Plus® as the main insecticide utilised as part of this package, which is applied directly to pasture grasses and legumes. Over many years research has confirmed that the addition of an insecticide to the seed before sowing significantly benefits the plant during establishment and early growth. The XLR8® treatment will protect emerging seedlings for 3-4 weeks after sowing against sucking and biting insects, like Red legged earth mites (RLEM) and Blue oat mite (BOM). The additional protection now with Poncho Plus® offers grass pastures protection from Cutworm, Yellow headed cockchafer, and African black beetle. Broadleaf pasture will also notice additional protection from Cutworm.Poncho Plus® also offers suppression against lucerne flea in grass, broadleaf and brassica pastures.

This time period is critical for seedling establishment, and reducing the impact from insects is a key to successful pasture production. The benefits from XLR8® not only comes from the insect protection, but has also shown long term benefit with early seedling plant growth. This has been demonstrated with stronger root systems in seedlings, leading to higher overall pasture establishment and long term pasture production. The success with high plant populations is critical to firstly reduce impact from in crop weed infestations and leads to longer term biomass production. The XLR8® seed treatment comes standard on Pasture Genetics forage Brassicas, Herbs, Phalaris, Sub tropical grasses and Premium Proprietary lucerne lines. These plants have demonstrated excellent seedling performance when XLR8® has been applied. This has led to quicker seedling vigour and rapid growth in the critical establishment phase. The XLR8® Seed treatment can be applied on request to all seed products where registration is applicable.

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Welcome to the 2016 Forage Advisor providing Australian farmers and industry with the latest forage varieties and technical varietal information.

With cattle prices having stepped up in the past 12 months we are seeing renewed interest in pasture improvement in regions that have not seen serious investment in pastures for way too long. This Forage Advisor gives an insight into the latest varieties across all regions, that would be included in any new pasture sowings that provides the foundation for serious livestock enterprises. Beef, lamb, milk or wool the selection of the best varieties for your environment and enterprise will drive long term livestock performance and profitability for you into the future.

Pasture Genetics extensive lucerne breeding program, now enables farmers to choose a new variety specifically bred for a purpose either grazing, hay, irrigation or dryland with ‘attributes built in’. This ensures establishment and high animal performance on the chosen varieties. With L56 and ML99 being industry standards, new releases in Grazing Tolerant GTL60, L71 and L92 now widen the selection options for

livestock and hay producers to drive increases in production and persistence through improved lucerne genetics.

Legumes and clovers drive ruminant production, again industry standards like Cavalier medic, Hatrik sub clover and Renegade red clover are a must have inclusion in modern pasture blends. New innovations such as Cobra balansa, Bartolo bladder and Jaguar medic are providing high production options in more diverse regions and environments.

Pasture Genetics has developed the Xtraleaf Forage Cereal Program encompassing forage oats and barley to assist farmers fill the winter feed gap period experienced in many agricultural regions. Moby barley is a result of the Xtraleaf Program, having excellent seedling vigour to produce grazing options early in the season.

Coming out of drought in many regions with no residual pastures left to regenerate, Moby barley offers the best solution for fast winter feed. With grazing potential 5 weeks after sowing, Moby barley

offers a much more economical solution to feeding hungry livestock in early winter. Moby can reduce the financial burden rather than buying hay at high prices in the peak of the season.

Pasture Genetics is an independent 100% Australian owned forage company and one of the largest producers of pasture and forage crop seeds. The ongoing support of Australian farmers in using these varieties included in this 2016 Forage Advisor guarantees the continued investment and breeding work in Pasture Genetics for the best seed varieties bred and selected for the Australian environment and Australian farming systems.

ROB DAMIN GENERAL MANAGER Pasture Genetics Pty Ltd

COVER IMAGE: Paula and Porsha Warren from Elridge Charolais Stud Gympie Qld. Utilize Jivet Annual Ryegrass to compliment their tropical based pastures for their 150 head stud.


RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

LONG LIFETM

UNTREATEDLONG LIFE

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Goldstrike is the premium seed treatment in the Australian market. The treatment process and technical advances with Goldstrike are ongoing. Pasture Genetics Goldstrike seed treatment range comes standard with the Nutrient Enhanced package. It includes a complete starter package with macro and micro nutrients.

• Total genetic package in pasture legumes exclusive to Pasture Genetics

• More reliable and stronger stand establishment

• Proven effective nodulation and nitrogen fixation

• Improved potential for maximum yield

• Tougher, more durable protective seed coating

• Superior flowability for faster, hassle-free planting

• The ultimate in convenience, flexibility and confidence

• XLR8 insecticide available on request.

DISPELLING A MYTH: SEED COATGoldstrike® vs untreated seed

The trial confirmed that Goldstrike treated seed achieved a higher actual plant establishment, with less seeds per kilogram planted, than untreated seed. This demonstrated the superior technology encapsulated in the Goldstrike process. Lucerne seed with 95% germination sown at 10kg/Ha sown under irrigation. Penfield Research Station 2007.

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BACKGROUND FERTILITY OR RHIZOBIA.

This demonstrates the increased seedling vigour of Goldstrike Professional seed

treatment to help legume stands achieve high levels of plant nodulation and

increased plant survival and production.

BENEFITS OF A SUCCESSFUL NODULATIONAssists with establishment vigour and plant development, essential to the overall

productivity of the legume crop as a whole and more nitrogen is fixed for the next crop. Pasture Genetics has had an extensive goal to extend the lifespan of the live rhizobia on Goldstrike seed treated products.

This challenge has taken the current industry standards to further than most companies have been able to achieve within Australia.

The extension of the lifespan enables the Australian farmers to take advantage of a wider window of opportunity for planting Goldstrike products. This treatment exposes the limitations to standard farmer applied inoculation systems where, in most cases, the rhizobia die within the first 48 hours.

Pasture Genetics understands the limitations that farmers and retailers have and have seen this project as one of the most important issues for Australian farmers.

Pasture legumes that are pre-inoculated need to be able to handle long timelines between application of rhizobia to being stored and transported, then to wait for the most accurate seeding window. These long time lines end up affecting some of the current treated lines within our industry.

These products need to be applied at separate stages of the treatment process very accurately. The rhizobia themselves can be severely affected by certain chemicals, fungicides, heat and rapid or aggressive movement at the treatment stage.

The recommended standard number of viable rhizobia per seed at time of sowing (according to ALIRU) is 1000 for large and medium sized seeds, and 500 for small seeds such as white clover.

This should achieve adequate nodulation under all conditions, though some constraints such as drought, highly acidic or sodic soils, etc., may suppress nodulation.

However, the recommended standard does represent realistic and attainable numbers of rhizobia that should ensure nodulation under most conditions of establishment and plant growth.

GOLDSTRIKE LONGLIFE® ACHIEVEMENT DETAILSPasture Genetics is very proud that after many years of research we have achieved

1000 viable rhizobia per seed on stored lucerne, 12 months post treatment date and 1000 viable rhizobia per seed on stored medic and sub clover, 6 months post treatment date.

In 2009, under normal storage conditions this has been achieved by Pasture Genetics, and independently verified using third party testing (New Edge Microbials and SARDI). This ground breaking achievement now gives Australian Agriculture extra confidence in Goldstrike products.

The longlife rhizobia now gives a wider opportunity for the planting window. Seed is a living product and requires to be handled with care. Rhizobial treated products need to be stored in cool dry conditions out of direct sunlight.

LONG LIFETM


SOWsmart® AUTUMN BLENDS

SOWsmart®

– AUTUMN BLENDS –

SOWsmart® HDL BLEND

SOWsmart® WINTER MAX BLEND

WINTER GAP FILL BLEND PERFORMS IN GIPPSLAND

The SOWsmart® Winter Gap Fill Blend fed weaner calves through until sale on the property of Rob Horton, of Yinnar, in the mid Gippsland area of Victoria.

SOWsmart® Winter Gap Fill is a blend of Moby forage barley, Jivet tetraploid annual Italian ryegrass, Cavalier spineless burr medic and Bouncer hybrid forage brassica.

Mr Horton said he had grown Moby barley in the past and been impressed with it, so was keen to look at the blend in an under-performing paddock.

The crop was sown to a three hectare strip in early April and was grazed by 40 weaner calves at the start of July.

Twenty-five of the heifers were sold directly from the paddock to market mid-way through the season and the remaining steers kept there until October.

“The steer calves made incredible money considering they were only 15 months old,” Mr Horton said.

When the paddock received

its first spell in four months, it responded quickly and was able to be cut for silage just a month later in the middle of November.

Mr Horton said it was interesting to see the different species perform across the season, with the forage barley and ryegrass making the most of the early conditions with excellent vigour and growth.

The brassica and medic came through and were still going strongly as the crop was growing towards its final silage cut.

At that stage of the season the barley had come to head and was at the milky dough stage, the ryegrass was similar and the brassica and medic were also reaching the end.

The blend of products produced a quality feed across the season and allowed the cattle to grow and fatten quickly and be ready for market.

Mr Horton said the blend was a good option for late winter on the property and could still be utilised if very wet conditions appeared at that time of year.

“If it gets a bit wet you could put the cattle in there rather than onto a more permanent pasture,” he said. “They could pug it up and it wouldn’t

really matter because you could sow it again next year.”

The blend was also planted in another paddock in August, which was quite late in the season and kept through as a silage option as summer approached.

IMAGE: Rob Horton, of Yinnar, Vic, used SOWsmart® Winter Gap Fill Blend to finish cattle across a four month period last season.

SOWsmart® WINTER GAP FILL BLEND

DRYLAND BLEND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RAINFALL ON WARREN PROPERTY

The SOWsmart® HDL blend, with its mix of lucerne, medic and sub clover, has proven the ideal option to take advantage of rainfall events throughout the year on a property 40 kilometres south-west of Warren, in western New South Wales.

Scott Empringham said they planted the HDL blend of L70 lucerne, Cavalier spineless burr medic, Dalsa sub clover and Hatrik sub clover in April 2015 as a dryland option.

Lucerne had been used widely on the property in the past, but the addition of medic and sub clovers meant the paddock could be utilised throughout the year to take advantage of rainfall events.

Mr Empringham said he planted the blend at a rate of 4 kilograms per hectare and was very pleased with the establishment.

“I was really surprised with the strike,” he said. “I was pleased with the way it came away.”

After favourable winter

conditions, the 250 acre pasture received its first grazing in early September with 600 lambs grazing the area for a period of three weeks.

Stock were taken out of the paddock before they could chew it down too much, with the area spelled through until excellent rain was received in early November.

Mr Empringham said the stand responded really well to the rainfall event and the stock were able to graze the area shortly after it dried out.

He said the enterprise was focused on stock, with oats, native pastures and lucerne the main sources of feed. Wheat is also used as a rotational option to clean up country.

“The blend has the opportunity to give you year around production like we get in natural pastures,” Mr Empringham said.

The plan is to leave the paddock in production for as long as possible with each species in the blend having established well.

Both the medic and sub-clovers will be allowed to set seed, helping to ensure the longevity of the stand.

Mr Empringham said it is a

paddock with wet areas through it and the legume species have been able to take advantage of these conditions.

He said the aim was to get at least four years production from the area, although with good management it could be an even more permanent pasture option.

The paddock was inspected by a local agricultural group early in the season and the plan is to revisit the crop regularly and follow it through its life cycle.

IMAGE: Dryland SOWsmart® HDL blend at Warren, in western New South Wales, being inspected by a local agricultural group.

EIGHT GRAZINGS FROM SOWsmart® WINTER MAX BLEND

The SOWsmart® Winter Max blend produced eight solid grazings through until November last season on the Highfield cattle property at Brays Creek, near Kyogle in north-east New South Wales.

Property manager, Scott Rogers said they planted the blend at the end of June and were able to feed it off for the first time just a month later.

SOWsmart® Winter Max is a blend of ryegrass and clover species consisting of Icon diploid Italian ryegrass, Jeanne tetraploid Italian ryegrass, Turbo persian clover and Alexandria berseem clover.

Mr Rogers said an area of 1.2 hectares was sown down and produced a large amount of quality feed across the year.

He said it was far superior to the nearby paddocks of Tetila ryegrass, which didn’t produce the same amount of bulk and also went to head much earlier.

“The biggest mob we put in there were 55 Droughtmaster cows which chewed it down,” he said. “They were poor when we got them and came back really well on the feed.”

Some of the stock were sold in spring and fetched good prices.

Mr Rogers said the regrowth of the Winter Max blend was impressive with the timing between grazing being quite small across the season.

“It just took a week and a half to two weeks to come back.”

IMAGE: Scott Rogers and Tayla Nauschutz, of Highfield, Brays Creek, NSW in the SOWsmart® Winter Max blend which produced excellent grazing option across the season.



SOWsmart® pasture blends are “ready to sow” proven pasture species. They are the product of on-going research and development of the Pasture Genetics forage crop programme. SOWsmart® aims to fulfill the requirements of farming with agronomically correct blends for high production pastures based within environmental and managerial constraints. SOWsmart® targets high livestock utilisation, due to high palatability and feed quality characteristics that result in better animal performance.

Prescription blends

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BEEF & PRIME LAMB BLEND

Rainfall 650mm+/irrigation Condition stock, background beef & finish lambs E

Optima Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass 40%

Impact Diploid Long Rotation Ryegrass 35%

Jumbo White Clover G 10%

Riesling White Clover G 10%

Rajah Red Clover G 5%

SOWING RATE 25 - 30 kg/Ha

This blend with perennial ryegrasses, white and red clovers will produce the highest pasture dry matter and feed quality.

Designed for the high rainfall and irrigation areas of Australia, SOWsmart® Beef and Prime Lamb has the best potential to produce high quality feed and condition stock all year round.

PERSISTOR BLEND

Rainfall 450mm+/irrigation Fully perennial, highly persistent E

Origin Winter Active Tall Fescue 20%

Dalsa Sub Clover G 20%

Ambassador Cocksfoot 15%

Australis Phalaris X 15%

Clare 2 Sub Clover G 10%

Bartolo Bladder Clover G 10%

Cobra Balansa Clover G 10%


A blend of fully perennial and persistent cocksfoot, phalaris, winter-active fescue, sub clovers and balansa clover, designed for marginal rainfall grazing systems. This blend is designed to produce consistent feed for many years.

WINTER MAX BLEND

Rainfall 450mm+/irrigation Italian ryegrasses with bi-annual potential E

Icon Diploid Italian Ryegrass 35%

Jeanne Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass 35%

Turbo Persian Clover G 20%

Alexandria Berseem Clover G 10%


This blend of late maturing tetraploid and diploid Italian ryegrasses, late flowering persian and berseem clovers, can be used as a late-season annual or as a bi-annual in favourable conditions.

It provides high winter production coupled with late season quality and second year production.

DAIRY BLEND

Rainfall 650mm+/irrigation Intensive grazing, high lactation E


Optima Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass 35%

Jumbo White Clover G 10%




This blend of late maturing superior perennial ryegrasses and white and red clovers is specifically designed for the intensive dairy system, dryland or irrigation. SOWsmart® Dairy blend will produce highly palatable forage with true year-round production for consistent lactation performance and good pasture persistence.

GRAZIER BLEND

Rainfall 550mm+/irrigation Dryland intensive secure production E

Valley Diploid Perennial Ryegrass 20%


Origin Winter Active Tall Fescue 15%

Ovaflow Sub Clover G 15%





Based on the beef, prime lamb and wool farming system, this blend of perennial ryegrasses, winter active fescue, sub clovers, white and balansa clovers allows for excellent quality and dry matter production with secure persistence.

MEDIC HAYGRAZE HR BLEND

Rainfall 450mm+ High rainfall medic pasture E

Cavalier Spineless Burr Medic G 30%

Silver Snail Medic G 30%


SARDI Persian Clover G 10%



Highest yield potential of a medic hay and graze blend. Rapid seedling growth for outstanding winter production and a greater spring peak. For maximum bales of quality hay or silage choose SOWsmart® Medic Haygraze HR blend. It has an upright growth habit to optimise yield and leafiness, producing hay and grazing that is high in protein.

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HDL BLEND

Rainfall 400mm+ Highly intensive legume pasture E

Zulumax Arrowleaf Clover G 30%


SARDI Persian Clover G 20%




A high density legume mix suited to medium and higher rainfall zones that provides outstanding dry matter production and nitrogen fixation. A HDL break crop in rotation is also an effective and profitable way of managing herbicide resistant annual ryegrass. A vigorous SOWsmart® HDL blend can contribute up to 50kg/Ha of nitrogen for subsequent crops, the equivalent of 100kg/Ha of urea.

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HORSE HR BLEND

Rainfall 500mm+/irrigation Quality and persistence E

Drylander Diploid Perennial Ryegrass 35%

Tower Tall Fescue 20%

Ambassador Cocksfoot 10%


ML99 Multileaf® Lucerne G 10%


Ovaflow Sub Clover G 5%



A well-researched blend of fescue, cocksfoot, phalaris, ryegrass, sub-clovers, balansa clover and lucerne specifically designed to provide the horse pasture grazing in dryland or irrigated situations.



WINTER FEED BLEND

Rainfall 350mm+/irrigation Bulk for winter production E

Tetrone Tetraploid Annual Italian Ryegrass 70%



A traditional blend of annual ryegrass and persian clover. It has been designed for oversowing or new plantings into good dryland or irrigated situations.

LUCERNE & CHICORY BLEND

Rainfall 350mm+ Persistent, low bloat, high weight gain E

L71 Lucerne X 80%

Balance Chicory X 20%


Persistent high producing lucerne, combined with mineral rich, highly palatable long term chicory. This blend delivers good protein to energy rating driving high animal production.

BLOAT FIGHTER BLEND

Rainfall 350mm+ Persistent, low bloat E

ML99 Multileaf® Lucerne X 50%




A blend including pasture varieties with proven “anti bloating” proteins designed to minimise the risk of bloat when grazing lucerne rich pastures. SOWsmart® Bloat Fighter provides an alternative to pure lucerne stands yet provides similar weight gains and improved palatability for livestock.

COMPLETE LR BLEND

Rainfall 300mm+ Low rainfall grass legume E

Tetrone Annual Italian Ryegrass 65%


Caliph Barrel Medic G 10%



SOWING RATE 20 kg/Ha

Low rainfall graziers looking for grass/ legume pasture for grazing and hay cutting. Suitable for sheep and cattle.

WINTER GAP FILL BLEND

Rainfall 350mm+ Serious winter production E

Moby Forage Barley 75%

Jivet Tetraploid Annual Italian Ryegrass 15%


Bouncer Hybrid Forage Brassica X 3%


Designed to target the traditional lack of quality feed supply in winter. This blend is ready to graze from 6-7 weeks from early autumn planting.

WINTER EXPRESS BLEND

Rainfall 350mm+/irrigation Fast winter feed, quick to graze E

Jivet Tetraploid Annual Italian Ryegrass 60%


Alexandria Berseem Clover G 10%



A blend of tetraploid annual ryegrass, persian, berseem clovers and medic, offering a highly winter active, quick and high quality forage source. Suited to grazing and silage/hay.

HORSE LR BLEND

Rainfall 350mm+ dryland Low rainfall permanent pasture E

Currie Cocksfoot 35%




ML99 Multileaf® Lucerne X 10%


This proven blend is based on species preferred by horses that are adapted to persist in lower rainfall environments.

ACID SOIL BLEND

Rainfall 350mm+ Legume booster for Acid Soil Types E






Blend targeted at traditional acid soil types looking for blend to top up legume component in paddock. Can be direct drilled into existing pasture or broadcasted.

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QUICK FIX N BLEND

Rainfall 325mm+ Maximum nitrogen input E






Quick Fix N Blend is the quickest and easiest way to restore the in-field pasture legume seed bank, and nitrogen levels that have been depleted. It can also provide good stand-over feed.

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MEDIC HAYGRAZE LR BLEND

Rainfall 250 - 450mm Low rainfall medic pasture E



Bindaroo Button Medic G 10%





Blend of high dry matter producing, hard seeded annual legumes targeted at low rainfall zones.

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SOWsmart® SUB TROPICAL BLENDS

TROPICAL BEEF LIGHT SOILS BLENDRainfall 650mm+ Light soils

Katambora Rhodes X 30%

Gatton Panic X 30%

L91 Lucerne G 20%

Premier Digit X 10%


Aztec Atro Coated 5%


The Beef Light soils blend have been developed to suit areas with lighter textured soils. The blend offers the grazier the ability to supply feed over the full growing season. When available moisture arrives there will be a flourish of growth to take full advantage of seasonal conditions.

SLOPES & PLAINS BLEND

Rainfall 650mm+ Heavy – light soils

Premier Digitaria X 60%

Bambatsi Panic X 20%

Gatton Panic X 20%


A grass blend suitable to most soil types. This blend allows you to focus on establishing the key backbone of tropical grasses. This enables for 1st year broadleaf weed control in crop, followed by pasture legume introduction once grasses have established.

TROPICAL BEEF HEAVY SOILS BLENDRainfall 650mm+ Heavy soils

Katambora Rhodes X 30%

Gatton Panic X 20%

Bambatsi Panic X 20%

L91 Lucerne G 10%






Targeted tropical beef blend to suit heavy soil types. With the robust grass base, perennial legumes and hard seeded annual medics this blend will give you a long term pasture with the ability to meet your animal production requirements.

TROPICAL COASTAL BLENDRainfall 650mm+ Heavy - light soils

Callide Rhodes X 40%

Setaria Coated 20%

Signal Coated 15%

Gatton Panic X 10%


Renegade Red Clover G 3%



Blend designed for coastal sub tropical areas looking for complete tropical grass and legume option. Perennial species to allow for long term pasture phase.

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– SUB TROPICAL BLENDS –

SOWsmart® OVERSOW BLENDS

Feed gap benefits: The SOWsmart® Sub Tropical Legume range of blends have been targeted to improve production levels in our summer sub tropical grazing pastures. These blends will add winter/spring dry matter production and valuable nitrogen input to sub tropical pastures. The new Slopes and Plains Blend will allow you to set up your paddock based on a grass only establishment.

This offers you the ability to achieve correct broadleaf weed control then introduce legumes species as required. In most cases a vigorous legume pasture of 8t/Ha can produce up to 200kg/Ha of nitrogen in one year equivalent to 400kg/Ha urea.

We have added new options to this range with Beef Heavy Soils, Beef Light soils and Tropical Coastal blends. They are targeted at farmers looking for the complete legume and grass package.

Pasture Genetics are able to prescription blend to suit your property. With variances in soil type, rainfall and usage, the ability to select species to fulfil your end requirement is paramount.

TROPICAL LEGUME OVERSOW BLEND

Rainfall 450mm+ Heavy – light soils 5.0 to 7.0 pH E








Sub tropical grass blends have become very popular as a permanent pasture alternative. The ability to complement these grasses with long term hard seeded legumes can be achieved with this blend. Therefore increasing winter production and feed quality over this critical time.

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MEDIC OVERSOW BLEND

Rainfall 350mm+ Suitable for soil types 5.0 to 8.0 pH E






Blend of medics designed to provide high protein in your autumn and winter period in existing sub-tropical or native grass pastures. Excellent persistence and regeneration with hard-seeded characteristics. Good seed set allows for strong germination in line with seasonal breaks.

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SUB TROPICAL GRASSES DEMONSTRATING A LACK OF WINTER PRODUCTION

AND FEED QUALITY DROP, LEADING TO POOR ANIMAL PERFORMANCE.

Note: Establishment Guarantee does not apply to sub tropical grass blends and sub tropical grasses. Products in Blends may change subject to availability.

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SUB TROPICAL GRASSES

QDPI TRIAL RESULTSQDPI trial results show that the seed treatment Gaucho® resulted in

significantly improved plant populations of Rhodes grass in 7 out of 8 treatments compared to the untreated.

SUB TROPICAL– GR ASSES –

THE KEY TO INCREASING PRODUCTION FROM A TROPICAL GRASS

PASTURE IS TO IMPROVE PLANT ESTABLISHMENT.

EFFECT OF GAUCHO® ON PLANT POPULATION – RHODES GRASS

RIRDC Project No DAQ-148A (July, 1998)Authors: D.S. Loch, G.M. Bedane, M. Paterson, G.L. Harvey, M.L. Gupta and D. Doley

GOLDSTRIKE XLR8 SUB TROPICAL GRASSES SUBJECT TO STOCK AVAILABILITY

Note: Establishment Guarantee does not apply to sub tropical grasses

CALLIDE AND KATAMBORA RHODES GRASS PURITY 85% MIN., GERMINATION 50% MIN.

PREMIER DIGIT, BAMBATSI AND GATTON PANIC PURITY 85%

MIN., GERMINATION 85% MIN.

GOLDSTRIKE XLR8 TROPICAL GRASSES COATING AT 60%, OFFERS FARMERS MORE SEEDS PER KILOGRAM COMPARED TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS.

Pasture Genetics Goldstrike Seed Treatment has become a household name with the agricultural community where the success of planting pasture legumes is required.

Over many years this process has been refined to create the highest seed quality and rhizobial life in the Australian market. This season Pasture Genetics are pleased to offer the new Goldstrike treated sub tropical grass range.

The final product offers high germination percentages in grasses that are usually not seen in this segment. We offer a standard Goldstrike coating percentage of 60% across the range of Goldstrike Sub Tropical Grasses. This accurate coating percentage allows farmers to aim for high target populations factoring in germination and seed

coat. We see this as a critical part of the agronomic package for farmers to achieve the best results from Goldstrike Tropicals.

More plants established means greater biomass production each year. Trial work carried out by QDPI has shown that the establishment of pasture species such as Rhodes grass (Chlorisgayana) treated with Gaucho® are generally greater than where untreated seed is planted.

Further trials investigated the effect of the Gaucho® seed treatment on both spiklet and caryopses preparations of Rhodes grass seed. The results were exceptional. In both trials near Goomboorian and South Side in Queensland, Gaucho® resulted in improved plant establishment with both seed preparations and with both varieties trialled.

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GATTON PANIC

(Megathyrsus maximus) X

Rainfall 650mm+

pH Range 5.5 - 8

GOLDSTRIKE SOWING RATE 3 - 6 kg/Ha

• Suits all soil types except heavy clays• Requires moderate to high fertility• Doesn’t like waterlogging• Moderately drought tolerant• Suited to grazing and cutting• Standard with Poncho® Plus insecticide

KATAMBORA RHODES

(Chloris gayana) X

Rainfall 650mm+

pH Range 5.5 - 8


• Very drought tolerant• Good salt tolerance• Tolerates heavy grazing• Not adapted to acid, infertile soils• Requires high fertility to persist• Poor tolerance of waterlogging• Standard with Poncho® Plus insecticide

CALLIDE RHODES

(Chloris gayana) X

Rainfall 650mm+

pH Range 5.5 - 8


• Very drought tolerant• Later Flowering than Katambora• Less cold tolerant than Katambora• Callide offers higher palatability• compared to Katambora• Standard with Poncho® Plus insecticide

BAMBATSI PANIC

(Panicum coloratum) X

Rainfall 500mm+

pH Range 5.5 - 8


• Suited to self-mulching, black clay soils

• Tolerant of temporary waterlogging • Tolerant of moderate soil salinity• Cold tolerant and drought resistant• High forage quality• Standard with Poncho® Plus insecticide

PREMIER DIGITARIA

(Digitaria smutsii) X

Rainfall 650mm+

pH Range 5.5 - 8


• Suited to light textured soils• Tolerates acid soils• Recruits well on lighter soils• Very palatable• Drought and frost tolerant• Standard with Poncho® Plus insecticide

All Goldstrike products include Micro-nutrients

to assist in producing healthy & balanced growth

ESTABLISHMENT GUARANTEE®

2016 NORTHERN FORAGE ADVISOR | 87 pasturegenetics.com | 2016 NORTHERN FORAGE ADVISOR | 8

THE PASTURE GENETICS ESTABLISHMENT GUARANTEE PROGRAM WAS UTILISED BY ADRIAN FARROW, OF WYNYARD, TASMANIA LAST SEASON AFTER ISSUES WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JEANNE TETRAPLOID ITALIAN RYEGRASS.

The ryegrass was purchased and planted in April but experienced three weeks of really bad weather in the weeks that followed. Rain at planting caused the seed to be washed to depth and caused a patchy germination. This was compounded by severe wind blasting as the plants were trying to establish.

Mr Farrow said he had heard about the Establishment Guarantee program but wasn’t really aware of what it could do until he spoke to his local representative, John Heard.

“I talked to John and he said it was an option.”A claim form was filled out in conjunction with the local agronomist and half of the

24 bags of seed in the initial order were replaced free of charge.

THE FLOODS WHICH WENT THROUGH THE HUNTER VALLEY REGION OF NEW SOUTH WALES IN APRIL 2015 WASHED AWAY LARGE AREAS OF PASTURE ON THE VOLLMER’S DAIRY PROPERTY AT WOODVILLE.

It effectively wiped out areas of Pasture Genetics ryegrass, lucerne and clover that had been planted just prior to the rainfall.

Dave Vollmer said they received 25 inches of rain across a 24 hour period. He said they were aware of the Establishment Guarantee program. His local agronomist filled in the relevant paperwork and a large number of replacement product was provided as part of the program.

Mr Vollmer said he was really pleased with the help received through the Establishment Guarantee and the support of the company.

“I think it is really beneficial for the company to stand behind the seed. We can have confidence in what we grow.”

Pasture Genetics are so confident about our seed genetics and seed quality we will replace any of our proprietary lines at half the original purchase price if it fails to establish satisfactorily in the first thirty days.

• Replacement seed for crop establishment failures.

• Pasture Genetics is very confident about seed quality and provides our innovative Establishment Guarantee® program on all of our proprietary products.

• Unfortunately establishment failures can occur and if the crop needs to be replanted, Pasture Genetics will provide replacement seed at half the original purchase price.

• The Establishment Guarantee® program is available for the vital 30 day period after planting and provides growers with substantial savings if they need to replant their paddocks.

• Pasture Genetics is the only forage company in Australia to offer Establishment Guarantee®.

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Central West Locust attack - Lucerne

Riverina Drought conditions - Lucerne

South Coast Insect damage - SOWsmart® blend

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Mallee Sand blasting - Lucerne

Western Districts Seeding depth - Lucerne

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Riverland Chemical residue - Forage cereal

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FORAGE CEREALS

FORAGE CEREALS– BARLEY, OATS & VETCH –

MOBYFORAGE BARLEY

(Hordeum vulgare) EL RECOMMENDED TIME TO PLANT APRIL ONWARDS

Maturity Early

Min Rainfall (mm) 350

SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 60 - 80

High Rainfall/Irrigation 80 - 120

Moby is an early maturing, 6 row, white seeded awnless barley with excellent winter growth and rapid establishment. Leaf size is more comparable with oat varieties than traditional barley types.

Moby will tolerate multiple grazings until the production of the first node and offers an extended sowing window. Seedling vigour in Moby is exceptional and Moby has shown significant versatility, adapting to a large range of sowing conditions and environments.

Disease resistance appears typical of other commercial barley cultivars with good net blotch resistance, adequate field leaf scald and spot blotch resistance.• Selected for white seed heads,

making for a more versatile crop in the broadacre market, where black seeded barleys such as Dictator have contamination issues.

• Developed for high vegetative dry matter production

• Very fast establishing variety• Exhibits good cold tolerance• Excellent winter growth• Slightly earlier than Dictator• Replaces hand feeding during

winter period

MOBY MATURITY GUIDE

Time of Sowing

Days to Grazing

Days to Flowering

Early Autumn 28 - 35 95 - 120

Mid Autumn 32 - 40 120 - 140

Late Autumn/ Winter

40 - 50 135 - 155

Spring/Summer Irrigated

20 - 28 75 - 95

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SOFT HAY WITH MOBY BARLEY AT GYMPIE

Moby barley has produced excellent quality, soft hay each season on the property of Mick Beeston, at Gympie, in the Wide Bay region of southern Queensland.

Mr Beeston said he direct-drilled Moby into summer grass paddocks and also planted it into ploughed ground and had success with both methods.

Last season the Moby sown to the ploughed ground produced yields of 90 small square hay bales per acre in an excellent result.

“I am certainly sold on Moby. That’s for sure. It produces beautiful, soft hay.”

Hay from the crop is sold to a wide range of end users including cattle and horse people and is well received.

“I have a few that scream out for the barley,” Mr Beeston said. “They want to know as soon as you’ve got it.”

He said a lot of horse people had switched from lucerne bales to forage barley bales and had been pleased with the result.

Moby barley is an awnless variety which is in demand by

the customers.The forage barley is sown at a

rate of 50 kilograms per hectare, in April or May, as the soil temperature at the peak of the day dips below 25 degrees Celsius.

“It is good to establish,” Mr Beeston said. “In two weeks you can see the rows.”

Harvest normally occurs in September, with the pure Moby stand made into small square bales and any with residual summer grass in the paddock taken as larger bales.

The small squares weigh in at above 20 kilograms each. This assists the accumulator to pack the hay in the paddock and also ensures the customers are getting good value from their bales.

Mr Beeston said he originally grew Dictator barley on the property and switched to Moby when seed of the other variety was short.

The following year he had both varieties and was pleased with the performance of Moby in terms of early vigour, growth, hay yield and quality.

Moby is now the only forage barley grown on the property.

The rotation with blue grass and Rhodes grass has worked

particularly well with the summer grasses coming into their own just as the Moby barley is being harvested.

After two to three cuts of grass hay across the warmer months, the Moby is then direct-drilled into the pasture and allowed to grow and produce hay through the winter period.

IMAGE: Mick Beeston, of Gympie, QLD, produces nice, soft hay suitable for various markets from Moby forage barley.

MOBY BARLEY THE BACKBONE OF DALBY HAY ENTERPRISE

Moby forage barley has been the backbone of the Dalby Hay enterprise over the past five seasons due to its exceptional performance.

Rob Mitchell from Dalby Hay said Moby barley had been excellent on the property over many years with its yield and hay quality.

“It’s just brilliant,” he said. “There is a benchmark and Moby is well above that on so many aspects. I can’t fault it.”

“Even in the dry year we just had, it held its own. I just love the stuff.”

Moby barley is planted in April each year under both irrigated and dryland conditions and is generally able to be cut in August.

Mr Mitchell said they aimed at one good cut per season from the Moby and could achieve up to 3.5 tonnes per acre under pivot irrigation with high fertiliser inputs.

He said the area is also normally grazed with cattle early in the season, or quite late, as the barley responds after the hay cut.

Hay is made into large square

bales, large round bales and small square bales and sold to markets that include dairy farmers, feed lotters and horse people.

“We aim for 650 kilogram, eight foot by four foot by three foot big square bales and usually achieve that with Moby,” Mr Mitchell said.

He said they had a regular order for large, big square Moby bales and the small squares were also in great demand.

As well as the visual element of the product, many customers were also provided with quality tests to help with their hay buying decisions.

“Quality testing is definitely coming into it,” Mr Mitchell said. “Dairy people used it first and now feedlot people are also stepping up to the mark. Customers will pay more for a better quality product. We are using certain varieties for certain markets.”

“Dairies want it high in digestible fibre and for others it is leaf to stem ratio or colour. We do feed tests on the Moby and everyone is happy with it. We have never had any complaints.”

As well as hay production, Dalby Hay also run cattle on the property

to value add and utilise any bales that may have been wet or were not suitable for market.

Mr Mitchell said cattle just out of the weaner stage had been achieving weight gains of one kilogram per head per day on straight Moby hay.

He said cattle also did particularly well on Moby as a grazing option as well.

IMAGE: Rob Mitchell, of Dalby Hay, Dalby, QLD, inspecting a windrow of Moby forage barley hay.

MOBY

MOBY


FORAGE CEREALS

Outback oats are derived from South African, Australian and North American hay and grazing oat germplasm. Outback is selected for adaptation to the Australian agricultural environment. Outback is primarily a forage oat, developed to produce a large bulk of quality forage in autumn and again in spring. Outback can be grown in all areas suitable for growing oats and provides consistent grazing, for all classes of livestock, over an extended period. Outback is a mid to late maturing oat with distinctive dark green and broad leaves.

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(Avena sativa) EXL

Maturity Mid-Late


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 60 - 80


Outback oats provide higher yields of quality grazing throughout the critical autumn, winter and early spring grazing periods. Outback forage oats will come XLR8 treated. This protection aids in the early control of aphid feeding damage and helps with management of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV). Early seedling growth responses from XLR8 also allows for quick establishment of the Outback Forage Oats.• Excellent early plant option for

northern NSW and QLD districts• Medium height, erect specialist hay

and grazing oat• Mid - late maturity• High forage quality and total yield• Dark green broad leaves• More rapid establishment, shows

excellent seedling vigour• Better moisture stress tolerance• Suited to a wider range of soils • Excellent frost resistance• Comes standard with Gaucho

Insecticide Treatment

TIMOK VETCH

(Vicia sativa)

Maturity (days) 100 - 110

Pod Shatter 0 - 2%

Flower Colour Purple


Hard Seed Level Soft

SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland (pure) 30 - 45

Pasture Mixes 10 - 25

Cereal Mixes 15 - 35

• New release form SARDI Vetch Breeding program

• Matures between Rasina and Morava (from seeding to full flowering 100 - 110 days)

• High yielding and rust resistant but is only moderately resistant to ascochyta blight

• Very good vigour at flowering• Timok is ideally suited to grain

production in areas with > 380mm rainfall/yr

• Timok’s DM is similar to Morava in high rainfall (> 400mm), but 19% higher than Morava in low to medium rainfall regions (330 - 380mm)

• Better option than Morava, Rasina

OUTBACK OAT USED TO PREPARE STUD BULLS ON TAMWORTH PROPERTY

Outback oats have proved an excellent option to prepare stud bulls for sale for Col Peterson, on a property south of Tamworth, on the edge of the Liverpool Plains in New South Wales.

Mr Peterson said Outback oats were also used in their commercial operations to grow and fatten stock to feedlot weight or slaughter weight.

He said the cattle did particularly well on the cereal option with the oats having a number of advantages over other grasses.

“With the oats you get a longer run and a bit more feed per hectare,” he said. “It gives us the ability to look after the breeding herd and get the most out of the progeny.”

Typically, Outback oats on the property are planted on the first autumn rainfall event in March or April into paddocks that are generally between 10 and 15 hectares in size.

Stud weaner bulls and steers are put into the paddock as soon as it is ready to graze and will generally graze an area for a month before being switched to another section.

“We would normally have one month on and two months off with three paddocks on the go,” Mr

Peterson said. “With the steers we want to get as much weight on them as possible and then get rid of them.”

While the one on, two off option is ideal, there have also been instances where a paddock was successfully grazed continually for many months.

One particular 28 hectare area last season had 110 yearling heifers and steers for four months from June to September.

The oats also provided grazing options right through until November and December.

IMAGE: Col Peterson, of Tamworth, NSW, uses Outback oats to prepare stud bulls for sale and finish his commercial herd.

BULLOCKS FATTENED WELL ON OUTBACK OATS

Outback oats has been used successfully to fatten bullocks on a property of Barry and Jason Kahler, at Hampton, north of Toowoomba, Queensland.

Jason Kahler said that particular property was very cold during the winter period and so the Outback oats were planted in March to ensure they provided a bulk of feed early.

“It gets really cold so we needed that body of feed to take us through,” he said.

The crop established well and reached a height of nine inches before an excellent rainfall event in April really helped it grow.

“It grew really well,” Mr Kahler said. “There was no rust in the stem or on the leaf. It produced a really healthy plant. I was really pleased

with its growth.”By mid-May, the oats had

started to get away and the first lot of bullocks were let in to graze the paddocks.

Outback oats were planted to four different paddocks of around 25 acres each, and the 55 bullocks grazed each area for approximately three weeks.

“There was a good body of feed on it although it didn’t rain much after that,” Mr Kahler said. “The regrowth was relying on subsoil moisture.”

“When it started to rain again we put another 50 bullocks to get some green pick,” he said.

“We had a really good crop the year before,” Mr Kahler said.

Last season weight gains of 200 kilograms per animal were achieved and 44 were sent to the Dinmore Abattoir in late winter. The last lot of bullocks were sent away in October.

“Those bullocks achieved the

best price we have ever had,” Mr Kahler said.

IMAGE: Barry Kahler, of Hampton, QLD, used Outback oats to fatten cattle over the past two seasons.

OUTBACK

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OUTBACK – LARGE LEAF TRAIT FOR HIGH FORAGE QUALITY


LUCERNE

LUCERNE– WINTER DORMANT, SEMI WINTER DORMANT & WINTER ACTIVE –

LUCERNE VARIETAL SELECTION CHART

Dormancy 3 5 6 7 9 10

ACTIVITY WINTER DORMANT

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HIGHLY WINTER ACTIVE

VERY HIGHLY WINTER ACTIVE

Irrigation - High Quality Hay Q31 L56 GTL®60 Q75 L91, L92 ML99

High Quality Dryland Q31 L56 GTL®60 L71, Q75 L91, L92 ML99

Heavy Grazing Tolerance Q31 L56 GTL®60 L71 - -

Price Competitive Dryland - - - L70 L91 -

L70 AURORA

Total Yield 18.5 t/ha 17.0 t/ha

Data Source Pasture Genetics – 5 years, 4 Locations 46 cuts (Irrigated Sites)

Hay Returns/ha @ $200T $3700/ha $3400/ha

L70 V AURORA YIELD RESULTS & PRICING COMPARISON L70 offers very competitive pricing to Aurora lucerne and therefore similar per ha input seed costs. EXTRA HAY RETURNS $300 HA/YR

TRIAL RESULTS8% YIELD INCREASE> Over 5 years; 4 sites; 46 cuts. Irrigated sites include: Virginia SA, Struan SA, Forbes NSW and Wagga Wagga NSW.

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Winter Activity 7


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• L70 offers higher disease and pest package compared to Aurora

• Superior forage genetics - higher leaf to stem ratio

• Minimum 90% germination standards exceeds current minimum certified standard for Aurora - 60%

• L70 seed production is derived from dryland seed production stands only. This is to ensure the dryland integrity and performance of L70, when utilised in standard cereal undersowing practices and marginal dryland grazing enterprises

• These attributes, combined with superior plant genetics, makes L70 an excellent new lucerne option over Aurora. This gives Australian farmers higher returns and extra confidence with the Establishment Guarantee® program that commons based lucerne cannot offer or compete against

GTL®60 LUCERNE

Winter active (Medicago sativa) EX

Winter Activity 6


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 4 - 8


• Selected for a broad and low set crown, high forage values, high ruminant palatability with high disease and pest resistance ratings

• Tested under an arduous series of strict grazing protocols over a number of years

• Ideally suited as a dual-purpose variety for grazing & hay operations

• Quick recovery after defoliation gives the ability to store plant energy into the crown

• Retain leaf through the drying and baling process

• Good adaptability to a wide range of soil types

• GTL60 has demonstrated excellent grazing tolerance with 74% residual plants measured after 3 year grazing trial

• Comes Standard with Goldstrike XLR8 Longlife treatment – (Poncho® Plus insecticide)

• Better option than Stamina GT6

L56 LUCERNE

Semi winter dormant (Medicago sativa) EX

Winter Activity 5


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 4 - 8


• The master dual purpose graze/hay lucerne in Australia

• Exceptional seedling vigour• Very high yields• Exceptional forage quality• New industry benchmark

for persistence• Flexible management option• Highest levels of Multiple Pest and

Disease resistance of any lucerne variety in Australia, Phytophthora Root Rot rating, HR+

• Semi-winter dormant (winter activity - 5)

• Ideal on a wide range of soil types • Very good grazing tolerance• Comes Standard with Goldstrike

XLR8 Longlife treatment – (Poncho® Plus insecticide)

• Better option than Venus, Kaituna, Hunterfield, Sardi 5

Q31 LUCERNE

Winter dormant (Medicago sativa) EX

Winter Activity 3


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 4 - 8


• Quickly been adopted as the leading hay and chaffing variety for premium markets

• A superior leaf retention trait and the highest nutritive value in retained leaf in feed and hay, combined with high yields and excellent quality for hay, chaff, silage and grazing

• Demonstrates greater persistence than winter active varieties, when persistence is more important than winter growth

• Bred for specialist irrigated haymaking, silage or chaff where premium quality is required and where hay cannot be made in winter

• Ideally suited to leaders in forage quality



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Highly winter active (Medicago sativa) EG

Winter Activity 9


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 4 - 8


• The “Easy grow winter active lucerne”

• Extended grazing & hay in autumn and winter

• Best in cropping rotations and dairy pastures

• Preferred variety for winter sowings

• Outstanding seedling vigour for easier establishment

• Suitable for all areas, with exceptional productivity on red brown earth and other light soils - tolerant of saline conditions

• High resistance to all Alfalfa aphids, high resistance to Colletotrichum Crown Rot and Fusarium Wilt combined with high resistance to Phytophthora Root Rot

• Price competitive option to Sequel lucerne

• Better option than Cropper 9.5, Sardi 10, Siriver, Sequel, L90

L92 LUCERNE

Highly winter active (Medicago sativa) EX

Winter Activity 9


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 4 - 8


• L92 is set to become the leading winter active variety for the dual purpose hay and grazing markets

• Selected for Triple race Anthracnose resistance

• Highest Forage yield in the highly winter active group

• Excellent seedling vigour to aid in quick establishment

• High Resistance to Multiple Pest and Diseases (MPR)

• Increased persistence for a highly winter active lucerne

• Very quick regrowth after cutting or grazing

• Ideally suited to wide range of soil types


• Better option than Pegasis, Sequel, Sardi 10

L71 LUCERNE


Winter Activity 7


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 4 - 8


• L71 was formed from the partnership between the NSW DPI lucerne Breeding Program and Pasture Genetics

• Selected through a rigorous breeding process from many sites across NSW

• L71 out performs its predecessor Genesis by 4% on average in both dry land and irrigated conditions

• Tested for all 3 races of Anthracnose• Dryland specialist targeting

grazing and hay production• L71 has demonstrated excellent

grazing tolerance with 65% residual plants measured after 3 year grazing trial

• Excellent persistence in low rainfall dryland conditions

• High forage quality and leaf retention• Comes Standard with Goldstrike


• Better option than Genesis, Aurora, Sardi 7

ML99 MULTILEAF LUCERNE

Very highly winter active (Medicago sativa) EX

Winter Activity 10


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 4 - 8


• ML99 Multileaf® lucerne has been developed to incorporate a new level of quality and production in winter active lucerne driven by high expression of multi-foliate leaves plus all the qualities currently required by Australian lucerne growers

• Growers looking for winter grazing with options to cut quality hay

• Very highly winter active cultivar (winter activity - 10)

• Near to 100% true to type multifoliate expression

• 40% more leaflets than conventional lucerne

• Superior stand life based on broad disease and nematode resistance

• Frost tolerant to protect cold season production


• Better option than SARDI 10

Q75 LUCERNE


Winter Activity 7


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 4 - 8


The “Q” in Q75 signifies the variety has demonstrated superior quality characteristics in laboratory tests and animal feeding trials.

Q75 has set a new benchmark in forage quality for the Australian lucerne industry with the highest forage quality, Relative Feed Value (RFV) and protein in the winter active group.• Q trait reflecting high

quality forage• Highest forage quality in the

winter-active group• Dual purpose hay & grazing option• High resistance to Multiple Pests

and Diseases (MPR)• Better persistence than most

winter active varieties• Excellent leaf holding capacity• Comes Standard with Goldstrike


• Better option than Aurora, Genesis, Sardi 7, WL525HQ


LUCERNE

PENFIELD RESEARCH STATION % RESIDUAL PLANTS AFTER 3 YEARS

PENFIELD RESEARCH STATIONSOWN 14/9/2011 GRAZING FROM THE 24/11/2011 TO 1/8/2014

The trial protocol was established in conjunction with NSW DPI and IP Australia to give a measure of true grazing tolerance. After lucerne was established, it was grazed every 3 weeks to a residual height of about 30mm. Approximately 20 Merino wethers were used to graze the trial each time, this was the number of animals adequate to graze the trial down within at least a 3-4 day period so we could manage frequent grazing but not extended periods of time of animals being set on the trial. There were sometimes longer periods of time between grazings depending on grazing recovery time in the colder months. The idea being that the trial was frequently grazed and put under grazing pressure regularly, but not set stocked. This resulted in the trial being grazed 32 times over the trial duration.

The trial will now be managed to continue to collect long term data, with sheep being used in a more set stocking routine with low stocking rates to see what sort of results will come of this type of management and if the information we have collected on varieties so far remains consistent. Plant counts were taken initially, during and after the trial. All varieties were sown at 4kg/Ha with adjusted seeding rate based on germination percentage, there were 3 replications of each variety. This resulted in an average starting plant count of 37 plants/m2. The ideal result was to end up with somewhere between 30-40 plants per square metre, as this trial was run under dry land conditions in an approximately 420mm rainfall zone.

The plots were irrigated at some stages throughout the trial but only to prevent plants actually dying due to moisture stress. There were significant differences between the residual plant numbers of many varieties as seen in the graph.

Lucerne stands are grazed to restrict flowering over a three year period to increase pressure on plants.

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GR AZING TOLER ANT LUCERNE SELECTIONS TRIAL – Pasture Genetics has taken the term “Grazing tolerant”, very seriously with its selection of new lucerne material. The ability to select plant germplasm through a 3 year intensive grazing trial, has proven critical to give farmers confidence in new lines coming through the Pasture Genetics Research program. The strength of this trialling model will be replicated in the future with more selections being made with this key grazing tolerance trait.

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CLOVER

CLOVER– BLADDER, ARROWLEAF, BALANSA, PERSIAN, RED, BERSEEM, WHITE & SUB –

BARTOLO (LEFT) & DALKEITH (RIGHT) ADJOINING PADDOCKS AT MURESK, NEAR NORTHAM, WA – FEBRUARY 06

BLADDER CLOVER IS A SPECIES NEW TO CULTIVATION IN MODERN AGRICULTURE.

It is an alternative to sub clover and medic, being more widely adapted, having higher dry matter production and a prolific seeder for pasture persistence.

Bladder Clover can be grown on a range of soil types from pH 5 to 8.5 and to a wide range of textures. Quantity and quality of forage produced is generally equivalent or better than other current pasture options. Herbicide tolerance in the field has been assessed with Bartolo sensitive to Bromoxynil, Spinnaker and Raptor. Broadstrike appears reasonably safe and Tigrex may offer an intermediate weed control option.

Bartolo is less affected by red legged earth mite than sub-clover or medics. Bartolo Bladder Clover was developed by the Department of Agriculture and Food WA.

RENEGADE (LEFT) VS RAJAH (RIGHT) DEMONSTRATING LOWER GROWING POINT FOR GRAZING TOLERANCE

Red clover thrives well in a wide range of soils except very light, acidic or waterlogged soil. It has a deep rooted system which makes it drought tolerant.

Red clover is an important component of clover/grass mixtures for one or two year conservation leys. In most countries with a temperate climate, Red clover is widely cultivated and tolerates low temperatures during winter.

There are two main types of Red clover. One being the true grazing tolerant type such as Rajah and the other preferential hay type such as Renegade. These types are based on the height of the growing point.

DALSA (LEFT) SHOWING EXCEPTIONAL SEED BURR DEVELOPMENT COMPARED TO A LATE SUB TYPE (RIGHT)

Dalsa is characterised by a very low formononetin and total isoflavone content, high level of hard seededness and very strong seed burial.

Dalsa is a ‘showy ’ variety with very good herbage and outstanding seed production, seeds are the largest of all subspecies

subterranean cultivars. After the establishment year,

Dalsa regenerates better than most other strains of early to mid season maturity sub clovers. It has persisted consistently well, equalling Nungarin which it outyields in spring under favourable conditions.

Dalsa sub clover is a highly productive, persistent, early season variety. It is suitable for situations requiring a long term self-regenerating pasture or in cropping rotations in areas with rainfall ranging from 325mm to 600mm.


CLOVER

SARDI PERSIAN CLOVER

(Trifolium resupinatum) EG

Maturity Early - Mid


Hard Seed Level High

Waterlogging Tolerance Excellent

SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 5 - 8


• Superior regeneration to other Persian Clovers after cropping

• Early flowering with high levels of hard seed

• Broadly adapted to the soils and rainfall of the cropping region

• Sardi Persian can be grown in a wide range of soil type (5.5 to 8.5 CaCl.)

• Selected for early maturity and vigour to allow its usage in low rainfall region

• Well suited to heavy, waterlogged clays and areas of mildly saline soils

• Better option than Prolific

ZULUMAX ARROWLEAF CLOVER

(Trifolium vesiculosum) EG

Maturity Early



Waterlogging Tolerance Poor

SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 6 - 10


• Excellent grazing or fodder conservation option

• Good cold tolerance for better germination and vigour

• Preferred option for loam and sandy soils (pH 5 to 7.5)

• Good hard seed levels for good regeneration

• High yields of good quality fodder• Erect growth habit• Safety - with limited bloat potential• Better option than Arrowleaf

BARTOLO BLADDER CLOVER

(Trifolium spumosum) EG

Flowering (days) 105



Waterlogging Tolerance Fair

SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 14


• New species to modern agriculture• Ideal replacement for sub clovers• Very good winter growth in

comparison to sub clover• Excellent pasture legume to give

solid long term persistence to pasture paddocks

• Adapted to wide range of soil types

• Less affected by RLEM• Tolerant to some herbicides• Very high hard seed levels

COBRA BALANSA CLOVER

(Trifolium michelianum) EG

Maturity Early




SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 4 - 6


• Earliest flowering hard seeded balansa on the market

• Can be grown down to 200mm rainfall zones

• Excellent seed down for long term pasture phase

• Very good salt tolerance• Tolerates water logging

soil types• Excellent winter growth in

comparison to other balansa clovers

• Larger seed size than Frontier offering excellent seeding vigour

• Better option than Enduro, Frontier

ALEXANDRIA BERSEEM CLOVER

(Trifolium alexandrinum) EG

Maturity Mid - Late


Hard Seed Level Low

Waterlogging Tolerance Very Good

SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 8 - 10


• Excellent hay and fodder production

• Vigorous winter growth with a flush of growth in spring

• Multiple grazings or hay cut• Late maturing, large leaves

of high nutritive value• Superior spring-summer

production under irrigation• Adapted to heavy soil types• Water logging tolerant• Good tolerance to clover

scorch disease• Safety - with limited

bloat potential• Better option than Multicut,

Common Berseem

TURBO PERSIAN CLOVER

(Trifolium majus) EG

Maturity Late


Hard Seed Level Low


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 6 - 10


• Tall erect mature growth for easy manageability

• Rapid autumn and winter seedling vigour for better establishment

• High growth rates and production in all seasons, particularly in late autumn/winter

• Specifically developed for flexibility in grazing and multi-cut production

• Suitable for silage, hay and grazing• Balanced companion legume,

annual & short term grasses• Good frost tolerance• Better option than Shaftal

Burr Burial Strength. 1 = Very Weak. 9 = Very Strong.

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Early maturing Cobra Balansa clover has the

ability to offer very high volumes of high quality feed for silage or hay

cutting purposes.


CLOVER

OVAFLOW SUB CLOVER

(Trifolium subterranean) EG

Maturity Late

Days to Flower 140

Burr Burial Strength 6


Hard Seed Level 2


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 8 - 14


• Suited to acid to neutral soils• Excellent winter production• Prolific seed producer• Ability to extend feed

production in late season areas where traditional spring rainfall continues

• Works well in pastures with dominance in early winter

• Highly nutritious feed• Well suited to intensive pasture

grazing systems• High dry matter yields• Large leaf type suitable for long

season growth• Better option than Goulburn,

Denmark, Leura

RENEGADE RED CLOVER

(Trifolium pratense) EG

Leaf Type Large


Hard Seed Level Medium


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 3 - 4


• Excellent hay diploid type for top end forage

• High yielding• Supreme feed quality• Good persistence• High protein• Disease resistant• Renegade Red offers excellent

summer production to increase pasture volumes and quality

• Price competitive option to add instant legume to grass based pastures

• Better option than USA Red, Redquin, Claret

RIESLING WHITE CLOVER

(Trifolium repens) EG

Leaf Type Medium



Waterlogging Tolerance Good

SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 3 - 4


• Highly persistent and heat tolerant• Dense leaves• High stolon density• Resistant to many diseases,

nematodes and insect pests• Strong root system• Persists under heavy grazing• Excellent long term performance• Excellent companion species in

high performance grass blends.• Riesling offers long term perennial

legume base to high rainfall/ irrigation properties

• Better option than Vic Irrigation, Tahora, Mink

JUMBO WHITE CLOVER

(Trifolium repens) EG

Leaf Type Large




SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 3 - 4


• Large leaved ladino type, highly winter active cultivar

• High summer production• Strong seedling growth• Outstanding winter forage

production for grazing and hay• Excellent heat tolerance• Tolerance to red legged earth mite• Good persistence under animal

grazing systems• Offers real quality and punch

to high performing grass based pastures

• Better option than Haifa, Kopu, Waverley

DALSA SUB CLOVER

(Trifolium subterranean) EG

Maturity Early

Days to Flower 97



Hard Seed Level 9


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 8 - 14


• Suited to acid to neutral soils• High levels of hardseed and very

strong seed burial• Solid legume to act as backbone

product in pasture blends• Very good herbage production• Outstanding seed production, with

the largest of all Subterranean seed• Regenerates better than most

other strains of early to mid season maturity sub clovers

• Excellent Burr burial strength to allow for maximum seed set going into future pasture phase

• Capable of long regeneration due to high hard seed level

• Better option than Dalkeith, Nungarin

HATRIK SUB CLOVER

(Trifolium yanninicum) EG

Maturity Mid

Days to Flower 114



Hard Seed Level 2

Waterlogging Tolerance Very Good

SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 8 - 14


• White seeded variety• Suited to acid to neutral soils• Suitable as a long term pasture

option with forage grasses• Tolerant to waterlogged or poorly

drained soils• Excellent seedling vigour• High herbage production• Good seed yields• Vigorous growth• Quality forage for grazing, hay

or silage• Suited to good dryland rainfall or

irrigated country where long term Yanninicum sub clover is required

• Better option than Trikkala, Riverina, Gosse

CLARE 2 SUB CLOVER

(Trifolium brachycalycinum) EG

Maturity Mid

Days to Flower 130



Hard Seed Level 2


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 8 - 14


• Suited to neutral to alkaline soils• Excellent hay type • Quick vigorous growth, early in

the season• Oestrogenic potency is low – safe

for all classes of livestock• Seeds are typically 40% larger

than other sub-clovers leading to excellent early vigour

• Resistant to Cercospora leaf spot, leaf rust, powdery mildew and subterranean clover mottle virus

• Some tolerance to clover scorch• Less seedling damage from red

legged earth mites• Good tolerance to blue-green aphid• Better option than Clare, Antas

RAJAH RED CLOVER

(Trifolium pratense) EG

Leaf Type Medium




SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 3 - 4


• Intermediate to late flowering variety

• True grazing diploid type with excellent growth recovery

• Productive in spring, summer and early autumn

• Very low oestrogen• Suitable for grazing and

fodder conservation• Highly productive• Improved grazing tolerance• Good early production• Better option than

Colenso, Astred


MEDIC

CAVALIER Regenerated

Cavalier Medic paddock 3 years after being sown.

The initial crop was followed by a wheat

then barley and high incrop usage of broadleaf chemicals. Medics having high

hardseed levels allow for excellent regeneration for many years after.

MEDIC– STRAND, BUTTON, SNAIL , SPINELESS BURR & BARREL –

CAVALIER – THE AGGRESSIVE SEEDING ABILITY OF CAVALIER SPINELESS BURR MEDIC DEMONSTRATED IN A

SEED PRODUCTION PADDOCK IN FREELING, SA

SILVER SNAIL – GERMINATING THROUGH SEED POD ON TOP OF SOIL SURFACE IN WARWICK, QLD

BINDAROO BUTTON

JAGUAR STRAND

CALIPH BARREL

SILVER SNAIL

FEATURES OF MEDICS Medics are self-regenerating,

annual clovers that grow in autumn, winter and spring above 250mm rainfall.

They are best suited to crop rotations on neutral to alkaline soils. Forage produced by annual medics is high in protein for the grazing animal. Even the dry seed pods on the ground over summer provide a protein feed for grazing animals to maintain wool and meat growth.

This increases soil fertility, resulting in higher production of grain and fodder crops in the future.

If established successfully and allowed to set adequate seed, annual medics will regenerate year after year.

This is due to their ability to produce hard seeds, a percentage of which break down each year.

This mechanism also gives the annual medics protection against drought and allows for good regeneration after 1-2 years of cropping.

• Can be sown dry into cereal crop stubble, prior to autumn rains

• Medics have proven to be a great partner in dairy situations with ryegrass. They offer excellent winter production superior to other pasture legumes

• They grow best on neutral to alkaline soils - soils with pH 6.0 to 8.5

• Legumes which are capable of regenerating each year without reseeding. Seed pods lie on top of the soil during summer. Seed in these pods germinate and produce a pasture in the following autumn after rains commence

• Soil fertility builders. Nitrogen is produced in the soil on the plant roots biologically. Roots and plant residues increase soil organic matter

• Forage produced is high in protein whether used for grazing animals or for forage or silage

• Drought tolerance and persistence over a wide range of soils and rainfall areas. Medics can germinate, grow, flower and set seed on as little as 80mm rainfall, spread over 2-3 months

• Annual medics are sown with cereal crops in cropping rotations. However, they can be sown on their own for fodder production

• During summer the dried plant residues and seed pods on the ground provide high quality forage of protein content around 10%

A VIGOROUS MEDIC PASTURE OF ABOUT 8 TONNES PER

HECTARE CAN PRODUCE UP TO 200KG/HA OF NITROGEN

IN ONE YEAR, EQUIVALENT TO 400KG OF UREA.

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SPEED OF CAVALIER MEDIC HELPS IN FAT LAMB ENTERPRISE

The establishment speed of Cavalier spineless burr medic has made it a good option in conjunction with grasses on the property of Tony Byrne, at Cambridge, north-east of Hobart, Tasmania.

Mr Byrne said it was important to put a legume into the mix and over the last two seasons he has included Cavalier medic with ryegrass (in 2014) and Moby forage barley (in 2015).

“Cavalier has excellent speed out of the ground for a legume,” he said. “It seemed to be ready to graze at the same time as the other forage.”

He said it was a good option to blend the mix with their grasses in an autumn plant and take advantage of the extra quality from the legume.

Last season Moby forage barley, at 60 to 80 kilograms per hectare, and Cavalier medic, at 8 to 10 kilograms per hectare, were sown on the autumn break in April.

Dry conditions meant some early irrigations were needed, although by early June there was an excellent stand of both varieties ready to be grazed by the lambs.

Mr Byrne said the 16 hectare block was grazed twice to keep the forage down and then fenced into three areas for a larger grazing by a mob of sheep.

He said the Moby barley was approximately eight inches in height with the Cavalier medic coming through, and each section was grazed by ewes and lambs across a seven day period.

The area fed the stock well for 21 days in a season which was very dry throughout winter and the spring.

During the previous year, Cavalier medic was blended with an Italian ryegrass and, in more favourable conditions, produced a lot of bulk throughout the season.

“The growth of Cavalier was quite incredible,” Mr Byrne said.

That season the medic was allowed to pod up and the seed bed

will germinate and provide a good legume option in the years to come.

Fat lamb production is the main focus of the enterprise with forages such as ryegrass and barley utilised for autumn and winter feed.

Lucerne is grown as a summer feed option and last year L71 was planted with clover during spring.

Four years of production is generally expected from a well-managed lucerne paddock on the property.

IMAGE: Tony Byrne and Tom Brown inspecting Cavalier medic coming up through a ryegrass pastures at Cambridge, TAS.

CAVALIER

“WITH CAVALIER WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO IS LET IT SEED

AND HAVE A SEED BANK THERE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE

HOW IT COMES BACK.”

JAGUAR V ANGEL

JAGUAR V HERALD

Data from; Latta, Roy and Ian Richter (2011). Adapting to climate change with crop sequences. In Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems. Summary 2011, p111-112. Trial at Minnipa, SA on a typical mallee sandy loam.

* Note that as Jaguar has larger seed than Angel and both were sown with the same weight of seed, a higher % of Jaguar seed (probably about 20% more) successfully established compared to Angel.

Data from; PBR trial at Currency Creek, SA. Sown late July 2012 as spaced plants.

Other data showed no significant difference in flowering dates, pod or seed weights in this trial.

VARIETY ESTABLISHMENT 27.05.11

PLANTS/M2

HERBAGE 11.08.11 KG/HA

HAY 19.09.11 KG/HA

REGROWTH 31.10.11 KG/HA

Jaguar 123* 2,800 4,500 900

Jaguar as % of Angel 100* 133 155 900

Angel 123 2,100 2,900 100

Angel as % of Angel 100 100 100 100

VARIETY HERBAGE 10.10.12 KG/HA

HERBAGE 12.11.12 KG/HA

Jaguar 5,690 6,750

Jaguar as % of Herald 157 142

Herald 3,630 4,750

Herald as % of Herald 100 100

Cavalier is a spineless burr medic with a relatively high percentage of soft seed compared to Santiago. It has high herbage and seed production. Developed to extend the role of annual medics, particularly in phase pastures, where higher levels of soft seed will result in more densely regenerating second year pastures. Cavalier is suited to farming systems with either a long-term or short-term phase. Cavalier can provide a sound base for pasture with a broader range of maturity, pest and pathogen tolerances, and hard seededness. This allows for the pasture to respond to various environmental fluctuations, and management practices.

PERFORMANCE OF JAGUAR STRAND MEDIC

Jaguar is a new pod and leaf holding, early maturing, strand medic with moderate hard seed. It is an outstanding performer on the drought prone sands and loams.

The leaf holding trait allows Jaguar to retain higher levels of forage for a longer period.

This enables graziers to maintain higher quality pastures even once the plant has pod formation. Typically, most strand medics drop their leaf at this stage which in turn leads to lower total dry matter production.

Jaguar’s excellent plant vigour makes it a better competitor with incrop weeds. In many situations the following crop phase has seen a significant reduction in weed plant numbers (in comparison to other medics) due to its competitive nature.

Jaguar has excellent tolerance to the major aphid pests and good tolerance to diseases.


MEDIC

CALIPH BARREL MEDIC

(Medicago truncatula) EG

Flowering (days) 80


Hard Seed Level 9


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


• Earliest maturing aphid-resistant barrel medic

• Good annual production where long term persistence is sought after

• Good seedling and early vigour• Moderate tolerance of soil

boron toxicity• Resistant to spotted alfalfa aphid

and blue-green aphid• High hard seed levels• Suited to areas with as little as

250mm annual rainfall• Replacement for Parabinga• Better option than Parabinga

CAVALIER SPINELESS BURR MEDIC

(Medicago polymorpha var brevispina) EG

Flowering (days) 90


Hard Seed Level 7


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


• Mid-maturing variety• Flowering 90-95 days in

regions with an average 350mm rainfall

• Successfully used in pasture systems with annual and Italian grasses to bolster winter grazing capacity

• Superior winter growth to sub clover therefore helping to fill traditional winter feed gaps

• An average of 13.8% soft seed in the first year

• Grows well on alkaline to slightly acid soils

• Good waterlogging and salinity tolerance - up to 8 D/sm

• Most adaptable medic in the Australian market

• Successfully grown in pH soils down to 4.5 CaCl in NSW

• Excellent grazing tolerance

SILVER SNAIL MEDIC

(Medicago scutellata) EG

Flowering (days) 77


Hard Seed Level 8


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 15 - 18


• High levels of herbage dry matter yield and seed production

• Derivative of Sava bred by QDPI• Excellent option in sub tropical

grass pastures, where winter legume production is king

• Silver is relatively upright in growth habit, which allows the variety to compete effectively for light

• Early - mid maturity cultivar suited to regions of a min 350mm rainfall

• Good resistance to spotted alfalfa aphid and blue-green aphid

• Shown in field tolerance to Sitona weevil

• Excellent seedling and early vigour• Better option than Sava Snail

JAGUAR STRAND MEDIC

(Medicago littoralis) EG

Flowering (days) 89


Hard Seed Level 7


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


• New leaf holding gene to allow for longer levels of forage holding ability

• Higher dry matter production than conventional strand medics that are prone to leaf drop nearing seed formation

• Excellent plant vigour that allows for additional weed suppression and rebound from insect damage

• Outstanding performer on light sand and loam soils

• Jaguar offers excellent weed suppression helping with long term reduction in weed numbers in following crops

• Better option than Herald

BINDAROO BUTTON MEDIC

(Medicago orbicularis) EG

Flowering Early


Hard Seed Level 10


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15

• Early flowering, self-regenerating annual forage legume with distinctive flattened, button-shaped pods

• Ideal legume to complement tropical grass based pastures

• Producer of larger quantities of seed than barrel medics in dry and marginal environments

• Well adapted to low rainfall and marginal zones

• Adapted to heavy and loamy textured alkaline soils in Queensland and north-western New South Wales, and alkaline sandy and loamy soils in southern Australia

• Semi-prostrate in habit, and flowers and sets seed readily under grazing

• High seed producer – grazing does not diminish its seed production, which can occur with other medic varieties, e.g. snail medic

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RYEGRASS CHARACTER TRAITS DIPLOID TETRAPLOID

Length of Leaf Shorter Longer

Width of Leaf Thinner Wider

Tiller Numbers Higher Lower

Growth Habit Prostrate Semi Erect

Water Content Lower Higher

Sugar Content Lower Higher

Palatability Lower Higher

Size of Seed Smaller Larger

Seed Production Higher Lower

Plant Vigour Lower Higher

Forage Production Lower Higher

DIPLOID/TETRAPLOID RYEGRASS

Perennial, Italian and Hybrid ryegrass occur both in the naturally evolved, diploid form (14 chromosomes) and a tetraploid form (28 chromosomes).

In contrast, diploid ryegrass is suitable for hay production over multiple years and is better suited to drier conditions and close grazing. Less cell wall (cellulose) but more carbohydrate means that dry matter production of Tetraploid Ryegrasses is of higher quality and the grass is more palatable.

ANNUAL RYEGRASS (LOLIUM WESTERWOLDICUM)

Westerwoldicum is an annual type Italian ryegrass, and the fastest growing ryegrass. Unlike Italian ryegrass, it is able to become reproductive during the sowing year. Westerwoldicum is used when high production is required within 3 - 6 months after sowing and is able to achieve good yields in the winter and early spring. There are only minor differences between diploid and tetraploid varieties.

TETRAPLOID RYEGRASS

Jivet annual Italian ryegrass is a tetraploid. It has double the number of chromosomes (28) for better tillering, faster growth, larger leaf size, higher moisture and carbohydrate content.

ITALIAN RYEGRASS (LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM)

Italian ryegrass is one of the fastest growing grasses. It establishes well, has early spring growth and rapid regrowth that is well suited to grazing or harvesting, offering good digestibility.

Italian ryegrass thrives well in all kinds of soil; making it is suitable for a multitude of uses from conservation to under-sowing and ongoing pasture maintenance.

The new varieties have good persistence and are able to be used for 2 - 3 years in mild climates. Italian ryegrass is available in both diploid and tetraploid.

FESTULOLIUM (FESTULOLIUM BRAUNII)

Perun is an interspecies cross between Italian ryegrass and meadow fescue and the resulting variety possesses the key benefits of both grasses.

Festulolium offers high quality, broad adaptability, excellent heat and cold tolerance, excellent persistence and seasonal growth.

Festuloliums are suitable for use where maximum performance and quality are required in environments that are unsuitable for either perennial or Italian ryegrass.

HYBRID RYEGRASS (LOLIUM X BOUCHEANUM)

Hybrid ryegrass is a cross between perennial and Italian ryegrass - combining yield, quality

and persistence. The types in this product group range in parentage from very perennial to intermediate to very Italian in performance. Hybrids are suitable for grazing, conservation and make a very good companion in a seed mixture. Hybrid ryegrasses have improved drought tolerance to Italian ryegrass, especially the very dense hybrids.

Spring growth is generally like early perennial ryegrasses, where as the heading is more like a medium maturity perennial and this gives a great deal of flexibility in spring as it has high quality forage.

PERENNIAL RYEGRASS (LOLIUM PERENNE)

Perennial ryegrass is a high yielding, high quality grass. Under grazing management, the best varieties are very persistent, provided they are well fertilised and grazing is suitably managed. In cool areas, it plays an important role in short-term production with high yields and quality. Perennial ryegrass is compatible in mixtures with white and red clover and is also suitable for sowing into a worked seed bed or for direct drilled. The varieties are available in early, mid or late heading types and also diploid and tetraploid.

** ROOTING DEPTH SHOWN UNDER OPTIMAL CONDITIONS. THIS IS A REFERENCE ONLY.

TETILA TETRAPLOID – THICK STEMS VS SURREY 2 DIPLOID – THIN STEMS


PASTURE GRASSES

PASTURE GRASSES– RYEGRASS, FESTULOLIUM, TALL FESCUE, COCKSFOOT & PHALARIS –

EXCELLENT WEIGHT GAINS WITH JIVET RYEGRASS

Jivet tetraploid annual Italian ryegrass has provided excellent weight gains over a number of seasons on the cattle and fat lamb enterprise of Evan Dunn, at Walcha, in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales.

Mr Dunn said they had used Jivet for the past two seasons and were able to plant it in late January or early February.

Jivet works well for both the cattle and lambs and is generally grazed by a combination of both throughout the season.

Lambs are born from June and staggered over a three month period with the first progeny sent to market at the end of November.

Mr Dunn said some of the lambs

in that mob weighed 50 kilograms, having lived on Jivet ryegrass from the beginning.

He said it could be quite cold in the winter time although the ewes did particularly well on the Jivet across the period.

“The ewes had no trouble at all on the ryegrass and the lambs grow so quickly. It’s the best one-year ryegrass we’ve ever used.”

Cattle also graze the ryegrass and are generally topped up with straw to help them maximise the feed.

The cattle calve down in July and utilise the Jivet through the winter and spring period.

Jivet is sown into 20 or 30 hectare paddocks and grazed by mobs of sheep and lambs numbering 300 to 400 across the season.

Approximately 15 sheep per hectare are used to get the feed down before they are moved to an adjacent paddock for further grazing.

Mr Dunn said the grazed area is locked up for three to four weeks and was then available for the livestock as part of the next rotation.

“They really hammer it out and then we go again,” he said.

The length of grazing across the season was also an important factor

in choosing Jivet with its ability to grow well into late spring.

On the Dunn property the last grazing was achieved in the middle of November before the areas were sprayed out and readied for the following year.

Some areas are planted to fescue while the remainder are left dormant across the first two months of

summer and are then sown to Jivet early the following year.

Cattle and lambs from the property are sold to a wide range of end users including a supermarket chain.

IMAGE: Evan Dunn (pictured with Hannah, Georgia and Rowan), has used Jivet ryegrass for his cattle and fat lamb enterprise at Walcha, NSW.

JIVET

IN TEN WEEKS WE WERE RIGHT INTO GRAZING

IT. WE GAVE IT A HIT OF UREA IN SEPTEMBER AND

AWAY IT WENT AGAIN.

JIVET RYEGRASS FOR LONGER SEASON AT KALBAR

The longer maturity of Jivet ryegrass allowed it be planted later and still achieve four grazings last year on the property of Charles Moore, at Kalbar, in south-east Queensland.

Mr Moore, who buys in cattle each year to fatten up and then sell, said it was the first time he had planted Jivet and was pleased with the results.

He said while normally they sowed their ryegrass in early April, the Jivet paddock was not planted until late May.

Despite the late plant, Jivet still provided four good grazings for the cattle and produced feed well into late spring.

The Jivet ryegrass was sod-seeded into an existing lucerne stand and both options complemented each other well, with the lucerne growing well as the lifespan of the ryegrass came to an end.

Ryegrass was planted to 16 acres on the property last season and was grazed by 47 bullocks, four times across the season.

Mr Moore said they would use a hotwire to move the cattle across the paddock on a daily basis with the stock getting approximately 10 metres of feed each time.

He said they bought the cattle in late spring and grazed them on Callide Rhodes grass across the summer before moving across to the ryegrass in late autumn and winter.

The majority of cattle were sold in the spring of 2015 and returned an average dollar value three times the amount paid a year earlier.

Cattle enter the property at a weight of 350 kilograms, at approximately 15 months of age and are fattened up across the 12 month period before being sold.

Mr Moore said Jivet produced a wider leaf than the other ryegrass

and performed well on the property.He said each paddock received

one bag per acre of urea and an irrigation after each grazing.

After the Jivet finished its season, the lucerne in the paddock was cut for hay across the summer period.

In the future, the mix of Callide Rhodes grass and ryegrass will be used in the majority of paddocks across a twelve month period.

Mr Moore said the Callide Rhodes grass had the ability to produce two cuts of hay across the summer period and then the ryegrass can be sod-seeded into the area in the autumn.

IMAGE: Charles Moore, of Kalbar, QLD, used Jivet ryegrass successfully to fatten cattle across winter and spring last season.

JIVET

“IT GOES A BIT LONGER THAN THE OTHER RYEGRASS

(TETILA) WHICH WENT TO HEAD WELL BEFORE

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PASTURE GRASSES

PENFIELD RESEARCH STATIONLIVEWEIGHT GAIN TRIAL 2012

• An irrigated 6Ha paddock was divided into 12 half Ha sections. On the 8th of May, 4 of these sections were each sown with 3 different Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass varieties: Jivet, Tetila and Winter Star 2. Sowing rate was 30kg/Ha

• 21 Angus x Hereford steers were split into 3 grazing groups of 7 steers, with an average starting weight of 245kg

• The 3 groups simultaneously grazed each of the varieties throughout the duration of the trial

• The trial ran for 12 weeks, with an additional 4 week pre-trial grazing period, in which each block of each variety would be grazed in a rotation for a week every 4 weeks. The pre-trial grazing started the rotation off so blocks had an equal re-growth

time; the measured trial period ran from the 27/8/2012 until the 19/11/2012 (84 days)

• Each group of steers spent equal grazing time on the 3 varieties

• No other source of feed or supplements were given to the animals

DISCUSSIONThe trial protocol used was

developed to remove any variables and limiting factors other than the ryegrass variety being grazed, so that it was ideally the only influencing factor into the differences of the animal’s performance. During the trial, measurements were not only taken for the weight gain information on the steers, but forage production and rate of consumption were analysed as well. This gave us data on the intake of the animals on the specific varieties, and the efficiency of the different forage in weight gains. One of the major

goals was to assess the winter productivity of the varieties which was quite impressive, but as the trial continued to later in the season and into spring, we saw some quite dramatic differences in forage production and quality.

As the season progressed, the earlier maturing Tetila started to show head emergence and stem elongation, and responded a lot slower in regrowth to grazing; this lead to less overall productivity and reduced intake from the grazing groups.

The later maturing Jivet had more end season growth and animal performance due to its increased productivity during this time. It is clear that using a later maturing variety (18+ days to flowering later than Tetila) that you can achieve higher live weight gains due to better forage quality and overall yield in an extended season.

IMAGE: Jivet (left) showing good growth while Tetila (right) is losing quality causing decline in animal production.

AVERAGE KG/DAY WEIGHT GAIN

1ST ROTATION

2ND ROTATION

3RD ROTATION

Jivet 1.57 1.69 1.57

Tetila 1.51 1.48 1.20

Winter Star 2 1.49 1.67 1.48

SEASONAL AVERAGE KG/DAY WEIGHT GAINCULTIVAR KG/DAY WEIGHT

GAIN AVERAGEDM T/HA

PRODUCED TOTAL

Jivet 1.61 10.10

Tetila 1.40 8.90

Winter Star 2 1.55 9.80

WEIGHT GAIN AND DRY MATTER PRODUCED

1.45

1.65

1.40

1.60

1.35

1.55

1.30

1.50

1.25

Tota

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/Day

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ght

gai

n

Winter Star 2TetilaJivet

115% 100% 110%

10.1t9.8t

8.9t

Total DM t/Ha produced

Time of Flowering Jivet Tetila Winter Star 2

1.00

2.00

1.50

kg/d

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eig

ht g

ain

3rd Rotation (28 days)2nd Rotation (28 days)1st Rotation (28 days)

SEASONAL AVERAGE KG DM/HA/DAYAVERAGE KG DM/HA/DAY

1ST ROTATION

2ND ROTATION

3RD ROTATION

Jivet 81.0 97.0 78.0

Tetila 71.0 86.0 39.0

Winter Star 2 79.0 94.0 74.0

120.00

3rd Rotation (28 days)2nd Rotation (28 days)1st Rotation (28 days)

100.00

80.00

60.00

40.00

ANNUAL RYEGR ASS GR AZING TRIAL – With Annual Italian ryegrasses being a very large proportion of pastures sown in Australia each season, the target grazing trial was set up to look at actual animal performance in a grazing situation. The true advantage of later heading material such as Jivet and Winter Star 2 was evident in not only forage production, but animal weight gain performance. The ability to measure seed costs upfront compared to dollar return is very important in an annual production system. The results in this trial help to quantify this investment in higher performing grass products.

JIVET weight gain increases

15% on Tetila, 5% on Winter

Star 2

1ST ROTATION – 27.08.12 to 23.09.122ND ROTATION – 24.09.12 to 21.10.123RD ROTATION – 22.10.12 to 19.11.12

1ST, 2ND & 3RD ROTATION (EACH ROTATION IS 28 DAYS)


PASTURE GRASSES

JEANNE RYEGRASS THE PERFECT FIT ON GIPPSLAND DAIRY FARM

A first time look at Jeanne tetraploid Italian ryegrass has yielded excellent results on the dairy property of Paul Kent, at Woolamai, near Wonthaggi, in South Gippsland, Victoria.

Mr Kent said he was keen to look at a new Italian ryegrass option early in 2015 and put in two bags of Jeanne as a grazing and silage option in late March.

“It’s proven to be the perfect fit for us,” he said. “Jeanne has beaten everything else hands down.”

The Jeanne paddock was grazed four times during the early part of the season before being locked up and harvested as round bale silage in the middle of October.

After the silage was harvested, dairy cows were able to graze the paddock a further three times before the end of the season.

Mr Kent said they milked 175 cows on the property and relied on oats and ryegrass for their bulk in

the winter and spring and summer crops and silage at other times of the year.

All crops are grown under dryland conditions and managed to ensure feed is available at various times across the season.

He said in the two hectare paddock that contained Jeanne, an electric wire was used to progress the cows across the area, and they were generally feeding on the ryegrass for a period of five days.

During the winter period the cows were back in the paddock every 22 days.

“I found Jeanne was a very good fit for our low fertility soils,” Mr Kent said. “It grows like hair on a cat’s back.”

A range of fertilisers were used to address the soil fertility challenges, with Jeanne responding particularly well under the conditions.

“I am always looking for that one per cent extra and Jeanne is definitely giving me that one per cent,” Mr Kent said.

He said other ryegrass options he had used in the past went to head too early to get any

real benefit in late spring and early summer.

The Jeanne paddock last year responded well to a rainfall event in early November and continued to grow and provide grazing options into that critical period.

Next season Jeanne will be sown in a blend with a clover option for high quality grazing and silage options.

IMAGE: Paul Kent, of Woolamai, Vic, found Jeanne tetraploid Italian ryegrass the perfect fit on his dairy property last season.

JEANNE RYEGRASS PERFORMS WELL IN TOUGH SEASON

A switch to Jeanne ryegrass as a multi-year option has proved positive for Jason Andrews on his dairy property, at Numurkah, in northern Victoria.

Mr Andrews said he grew a tetraploid Italian ryegrass and a tetraploid annual Italian ryegrass each season and last year settled on Jeanne and Jivet as his two options.

Both were sown in mid-March and formed part of the dairy grazing options from autumn through to spring on the property.

Jeanne replaced Crusader as the late Italian ryegrass and performed particularly well in a year that didn’t produce a lot of rain in the spring period.

Mr Andrews said Jeanne was out of the ground early and provided a good quantity of feed going into the winter period.

Along with the Jivet, it formed the basis of the grazing feed options throughout the season with

the cows allowed to strip-feed the area during the day and at night.

During the spring period, the production from both options ramped up, Jeanne was able to be locked up and 200 round bales of silage were harvested from one area.

“It went really well,” Mr Andrews said. “I’ll definitely be planting it again.”

He said the true benefit of the feed in the spring wasn’t realised with very little rainfall and limited water availability, however it did provide valuable grazing options under those conditions.

“We had a reasonable winter and a tough spring. It managed to survive well.”

Both Jeanne and Jivet were sown with shaftal clover and competed well with the legume during establishment and through the season.

Mr Andrews said the quality of the feed was very good and there wasn’t a sign of rust in the grasses at any stage.

He said the cows did well on

the feed with their performance on a par with the more favourable conditions of the previous year.

The annual ryegrass was normally used as the silage option although last season Jivet was grazed all the way through.

As the annual ryegrass comes to an end it is replaced in the paddock by forage sorghum which is direct-drilled into the stand and then utilised as a grazing option across the summer months.

IMAGE: Jason Andrews, of Numurkah, Vic, has switched to Jeanne ryegrass as a multi-year option.

JEANNE

THE LONGER-SEASON JEANNE KEPT ON PRODUCING GRAZING

OPTIONS THROUGH UNTIL THE END OF NOVEMBER AND RESPONDED PARTICULARLY WELL TO A RAINFALL EVENT

EARLIER IN THE MONTH.

WE PUT IT NEXT TO A TETRAPLOID ITALIAN BLEND AND YOU COULD ACTUALLY

SEE THE LINE WHEN YOU LOOKED DOWN THE PADDOCK.

IT WAS DARK ON ONE SIDE AND LIGHT ON THE OTHER. WE ARE GOING TO SOW A

HEAP OF IT THIS YEAR.

JEANNE


PASTURE GRASSES

ANNUAL GRASS GRAZING TRIAL PENFIELD RESEARCH STATION LIVEWEIGHT GAIN TRIAL 2013

• An irrigated 6Ha paddock was divided into 12 half Ha sections. On the 6th of May, 4 of these sections were each sown with Icon Italian Ryegrass, Crusader Italian ryegrass and Perun festulolium.

• Sowing rate was 30kg/Ha.• 24 Angus steers were split into 3 grazing groups of 8

steers, with an average starting weight of 225kg.• The 3 groups simultaneously grazed each of the

varieties throughout the duration of the trial.• The trial ran for 16 weeks, in which each block of each variety at

least would be grazed in a rotation for a week every 4 weeks. • No other source of feed or supplements were given to the animals.

PERUN weight gain

increase over Crusader

by 29%CULTIVAR ICON CRUSADER PERUN

% NDF 52.3 53.9 49.9

ME (MJ/kg) 10.16 10.01 10.89

% Crude Protein 20.3 20.1 25.8

ADF 29.5 30.7 26.5

RFV 117 112 127

FEED TESTSAverage results from feed test info taken prior to grazing throughout the trial (4 tests). For full trial details, visit the

Pasture Genetics website pasturegenetics.com.

Heading date: 0 days = Nui perennial ryegrass Icon Crusader Perun

SEASONAL AVERAGE KG DM/HA/DAYAVERAGE KG DM/HA/DAY

1ST ROTATION

2ND ROTATION

3RD ROTATION

4TH ROTATION

Icon 75.0 80.0 77.0 65.0

Crusader 71.0 82.0 73.0 60.0

Perun 67.0 74.0 70.0 70.0

50.0

60.0

80.0

90.0

70.0

1st Rotation 2nd Rotation 3rd Rotation 4th Rotation

AVERAGE KG/DAY WEIGHT GAINAVERAGE KG/DAY WEIGHT GAIN

1ST ROTATION

2ND ROTATION

3RD ROTATION

4TH ROTATION

Icon 1.9 1.3 1.6 1.2

Crusader 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.2

Perun 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.4

1.0

1.5

2.5

2.0

1st Rotation 2nd Rotation 3rd Rotation 4th Rotation

kg/d

ay w

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ht g

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kg D

M/H

a/d

ay

VARIETAL SELECTION CHART ITALIAN

RYEGRASSPERUN

FESTULOLIUM TALL FESCUE

Establishment 8 7 4

Spring Growth 8 8 6

Summer Growth 4 6 8

Digestability 7 8 5

Winter Hardiness 6 6 9

Drought Resistance 5 6 8

Persistency 3 4 8

Characteristics measured 1 to 9 where 9 is better resistance, growth, digestibility etc.

CULTIVAR KG/DAY WEIGHT GAIN AVERAGE

DM T/HA PRODUCED TOTAL

Icon 1.5 8.3

Crusader 1.4 8.0

Perun 1.8 7.9

WEIGHT GAIN AND DRY MATTER PRODUCED

1.70

2.10

1.60

2.00

1.50

1.90

1.40

1.80

1.30

Tota

l ave

rag

e kg

/Day

wei

ght

gai

n

PerunCrusaderIcon

107% 100% 129%

8.3t

7.9t

8.0t

Total DM t/Ha produced

1ST, 2ND & 3RD ROTATION (EACH ROTATION IS 28 DAYS)

1ST ROTATION – 02.08.13 to 29.08.132ND ROTATION – 30.08.13 to 26.09.133RD ROTATION – 27.09.13 to 24.10.134TH ROTATION – 25.10.13 to 21.11.13


PASTURE GRASSES

PERUN

LONGEVITY OF PERUN PROVIDING OPTIONS ON CATTLE PROPERTY

The ability of Perun festulolium to survive through the summer period and provide feed the following year has made it a good option on the Nolan Meats property at Neusa Vale, near Gympie in the Wide Bay region of Queensland.

Farm manager, Mark Torrens, said they first used Perun in 2014 and increased plantings in 2015 after its good performance.

“We’ve been very happy with it,” he said. “It’s been a good performer and certainly holds its own against the ryegrasses.”

The property is designed to background cattle and get them ready for the feedlot. In the summer times tropical grasses such as setaria are utilised and then replaced with a range of ryegrasses through the winter.

Mr Torrens said they normally direct-drilled the ryegrass options into the tropical grass during April, May and June for feed options into spring and summer.

He said they decided to put in a paddock of Perun festulolium two years ago because of its deeper root system and ability to produce across multiple years if weather conditions are suitable.

“With the cost of planting ryegrass every year, this was an opportunity to potentially skip a season. If we only need to top a paddock up every second year it is a good option.”

The past two seasons Perun has been planted in early May with red and white clover and has provided good feed options through spring and into summer.

In 2015 the 1.5 hectares of Perun grazed 200 head of cattle over a two day period and was then put into a rotation with the other pastures on the property.

Mr Torrens said the cattle returned to the Perun paddock every 18 days as part of that rotation and performed well on the feed.

“It didn’t drop off at all,” he said. “At one stage we had 150 head and had them back in the paddock 8 to 10 days later.”

Perun was grown in different paddocks under both dryland and irrigation conditions last season and performed well.

The deeper tap root of Perun also allowed the plant to access

nutrients and moisture from further down in the soil profile and allowed it to handle the varied weather conditions well across the year.

One of the blocks was locked up late in the season with the aim of keeping it alive across summer for feed in the autumn period and then onwards to winter and spring.

IMAGE: Mark Torrens, of Neusa Vale, QLD, used Perun for its increased lifespan and deeper root system.

PERUN

PERUN HAMMERED HARD IN DAIRY START-UP AT INVERGORDON

A paddock of Perun festulolium worked hard across winter, spring and summer on a dairy enterprise in its first year of production at Invergordon, in northern Victoria.

Luke Almond said they started from scratch early in 2015. Perun was one of the first pastures sown in early March.

“We put Perun in under a pivot to get a bit of bulk in the spring time,” he said. “We then had the option to keep going with it or dry it off and let it self-seed.”

The crop was planted at 25 kilograms per hectare to 33 hectares and sown into an older lucerne stand.

Mr Almond said it was just seven weeks to the first grazing and their herd of 270 milking cows strip grazed it from 8.30 in the morning through until around 2.30 in the afternoon.

“Through the winter it got hammered really hard,” he said.

The milking cows, which also had access to cereal hay on the side, did particularly well on the feed and grazed it multiple times across winter and early spring.

There was very little winter rainfall which made the ground quite hard although the Perun continued to thrive with timely irrigations and applications of foliar fertiliser.

During spring the Perun was locked up and the 33 hectare area produced 130 bales of silage on the first cut and 144 bales of silage on the second cut.

Mr Almond said after the silage cut the cows were allowed to graze the area for five days to clean it up.

Two weeks after that they were in the paddock again and after that grazing the area was locked up for a hay cut in late December.

The mixture of Perun festulolium and lucerne provided a good option on the property with the legume coming into its own during the spring and summer months.

“They are a really good mix,” Mr Almond said. “Perun and the lucerne has worked out really well.”

He said the mix would provide a good option going into the autumn period with grazing available at a time when many other forage crops are finishing or just being planted.

“We are trying to make it self-sufficient and get feed ahead of cows.”

Perun also handled the heat which occurred in late spring and at various times during the summer period.

IMAGE: Luke Almond, of Invergordon, Vic, hammered a paddock of Perun festulolium with dairy cows throughout the year.

PERUN

PERUN FESTULOLIUM PROVIDING BULK FEED AT LEONGATHA

The addition of Perun Festulolium into the dairy farm grazing rotation has been a positive move for Ross Francis, of Leongatha, in the Gippsland region of Victoria.

Mr Francis sowed the Perun in the autumn into a paddock that had been sprayed out but not cultivated.

He said the root mat from the previous crop had initially been a concern but the Perun germinated well and produced feed very quickly.

“It was growing quicker than anything else,” Mr Francis said.

The Perun paddock was soon part of the dairy cow feed rotation and impressed with its regrowth and palatability.

“They eat it right off,” Mr Francis said. “That’s what I do like. I don’t want to be running around with the mower.”

After providing grazing opportunities through the winter period, the Perun was locked up and taken for silage during the spring.

“There was certainly a lot of leaf

in the silage.”It was then allowed to recover

and provided further feed options during late spring and moving into summer.

Mr Francis said when it was grazed off in November the feed was as high as the top of his gumboot. Normally the Perun paddock was split in half for grazing, however the excellent feed available at that time of year meant the area was cut down to three, to properly utilise the forage.

The plan with the Perun is to see how it persists across summer and make a decision on whether to over sow more of the same or another ryegrass during the autumn period.

“I really can’t complain about the Perun,” Mr Francis said. “I’m going to put some more in next year.”

Ryegrass varieties form the backbone of dairy operation through the winter and spring period, with other options such as Moby forage barley also considered as part of the feed package.

IMAGE: Ross Francis of Leongatha, VIC, in Perun Festulolium for excellent dairy cow feed.


PASTURE GRASSES

JETA THE IDEAL OPTION FOR PERMANENT PASTURE AT NEW ENGLAND

Jeta hybrid tetraploid long rotation ryegrass has proven to be the ideal permanent pasture option on properties of Roger and James Zuill, at Ebor and Guyra in the New England region of northern New South Wales.

Roger Zuill said he was advised to move from another variety to Jeta by his agronomist three years ago and has been pleased with the results.

He said the Jeta was a palatable option for both cattle and sheep and had demonstrated good drought tolerance.

At the Ebor property, cattle are used to graze the Jeta paddocks and, with the higher altitude, they are able to achieve continuous grazing all year round.

“It is particularly good in winter and we don’t seem to get a summer dormancy,” Mr Zuill said.

Sheep are the main livestock type utilised at Guyra with trade stock preferred to make the most of the available grazing opportunities provided by the Jeta.

A forty hectare area of Jeta planted in early February was able to

be grazed with lambs in early April. Across five months the mob achieved a weight gain of 539 kilograms per hectare.

At an average of $3 per kilogram liveweight gain, the Jeta ryegrass paddock returned just over $1600 per hectare gross income.

With an estimated cost of $550 per hectare from preparation and planting through until the sheep were weighed, the ryegrass option proved to be an excellent return on investment.

Mr Zuill said the Jeta paddocks were stocked at different times of the year and included ewes and lambs in September with the dry conditions of the season.

He said he liked to sow the Jeta in early February.

“It’s the perfect time to plant,” he said. “We get our first grazing in late April and a lot of production before winter.”

He said the ryegrass was sown with chicory and clover, although the majority of production has come from the Jeta in the recent dry seasons.

The oldest Jeta paddock was sown three years ago and has survived well through some very challenging times.

“We’ve had terribly dry times and a tough time for that paddock,” Mr Zuill said.

The dry times have demonstrated the drought tolerance of Jeta which has continued to perform under the less than ideal conditions.

It is hoped the Jeta paddocks will persist for at least five years before needing to be replaced.

IMAGE: Roger Zuill uses Jeta ryegrass as a long-term option on two properties in the New England region of New South Wales.

JETA AR1 DENSE & ADAPTABLE AFTER 3 YEARS GRAZING

Jeta is the first of the endophyte ryegrasses to be released from the DLF Seeds Australasian breeding program. Jeta is a long rotation ryegrass: a cross between perennial ryegrass (80%) to provide persistence, and italian ryegrass (20%) for increased winter growth.

Jeta is also a tetraploid - delivering outstanding feed quality, palatability and pasture growth. The variety is showing excellent performance, with quick establishment, good winter yield, excellent feed quality and the ability to keep performing well into the summer.

Jeta has high tiller density, important for grazing and pugging tolerance and persistence.

ANSA RYEGRASS IDEAL CLOSE TO DAIRY

A two hectare paddock of Ansa diploid perennial ryegrass, located adjacent to the dairy, has proved invaluable on the property of Travis Cox at Katunga, in northern Victoria.

Mr Cox said he had a paddock that had contained perennial pasture in the past and needed to be resown as it had copped a bit of pugging during the wet conditions.

He said Ansa was planted in the autumn of 2014 and has been a great grazing option for the dairy cows across a long period.

“As a general rule it was always a bit in front of everything else,” he said. “If we were short of a paddock there is always some grazing available there. It seems to be a bit more vigorous.”

The Ansa ryegrass established with a good plant population

early and has tillered really well across the months and years that followed.

“We got a lot of feed off it in the spring,” Mr Cox said.

At the end of 2015, when all the other grass options had come to an end, the Ansa ryegrass was still producing well.

“It stood out quite well with it being so green at that time of the year.”

Mr Cox said Ansa was sown with white clover and also has an application of super in the autumn and two to three applications of urea during the year.

As it is located right next to the dairy it is utilised just for grazing and provides forage opportunities throughout most of the calendar year.

It continued to be irrigated across summer and the only time it is less productive is during the heat of summer in mid-January and early February.

“Through March and April when everything else is starting to slow down it gives you a bit of pick,” Mr Cox said. “You can chew through some hay and silage at that time of year.”

The ability to produce grazing options at the start of autumn is quite valuable as other pastures such as forage sorghum had come to an end and it is too early for the newly planted ryegrass paddock to come on line.

As well as having multiple grazing options, the dairy property also grows corn across summer as a silage option which is utilised in conjunction with grazing and pasture silage through the year.

Calving occurs in batches throughout the year so the ability to have grazing and silage options in every month is very important.

IMAGE: Travis Cox, of Katunga, Vic, uses Ansa as a grazing option over a long period on the dairy farm.

ANSA

JETA

HYBRID CROSS FOR INCREASED

WINTER FEED


PASTURE GRASSES

ICON DIPLOID ITALIAN RYEGRASS

(Lolium multiflorum) E

Heading Date (days) +15

Lifespan (years) 2


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


Icon is a new generation diploid Italian Ryegrass with excellent feed quality offering high sugar levels able to maximise animal performance.

Several test results show sugar levels to be higher (average of 15%) than those normally found in Italian ryegrass (average of 13%), which may explain the improved utilisation and animal performance. Icon has good disease tolerance, especially against rust in irrigated areas. • High sugar and excellent feed quality• High productivity and very robust• Fantastic animal performance• Very long season growth• Targeted at top end farming• Very densely tillered and

competitive cultivar• High grazing tolerance• Weight gain increase over Crusader

by 7% – Penfield grazing trial• Better option than Crusader, Hulk,

Tabu, Mariner

JIVET TETRAPLOID ANNUAL ITALIAN RYEGRASS

(Lolium multiflorum/westerwolds) E


Lifespan (years) <1


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


The flowering date of Jivet is +18 days longer than Tetila and +4 over Winterstar which offers additional feed and higher dry matter production late into the season.

A longer growth period allows for additional milkings and stock carrying capacity.• Late maturing Tetraploid Ryegrass• Excellent option in good dryland

or irrigation ground where the extension of spring summer growth is required

• Rapid establishment/winter activity• Ability to respond to late season

rainfall where most ryegrasses will not continue

• Exceptional feed quality. One of the highly sourced products for top end farming systems

• High animal performance• Excellent rust and disease tolerance

for areas where typical ryegrasses struggle under climatic pressures

• Better option than Winter Star 2, Maximus

JEANNE TETRAPLOID ITALIAN RYEGRASS



Lifespan (years) 2 – 3


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


• The ability to maintain high forage quality late in the season gives it an advantage over existing cultivars in the Australian market

• Jeanne’s superior rust resistance has allowed for it to become a much sought after product in areas where such diseases restrict the pasture production

• Jeanne produces feed of excellent quality (high in energy and low in fibre), and several test results show sugar levels to be higher (average of 16%) than those normally found in Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass (average of 13%)

• Better option than Feast II, Emmerson

TETRONE™ TETRAPLOID ANNUAL ITALIAN RYEGRASS

(Lolium multiflorum/westerwolds) E


Lifespan (months) <9


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


Tetrone originated from the same source of germplasm as the well known Tetila ryegrass.

Tetrone has later maturity than Tetila and consequently higher nutritive value (crude protein and metabolisable energy) for longer into spring. Tetrone may be used for grazing, silage and hay production.

Tetrone is also suitable for direct drilling into existing pastures due to its quick to establishment rate. It is extremely frost resistant and has excellent cool season growth making great winter feed.• Quick start and fast growing• Annual by nature• Suitable for grazing, silage or

hay production• Strong winter growth• High levels of soluble carbohydrate

and metabolisable energy• Excellent annual performance• Better option than Tetila

Heading Date. 0 days = Tetila annual ryegrass

JACKPOT DIPLOID ITALIAN

RYEGRASS



Maturity Late

Lifespan (years) 2 - 3


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


Jackpot is a new diploid Italian ryegrass bred by DLF Seeds’ Australasian breeding program.

It was bred to replace the long standing favourite Icon Ryegrass. The breeding and testing programme aimed to develop a new fine-leaved cultivar with improved production in all seasons, and the ability to produce for two or more years in favourable climates.

Testing has confirmed that Jackpot has successfully out yielded Icon by an outstanding 26% and Knight by 9% Jackpot’s late heading date prolongs feed quality in spring giving a greater opportunity to increase overall total production.

Excellent option for farmers looking for top end production, quality and manageability. Jackpot is set to make big inroads into the Australian Italian Ryegrass market setting new levels of farmer satisfaction.• Late flowering +22 days

which give excellent long season production

• Replacement for Icon Ryegrass in 2017

• Fine leaved cultivar with improved growth in all seasons

• Increased yield advantage over Icon Ryegrass by 26% and 9% over Knight

• Jackpot will be setting new levels of farmer satisfaction into the future

MONA TETRAPLOID ITALIAN

RYEGRASS



Maturity Late

Lifespan (years) 2


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


Mona is a new tetraploid Italian ryegrass bred by DLF Seeds’ Australasian breeding program to replace Jeanne. The objectives in the breeding programme and testing were to develop a cultivar with improved production in all seasons, and the ability to produce for two or more years in favourable climates.

Testing has confirmed that Mona has successfully out yielded Jeanne by an outstanding 34%.

An added benefit of Mona is its very late heading date. This extends the period in spring when farmers can graze or cut very leafy and high quality forage by up to one month. In many irrigated or high rainfall zones, the ability to carry the production through late in the season, will be of great advantage when high quality silage and hay supplies can be stock piled. Mona’s winter and early spring growth is not compromised by the late heading, which usually occurs in late flowering Italian ryegrasses. • Very late flowering +28 days which

give excellent long season production• Commercial testing in 2016• Increased yield advantage over

Jeanne Ryegrass by 34%• Winter and early spring growth

is not compromised by the late heading which usually occurs in Italian Ryegrasses

• Lateness allows for larger bulkier silage and hay cuts to build on farm feed requirements

• Ability to produce for two or more years in favourable conditions


PASTURE GRASSES

JETA HYBRID TETRAPLOID LONG ROTATION RYEGRASS

(Lolium boucheanum) E


Maturity Mid

Lifespan (years) 5+


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 12 - 15


• Jeta is the first of the endophyte ryegrasses to be released from the DLF Seeds Australasian breeding program. Jeta is a long rotation ryegrass: a cross between perennial ryegrass (80%) to provide persistence, and italian ryegrass (20%) for increased winter growth

• AR1 endophyte package• Fast establishing• Very high yielding• Reliable early and late

season growth• High disease resistance• Successful in a range of climates

and grazing methods• Production of an Italian with the

persistence of a perennial• AR1 endophyte package

DRYLANDER DIPLOID PERENNIAL RYEGRASS

(Lolium perenne) E

Heading Date (days) -7

Maturity Early-Mid



SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


• High winter activity/ summer dormant

• A leafy and well tillered derivative of Victorian perennial ryegrass germplasm

• Drylander responds quickly to autumn rain, is frost tolerant and with its excellent early cool season growth, provides good winter feed

• Suitable for fringe areas of perennial ryegrass usage

• Extremely vigorous winter and early spring production

• Maintains a high level of persistence in pastures

• Better adapted to Australian hot dry summers

• Drylander seed is produced and harvested only from dryland production seed crops to maintain its Dryland survivability integrity

• Better option than Victorian, Boomer, Fitzroy

PERUN TETRAPLOID FESTULOLIUM

(Festulolium braunii) E




SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 15 - 20


• Inter species cross combining 80% Italian Ryegrass with 20% Meadow Fescue

• Offers the quality trait from the Italian ryegrass plus the adaption and root depth of the Meadow Fescue

• A wider adaption of soils and rainfall zones that in the past have not been able to sustain straight Italian Ryegrass

• Longer summer shoulder that provides good quality when feed quality traditionally drops

• Very good disease resistance• Cross it prefers to be sown in

warmer soil conditions experienced in the early autumn or break

• Excellent option for stitching into existing pastures such as lucerne or tall fescue

• Weight gain increase over Crusader by 29% - Penfield grazing trial

IMPACT DIPLOID LONG ROTATION RYEGRASS

(Lolium perenne) E


Maturity Late

Lifespan (years) 5+


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


• Impact flowers +21 days later than Nui Ryegrass

• Densely tillered, fine leaf ryegrass that heads later in spring remaining leafy and digestible when others go stemmy

• Impact has good persistence similar to perennial ryegrass

• Very fine and densely tillered• Excellent winter production

with late season shoulder based on moisture availability, therefore delivering extended periods of high quality grass forage going later into the spring/ summer period

• Low level of aftermath heading therefore reducing the Impact of staggered ear emergence reducing feed quality

• Low Endophyte type

ANSA DIPLOID PERENNIAL

RYEGRASS

(Lolium perenne) E


Maturity Mid

Lifespan (years) 5 - 7


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


Ansa is a high-performance perennial with very good annual production. Its real strength is in winter, when it yielded better than 10 of the 11 cultivars it was tested against.

This makes Ansa an ideal choice for farms wanting to maximise pasture supplies in winter and early spring.• + 14 day maturity ideal to meet and

manage feed requirements• Excellent seedling vigour for quick

pasture establishment• High winter performance – unique

to only a few perennial ryegrasses• Ability to target feed production

in winter when high quality forage options are limited

• Ideal ryegrass to use in high performance based systems

• Very densely tillered to offer excellent grazing characteristics

• AR1 endophyte package

ITALIAN RYEGRASS UPSTAIRS FESCUE

DOWNSTAIRS ROOT SYSTEM OF PERUN

ENABLING PLANT TO ACCESS DEEPER SUBSOIL

MOISTURE AND NUTRIENTS

1

2

IMAGE 1 Superior root system of Perun Festulolium shown at 500mm

IMAGE 2 Root system of Crusader Italian Ryegrass shown at 280mm

Heading Date. 0 Days = Nui perennial ryegrass

E =

VALLEY DIPLOID PERENNIAL RYEGRASS

(Lolium perenne) E

Heading Date (days) -17

Maturity Early



SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 8 - 14


• Kangaroo Valley germplasm – excellent persistence

• Extremely vigorous winter and early spring production

• Suited to marginal perennial ryegrass areas of 550+mm rainfall

• Widely adapted, semi-erect growth habit and is very deep rooted

• Frost tolerant and hardy cultivar, able to withstand periods of drought

• Summer dormant to enhance long term persistence and establishes well to produce good early feed

• Excellent companion option with early seeded sub-clover or medics

• Ideal for sheep enterprises with fine wool or fat lamb

• Long term pasture option• Better option than Everlast,

Camel, Meridian

OPTIMA TETRAPLOID PERENNIAL RYEGRASS

(Lolium perenne) E


Maturity Late



SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


• New generation Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass

• Densely tillered with high quality nutritious broad leaves

• Secure production under intense grazing

• A growth pattern for high feed herbage production in both winter and summer

• Significant advantages in feed quality and animal intake, ideal for high production systems

• Excellent pest and disease resistance

• Maintains the late maturity required for high production in Australian climatic conditions

• Low endophyte type• Better option than Banquet,

Bealey, Quartet, Barberia


PASTURE GRASSES

HIGH PERFORMANCE FROM TOWER FESCUE ON DAIRY PROPERTY

An area of Tower tall fescue has produced excellent grazing opportunities through Spring and Summer for dairy farmer Brian McCosh, at Purnim, near Warrnambool in the Western District of Victoria.

Mr McCosh said he had an area that was typically very waterlogged during the winter period and decided to plant the Tower fescue in May.

“There was seven hectares of Tower drilled into old grass,” he said. “You could really tell the difference in the paddock, I could see every row.”

Dairy cows were able to strip graze the paddock on three occasions from late July through until the end of the year and it provided valuable feed across the period.

Mr McCosh said the 300 dairy cows took to the feed well and held their milk production on the fescue.

“They grazed it when it was eight to nine inches high, every four to five weeks. I’m impressed with it so far and will put more of it in next year.”

The establishment of Tower was excellent in an area that was particularly prone to waterlogging and could remain under water across the winter months.

It allowed that side of the farm to be productive and provide grazing opportunities.

Mr McCosh said he also planted an area of Hummer tall fescue adjacent to the Tower tall fescue on the same day and there was quite a difference in the performance of both.

He said they were only able to get two grazings from the Hummer fescue across the period when Tower provided three.

“It just didn’t grow as well,” he said.Tower fescue was introduced into

the program to take advantage of the moisture available in the waterlogged area and also provide additional

grazing opportunities in the summer.Other options such as ryegrass had

not been effective in the wet country and the fescue had the ability to produce over a number of seasons.

The established fescue areas are being targeted with dairy effluent irrigation across the summer period and will also help fill the feed gap on the property going into autumn.

Mr McCosh said he had switched across to a perennial-based pasture system in recent years and it was working well.

He said Tower tall fescue would play an important part in the dairy operation going forward.

The property also has issues with cricket damage in the late summer and autumn period, so the established plants of Tower fescue will assist in combatting this problem.

IMAGE: Brian McCosh, of Purnim, Vic, received valuable feed from Tower tall fescue in waterlogged areas of the property.

TOWER

TOWER

TOWER JUST TOOK OFF OUT OF THE GROUND AND LEFT

HUMMER BEHIND. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW TOWER

TOOK OFF SO QUICKLY.

TOWER FESCUE THE SUMMER PERENNIAL BASE FOR TATURA DAIRY

Tower fescue is being used as the perennial summer base for grazing on the property of Andrew Groves, at Tatura, in northern Victoria.

Mr Groves said fescue suited the area because of its ability to produce through the hotter months where grazing options are limited.

“It’s the last option we’ve got for any sort of summer perennial base.”

He said other options such as perennial ryegrass have been tried on the property in the past and have not suited the hot conditions of the summer.

“I swore never to go back to perennials but then it was suggested I look at fescues.”

Over a number of years, other fescue options have been used in a pasture mix and last season Tower fescue was planted at a rate of 32 kilograms per hectare in the autumn as a standalone pasture.

Self-sown ryegrass and clover came up with the fescue and produced feed through winter and spring before the other varieties

wilted out and the paddock was left with the rows of Tower.

During the summer months fescue is then irrigated and forms the main grazing option through until annual ryegrasses are available in the autumn.

Mr Groves said fescue did an excellent job at a time of year where they utilised silage and grain for the dairy cows or had to consider a summer forage option and the cost of the irrigation water needed to establish and grow those crops.

“Fescue is doing a good job for us,” he said.

Good water use efficiency compared to perennial ryegrass allows productive growth in the summer time when there are very little other options available.

The soil type the Tower was sown into hadn’t long been lasered, and was quite poor in areas.

Despite these set-backs, the Tower grew and produced well under the less than favourable conditions.

Fescue options have been grown on the property for many seasons and have had a very long life span.

Mr Groves said there was also the option of direct-drilling other crops into the stand to bulk out the fescue at different periods of the year.

He said there is also a good option in autumn to oversow with ryegrass to provide more winter feed in that paddock now that the fescue has established over summer.

IMAGE: Andrew Groves, of Tatura, VIC, uses Tower fescue as the perennial summer base for his dairy operation.

“THE NEW FESCUE IS A LOT MORE PALATABLE THAN THE

OLD ONES,” MR GROVES SAID.


PASTURE GRASSES

SUPERIOR GROUND COVER OF TOWER COMPARED WITH QUANTUM, BOTH 2 YRS UNDER GRAZING.

Tower is a continental fescue that has a soft and palatable leaf and is being released after excellent performance in production trials. The late heading date and palatability of Tower makes it ideal for farmers wanting to achieve high animal performance. Tower is suited to most animals, but will have greatest benefit where high performance is required from stock (e.g. dairy cows, beef and lamb

finishing), and persistent pasture is also required. Tower has a relatively fine leaf and high tiller density, giving it good tolerance to the close grazing that occurs in dryland climates. Tower has very good total growth compared with other tall fescues and is particularly productive from spring to autumn. Tower is a breakthrough cultivar for users of tall fescue. In the past, cultivars have had strengths in persistence, production, or quality - but never all three. Tower has been proven to have improved pasture production and quality, but the density and low growing point means Tower is also very likely to be very persistent.

QUANTUM TOWER

Tower Tall Fescue now comes available with Nil and the new Protek Endophyte package

Protek is a novel tall fescue endophyte• Safe on animals - cattle and sheep • Produces lolines;

• Affect insects above and below ground, enhance growth and drought tolerance

• Increases tolerance to insects; • Black beetle

• Increases pasture production (+15%)• Improves pasture persistence

3 YEAR OLD ORIGIN FESCUE IN TRIAL AT BINNAWAY NSW. 2012 – 585MM, 2013 – 479MM, 2014 – 476MM AND 2015

YEAR TO DATE OCT 432MM. STILL GOING STRONG.

TOWER SUMMER ACTIVE TALL FESCUE

(Festuca arundinacea) E

Heading Date Very Late

Lifespan (years) 10+

Type Continental


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 15 - 20

High Rainfall/Irrigation 30

• Palatable and high quality feed• Persistent and insect tolerant• Very high yields• Strong summer growth • Late maturity in spring• Soft leaf type• Suited to cattle and sheep grazing• Available with Protek Endophyte

package on request• Better option than Quantum,

Advance, Jesup

ORIGIN WINTER ACTIVE TALL FESCUE

(Festuca arundinacea) E

Type Mediterranean


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


• Mediterranean type tall fescue (Winter active, Summer dormant, will not grow following “false breaks” over summer

• Exceptional winter growth from autumn to spring and is truly dormant over summer

• Soft leaves and low endophyte encourage high stock performance

• Tolerant of droughts, seasonal water logging and saline conditions

• Better option than Resolute, Fraydo, Flecha, Prosper

AMBASSADOR CONTINENTAL COCKSFOOT

(Dactylis glomerata) E

Type Continental


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 4 - 6


• Ambassador is a highly digestible and non-aggressive cocksfoot variety

• Good autumn and winter growth, summer growth in northern areas

• Good seedling vigour and early growth

• Excellent tolerance to acid soils• Highly palatable with high

leaf bulk yields• Better persistence in wet

conditions• Key backbone product for

pasture blends in the 500mm+ rainfall zones

• Competitively priced to common products such as Porto Cocksfoot but with added forage quality

• Better option than Porto

AUSTRALIS AUSTRALIAN PHALARIS

(Phalaris aquatica) EX

Type Prostrate

GrowthSemi Winter

Dormant / High Summer


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 3 - 5


• Derived from original Australian Phalaris ‘True to type’

• High yielding and long-term productivity, drought tolerant

• Excellent palatability• Tolerance to acid soils• Low summer dormancy• Tolerates wet & waterlogged soils• Can withstand periodic flooding• Good tolerance to moderately

saline soils• Well adapted to set stocking or

rotational grazing• Treated with XLR8 insecticide for

quicker seedling establishment• Better option than Australian

E = X =


FORAGE

FORAGE– BRASSICA, CHICORY, PLANTAIN, MILLET & SORGHUM –

FORAGE YIELDS AND WEED CONTROL WITH SUBZERO

Subzero hybrid forage brassica has been used to provide forage options for cattle across a long period and as an option to control weeds on the property of Doc Halliday, at Binnaway, in central western New South Wales.

Mr Halliday said Subzero had been prominent in a trial plot over a number of seasons and he decided to plant 16 hectares of the brassica in an adjacent paddock in April of 2015.

He said the paddock chosen had issues with a number of broadleaf and grass weeds and Subzero allowed him to utilise herbicide options.

It also provided an opportunity to graze a large mob of cattle at different times of the year.

The 16 hectares of Subzero was part of a 20 hectare paddock with the remaining area consisting of grass pasture.

Mr Halliday said he introduced

140 steers onto the area at the start of July and they continuously grazed the Subzero and a nearby 20 hectare grass pasture for a period of a month.

“They ate it down over the course of a month to the stalks and I took them out and put them up to an oats paddock.

At the end of September, as the oats were coming to an end, fifty of the steers were brought back into the Subzero paddock and grazed it to the middle of October.

A fortnight later a mob of 100 heifers and cows were introduced into the Subzero with a plan to take the feed right through until Christmas.

Mr Halliday said the area could generally expect both winter and summer rainfall across the year so the brassica would respond well to any favourable weather events.

He said the plan was to take the paddock through to a second year and try to get another season of good grazing from the area.

Towards the end of 2015 the crop was trying to go to head and the

cattle were still utilising the feed and cutting it back to its base.

“Even though it had gone into its reproductive stage it was still trying to grow back,” Mr Halliday said.

While both winter and sub-tropical grass species are utilised by farmers in the area and work well as a grazing option, Subzero can provide grazing options across the

whole calendar year.It can also be used in conjunction

with a range of herbicides to clean up some hard to control weed species.

IMAGE: Excellent grazing and weed control options were provided by Subzero forage brassica on the property of Doc Halliday, at Binnaway, NSW.

AUTUMN FEED WITH JANUARY PLANTED BRASSICA

A decision to plant Subzero and Bouncer hybrid forage brassica during a heat wave in January paid off with months of feed on the property of Will Calvert, at Darlington, in the Western District of Victoria.

Mr Calvert said he had initially sown a crop into a 100 hectare paddock in the spring but very dry conditions meant it didn’t germinate satisfactorily and was unable to be used.

In January, with rain predicted after temperatures of 40 degrees, he made a decision to re-sow the paddock to take advantage of the change in season.

Feed from the brassica provided a grazing option at a time when the

alternative in the area was to feed out grain, hay or silage to the livestock.

Initially the 100 hectare area was grazed by a mob of 600 lambs and then crash grazed by 4500 ewes and lambs for a period of three months.

The lambs were sold out of the yards leaving remaining ewes and hoggets to continue grazing the paddock.

While most of the ewes were removed towards the end of May, a small mob did lamb down in the brassica.

Mr Calvert said the brassica provided excellent feed for the sheep across the autumn and winter period and was finally grazed out in the spring time.

He said many of the lambs were sold to market or over the hook in late spring.

The area is predominantly winter rainfall, although summer storms have become more prevalent in recent years and Subzero and Bouncer hybrid forage brassica have the ability to take advantage of these events.

Mr Calvert said ideally he would like to plant Subzero and Bouncer in autumn if conditions permitted to take advantage of winter moisture and have the feed available across the summer period.

He said summer was traditionally a dry time and brassicas provided a bulk of feed when other options were unavailable.

The January planted brassica was sown at a rate of just two kilograms per hectare and germinated well and provided a bulk of feed.

IMAGE: Will Calvert, of Darlington, Vic, had excellent results from Subzero and Bouncer hybrid forage brassica planted before storms in January.

SUBZERO

SUBZERO & BOUNCER

FEED ANALYSIS RESULTS

CROP CRUDE PROTEIN % DRY MATTER

ME % MJ/KG OF DRY MATTER

NDF % DRY MATTER

Subzero Leafy rape 27 14.6 22.6

Winfred Leafy rape 19.7 14.5 23.8

Greenland Leafy rape 20 14.6 22.6

Leafmore Leafy rape 20 14.5 22.8

Bouncer Leafy turnip 16.6 14.6 21.4

Balance Chicory 24 13.3 27.8

Source: Pasture Genetics Research Trial Penfield, SA, 2009.

“SIX WEEKS LATER WE WERE GRAZING IT WITH OUR

EWES,” HE SAID. “THERE WAS A LOT OF MOISTURE AND A LOT OF HEAT AND IT GREW REALLY WELL.”

“IT IS AN OPTION WE CAN RELY ON OVER

THE SUMMER.”


FORAGE

BOUNCER HYBRID FORAGE BRASSICA

(Brassica napus) EX

Lifespan (months) <9


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 3


• Leafy turnip• Tetraploid turnip x

Chinese cabbage• Quick gap fill to meet

winter shortfalls• Excellent grazing partner to

adjacent Subzero paddocks• Fast to first grazing• Fast recovery from grazing with

excellent subsequent yields• Greater leaf production• More plants surviving

after grazing• Greater regrowth• Goldstrike treated with added

Molybdenum (Mo). This helps to reduce the incidence of Whiptail caused by Molybdenum deficient soils

• Comes Standard with Goldstrike XLR8 treatment – (Poncho® Plus insecticide)

• Better option than Pasja, Hunter

RANGER PLANTAIN

(Plantago lancolata) EX

Dry Matter High

Drought Tolerance High


Growth All year round


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 4 - 8


• Performs well in all ranges of fertility

• Strikes faster than grasses• Good water use efficiency• Highly palatable and

provides excellent stock nutrition and performance

• Good all year growth and higher cool season growth

• Well balanced levels of crude protein, energy and minerals

• Higher levels of S, Ca, Na, Cu and B than grasses and some clovers

• Excellent increases in weight gains and decreased dagginess when used in a mix

• Goldstrike treated with added Molybdenum (Mo). This helps to reduce the incidence of Whiptail


CALIBRE BMR SORGHUM

(Sorghum bicolor x sudanese) E

Lifespan (months) 9


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10


• Early to mid maturing, Brown Mid Rib sorghum x Sudan grass hybrid

• 12 gene BMR now delivering new high quality in the forage market

• Low Lignin = highly digestible feed• Lignin is indigestible in ruminants• Reducing the lignin results in

higher feed intake and improved weight gains. The traditional types that have wide stems also have high levels of lignin

• Calibre BMR offers this reduction trait that will give you better grazing, silage and hay results than conventional types

• An increase in milk production by up to 20% has been achieved with the BMR trait

• SPRING OPTION ONLY

REBOUND FORAGE MILLET

(Echinochloa Esculenta) E

Lifespan (months) 9


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10 - 15


• Fast growing summer grass• Safe, good quality palatable feed• Ideal in hot summer and

high temperature regions• Fast regrowth after grazing

or cutting• Combines well with other

summer active varieties such as Red Clover or Brassica

• Plant on 14°C and rising soil temperature

• SPRING OPTION ONLY• Better option than Shirohie, Jap

All Goldstrike products include Micro-nutrients

to assist in producing healthy & balanced growth

E = X =

BOUNTY FORAGE SORGHUM

(Sorghum bicolor x sudanese) E

Lifespan (months) 9


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 10


• Early/Mid Sorghum x Sudan grass hybrid

• Good cool soil tolerance• Excellent early vigour with prolific

tillering characteristics• Suitable for sheep and cattle

grazing enterprises• Makes good quality silage and hay• Low prussic acid potential• Plant on 16°c and rising

soil temperature• Offers a new package with improved

cold tolerance, early vigour and prolific tillering characteristics. Bounty is a good all round forage option for grazing, silage or hay

• Ability to graze quickly for farmers is important and this key trait was critical in Bounty’s selection

• Aggressive tillering after grazing, results in an overall increase in dry matter production, Bounty can then be either continually grazed, ensiled or taken through as a quality baled hay product

• SPRING OPTION ONLY

SUBZERO HYBRID FORAGE BRASSICA

(Brassica napus) EX

Lifespan (months) 12 – 18


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 3


• Leafy rape• Kale x Turnip hybrid• Subzero has the ability to withstand

0°C frosts and retain green leaf• Early maturing 8-9 weeks but can

be left until 13 weeks before grazing• Multiple grazing / high quality feed• High forage yields• Goldstrike treated with added


• Subzero can be sown in spring or autumn with potential to carry through to winter

• Excellent regrowth after frequent grazing’s, making it one of the most persistent forage brassica cultivars while retaining leaf and stem quality with active regrowth throughout cool seasons, including frost periods


• Better option than Winfred, Greenland, Leafmore

BALANCE CHICORY

(Chicorium intybus) EX


Growth All year round


SEEDING RATE kg/Ha

Dryland 3


• Long term chicory• Rapid establishment and excellent

winter growth• Autumn or spring sowing option• Useful as a hard grazing option in a

rotational system• Excellent weight gains• Pasture mix option• Good protein to energy rating• Resistant to diamondback moth

and white butterfly• Goldstrike treated with added



• Better option than Puna 2, Grouse, Chico, Commander


PASTURE GENETICS

SALES, MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION

Pasture Genetics is an established, independent, Australian owned forage company providing new varieties of plants and finding ways to grow new forage crops and develop grazing systems.

Pasture Genetics has established strong relationships with Australian and overseas plant breeders securing the best genetic material available and developing the latest varieties for Australian agriculture.

This publication, on the most productive forage cultivars, will assist farmers to select the latest technically advanced and profitable varieties that will increase pasture productivity.

At Pasture Genetics, we will continue to make research investments that will drive forage cultivar improvement, sustainability and profitability for the farmer.

We will continue to improve our plant germplasm, drawn from Australia and around the world, using plant breeding and new field genetic improvement techniques to develop superior forage cultivars.

Along with this, we will continue extensive commercial field-testing for varietal development and successful positioning of our varieties in the wide range of Australian agricultural environmental conditions.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Pasture Genetics Pty Ltd has an in-house research breeding, screening and evaluation unit.

The company was established in 1997 to breed new material for the Australian environment with a particular focus on providing solutions for specific industry sectors.

Pasture Genetics has developed strong relationships with breeding houses in the USA and Europe to provide additional base material for genetic development in a wide range of products. Plant germplasm from around the world is screened to assess its suitability and adaptation to the Australian environment.

As part of Pasture Genetics commitment to research and testing, Pasture Genetics has a purpose built, state of the art, Research and Development Centre at Penfield on the outskirts of Adelaide in SA.

Penfield Station is an irrigated/dryland site set on 60 acres of red loam ground in the heart of SA’s agricultural district.

The Goldstrike Seed Treatment Facility and the Export Division of Pasture Genetics are also based at Penfield for better interstate logistics and freight management.

CEREAL MULTIPLICATION

HEAD OFFICE, WINGFIELD, SA

PASTURE BLENDING SYSTEMS EXTENSIVE FREIGHT CONNECTIONS & LOGISTICS

PENFIELD RESEARCH STATION, PENFIELD, SA


PASTURE HERBICIDE OPTIONS

WEED CONTROL– NEW PASTURE HERBICIDE OPTIONS GUIDE –

REGISTERED CHEMICAL FOR USE IN PASTURE SPECIES

BROADLEAF CONTROL GRASS CONTROL

Forage Barley

Agtryne MA, T-Rex®, Polo ®570 LVE, Bentley™, Ecopar®, Jaguar®, Tigrex®, Precept®, Velocity®, Amine 625 (2, 4-D amine), Broadstrike®, Canvas 750® (MCPA Amine), Conclude®, LVE 600 (MCPA ester), Minder®, Broadsword®, Nugrex®, Comet® 400, Estercide XTRA 680®, Esteron LV (2, 4-D ester), Lontrel Advanced®, Starane Advanced®, Tordon 242®, Torpedo®, Amicide Advance 700®, LVE Agritone®, Agritone®, Broadside®, Boxer Gold®, Cadence®, Dual Gold®, Logran®, Reglone®, Unity®

Achieve®, Axial®, Boxer Gold®, Dual Gold®

Forage Oats

Agtryne MA (certain varieties), T-Rex®, Polo® 570 LVE, Ecopar®, Tigrex®, Precept®, Amine 625 (2, 4-D amine), Broadstrike®, Broadsword®, Canvas 750 (MCPA Amine), Conclude, LVE 600 (MCPA ester), Comet® 400, Lontrel Advanced®, Starane Advanced®, Tordon 242®, Torpedo®, Amicide Advance 700®, LVE Agritone®, Agritone®, Broadside®, Diuron, Logran®, Dual Gold®, Cadence®, Reglone®, Unity®

Dual Gold®

Lucerne

Broadstrike®, Raptor® WG, Trifolamine, Bentley™, Skipper, Minder®, Broadsword®, Comet® 400, Jaguar®, Buttress®, Starane Advanced® (up to 300 mL/ha in established Lucerne), 2,4-DB, Gesaprim®, Reglone®, Gramoxone®, Spray Seed®, Trifluralin, Bronoxynil, Diuron, Simazine, Claw 350SL®

Exert® 520, Factor®, Elantra Xtreme, Burst®, Kerb®, Verdict®, Sequence, Gesatop®, Fusilade®, Gramoxone®, Spray Seed®, Trifluralin, Diuron, Simazine, Claw 350SL®

Bladder Clover Broadstrike®, T-Rex®, Igran®, Raptor® WG, Trifolamine, Nugrex®, Broadsword®, Buttress®, 2,4-DB, Raptor® WG

Exert® 520 , Sequence, Burst®, Kerb®, Verdict®, Elantra Xtreme, Claw 350SL®, Raptor® WG

Arrowleaf Clover Broadstrike®, T-Rex®, Igran®, Raptor® WG, Trifolamine, Broadsword®, Nugrex®, Ecopar®, Brodal Options®, Tigrex®*, Buttress®, MCPA 750, MCPA 250, 2,4-DB, Raptor® WG

Exert® 520, Sequence, Burst®, Kerb®, Verdict®, Elantra Xtreme, Claw 350SL®, Raptor® WG

Balansa Clover Broadstrike®, T-Rex®, Igran®, Raptor® WG, Trifolamine, Nugrex®, Broadsword®, Ecopar®, Brodal Options®, Tigrex®*, Buttress®, 2,4-DB, Dual Gold®, Raptor® WG

Exert® 520, Sequence, Burst® Kerb®, Verdict®, Elantra Xtreme, Claw 350SL®, Raptor® WG

Persian Clover Broadstrike®, T-Rex®, Igran®, Raptor® WG, Trifolamine, Nugrex®, Broadsword®, Ecopar®, Brodal Options® Tigrex®*, Buttress®, 2,4-DB, MCPA750, Dual Gold®, Raptor® WG

Exert® 520, Sequence, Burst®, Kerb®, Verdict®, Elantra Xtreme, Claw 350SL®, Raptor® WG

Red Clover Broadstrike®, T-Rex®, Igran®, Raptor® WG, Trifolamine, Nugrex®, Broadsword®, Ecopar®, Buttress®, 2,4-DB, MCPA750, Dual Gold®, Reglone®, Raptor® WG

Exert® 520, Sequence, Burst®, Kerb®, Verdict®, Claw 350SL®, Raptor® WG

Berseem Clover Broadstrike®, T-Rex®, Igran®, Raptor® WG, Trifolamine, Nugrex®, Broadsword®, Buttress®, 2,4-DB, MCPA750, Raptor® WG

Exert® 520, Sequence, Burst®, Kerb®, Verdict®, Claw 350SL®, Raptor® WG

White CloverBroadstrike®, T-Rex®, Igran®, Raptor® WG, Trifolamine, Nugrex®, Broadsword®, Ecopar®, Brodal Options®, Tigrex®*, Buttress®, 2,4-DB, MCPA750, Dual Gold®, Reglone®, Gramoxone®, Spray Seed®, Raptor® WG

Exert® 520, Sequence, Burst®, Kerb®, Verdict®, Fusilade®, Gramoxone®, Spray Seed®, Elantra Xtreme, Claw 350SL®, Raptor® WG

Sub Clover

Agtryne MA, Bentley™, Igran®, MCPA 250, Raptor® WG, ThistleKillem 750®, Ecopar®, Skipper, Trifolamine, T-Rex®, Amine 625 (spray graze), Skipper, Simazine, Brodal Options®, Tigrex®*, Broadstrike®, Canvas 750 (MCPA Amine), Esteron LV (2, 4-D ester), Lontrel® (low rates with MCPA or 2,4-D - see label), Broadsword®, Nugrex®, Amicide Advance 700® (spray-graze), Estercide XTRA 680, Agritone®, LVE Agritone®, Gesagard®, Dual Gold®, Reglone®, Gramoxone®, Spray Seed®, Raptor® WG

Exert® 520, Sequence, Factor®, Elantra Xtreme, Burst®, Kerb®, Verdict®, Gesatop®, Fusilade®, Gramoxone®, Spray Seed®, Claw 350SL®, Raptor® WG

Medics Broadstrike®, MCPA 250, Broadsword®, Minder®, Trifolamine, Ecopar® (Not Snail medic), Jaguar®*, Buttress®, 2,4-DB, Gesagard®, Raptor® WG

Exert® 520, Factor, Elantra Xtreme, Sequence, Burst®, Kerb®, Verdict®, Fusilade®, Claw 350SL®, Raptor® WG

Ryegrasses - Annual, Italian, Perennial

Agtryne MA, Igran®, Broadstrike®, Canvas 750 (MCPA Amine), Broadsword®, LVE Agritone®, Agritone®, Archer®, LVE 600 (MCPA ester), Lontrel®, Torpedo®, Gesagard® (Perennial Ryegrass only), Cadence®, Gesaprim® (Perennial Ryegrass only), Gramoxone® (Perennial Ryegrass only), Spray Seed® (Perennial Ryegrass only)

Gesaprim® (Perennial Ryegrass only), Gramoxone®(Perennial Ryegrass only), Spray Seed® (Perennial Ryegrass only)

Festulolium Broadstrike®, Broadsword® –

Tall Fescue Broadstrike®, Canvas 750 (MCPA Amine), Broadsword®, LVE Agritone®, Agritone®, Archer®, LVE 600 (MCPA ester), Lontrel®, Gesagard®, Cadence®, Gesaprim®, Gramoxone®, Spray Seed®

Gesaprim®, Gesatop®, Gramoxone®, Spray Seed®

Cocksfoot Broadstrike®, Canvas 750 (MCPA Amine), LVE 600 (MCPA ester), Broadsword®, Lontrel®, Agritone®, LVE Agritone®, Gesagard®, Dual Gold®, Cadence®, Gesaprim®, Gramoxone®, Spray Seed®


PhalarisAgtryne MA, Igran®, Broadstrike®, Canvas 750 (MCPA Amine), LVE 600 (MCPA ester), Lontrel®, Broadsword®, Estercide XTRA 680, Agritone®, Archer®, Gesagard®, Dual Gold®, Cadence®, Gesaprim®, Gramoxone®, Spray Seed®


Forage Brassica Forage Max™ tba

Plantain Igran® registration pending, Forage Max™ tba

Chicory tba tba

Forage Millet Amine 625, Comet® 400, Starane Advanced® –

Forage Sorghum Atragranz®, Comet® 400, Starane Advanced®, Atrazine, Gesaprim®, Terbyne Xtreme® Gesaprim®

Bayer ProductsJaguar®, Tigrex®, Precept®, Velocity®, Brodal Options®, *Please contact Bayer for variety specific information regarding Tigrex® and Jaguar®. Please contact Bayer before applying any product to pasture or forage crops to be used for export

BASF Products Raptor® WG

Cropcare Products Agtryne MA, T-Rex®, Polo® 570 LVE, Bentley™, Trifolamine®, Igran®, MCPA 250, ThistleKillem 750®, Amine 625, Atragranz®, Achieve®, Exert® 520, Factor®, Claw 350SL®, Unity®

Sipcam Products Ecopar®, Skipper, Elantra Xtreme, Burst®, Terbyne Xtreme®

Dow AgroSciences Products

Amine 625 (2, 4-D amine), Broadstrike®, Torpedo, Canvas 750 ®(MCPA Amine), Conclude®, LVE 600 (MCPA ester) Esteron LV (2, 4-D ester), Lontrel®, Lontrel Advanced®, Starane Advanced®, Tordon 242®, Kerb®, Verdict®, Forage Max™

Nufarm Products Amicide Advance 700®, LVE Agritone®, Agritone® Buttress®, Estercide XTRA 680®, Archer®, Broadsword®, Nugrex®, Minder®, Comet® 400, Sequence, Broadside®

Syngenta ProductsAxial®, Boxer Gold®, Cadence®, Dual Gold®, Logran®, Spray Seed®, Gramoxone®, Reglone®, Gesagard®, Fusilade Forte®, Gesatop®, Gesaprim® Please note Sprayseed, Reglone and Gramoxone are registered for in crop weed control, desiccants and spraytopping

** This chart is a guide only to which chemical options are registered for specific crops.

Always read product label prior to use to confirm tolerance of species. Observe Withholding periods to grazing or cutting for stockfeed or harvest.

Always refer to the label for specific rates, directions for use, crops and adjuvant requirements. Consult with your agronomist or chemical company as listed below.

– SOWsmart ® SPRING BLENDS –

LUCERNE & CHICORY BLEND

Time to graze 8 - 10 weeks E

L71 Lucerne X 80%



Persistent high producing lucerne, combined with mineral rich, highly palatable long term chicory.

This blend delivers good protein to energy rating driving high animal production weight gains for beef and prime lamb production. SOWsmart® lucerne & chicory reduces bloat risk while enhancing the production values of lucerne pastures.

SUMMER FEED BLEND

Time to graze 6 - 8 weeks Height to grazing 30 – 40cm E

Rebound Millet 70%


Subzero Hybrid Forage Brassica X 10%



Summer Feed Blend provides good quality production with the balancing fibre source of millet in the paddock with the brassicas. It is capable of keeping cows in lactation and weight gains on steers through the high summer temperatures.

SPRING FAST FEED BLEND




SOWING RATE 5 kg/Ha

First to spring sow and first to graze. Developed to fill the early feed gap prior to when other spring and summer crops are up to grazing stage. Potential first grazing as early as six weeks from sowing.

The benefit of this combination of brassicas is high quality feed fast when you need it so finishing stock are putting on condition.

SPRING FINISHING BLEND





SOWING RATE 5 kg/Ha

An excellent quality, high production blend, where superior levels of animal performance is required. Ideal for finishing late prime lambs or yearling steers. Best suited to situations where management and inputs are at a high level to achieve high weight gain livestock performance.

SPRING SILAGE BLEND


Spring Forage Oats 50%

Dunn Forage Peas 50%


Ideal for late winter to mid-spring sowing to produce a large volume of high energy silage. Spring silage blend is based on the Dunn pea combined with the fibre and richness of forage oats. This results in more high feed quality silage bales at around 14 weeks after sowing.

BRASSICA BLEND






SOWING RATE 5 kg/Ha

Brassica Blend has the ability to offer high quality forage and enhance the value of standing dry feed when managed correctly. Ideally, stock require access to run off paddocks for best animal performance.

SPRING GRAZE BLEND


Spring Forage Oats 70%




SOWING RATE 35 – 50 kg/Ha

Based on summer feed, but allowing for earlier sowing by replacing the millet with forage oats. Enabling the use of late winter sowing, into moisture, guarantees a solid early start for this high yielding blend. Ideally suited for carrying stock from pastures through to stubbles.

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Pasture Genetics are so confident about our seed genetics and seed quality we will replace any of our proprietary

lines at half the original purchase price if it fails to establish satisfactorily in the first thirty days.

REGISTER ONLINEConditions Apply

Disclaimer: Pasture Genetics has taken all reasonable care in the preparation of this publication. The information contained is thought to be correct at the time of publication. Always seek professional advice from your local agronomist or Pasture Genetics representative prior to purchasing any products. Copyright © 2015. All rights reserved. Science based seed®, Multileaf®, Establishment Guarantee®, Goldstrike®, SOWsmart®, Tetrone™, Xtraleaf®, Longlife™, XLR8™ and Pasture Genetics™ are registered trademarks or trademarks of Pasture Genetics or its affiliates. Poncho® Plus and Gaucho® is a registered trademark of Bayer Crop Science. All other brand names are registered trademarks of the particular company.

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