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• Improved Disease Resistance
• Improved Persistence
• Excellent Drought Tolerance
• High Quality Forage• Less Bolting
• Deep taproot helps make it drought tolerant• Oasis has high Lactocin making it more
persistent in years 2+ in Mississippi • Improved disease resistance and persistence
over other chicory varieties• Oasis averaged over 2.5 pounds per head per
day gain on 600 pound steers and heifers • at MSU, with an average stocking rate of 7.8
head per acre in spring and summer months.• Crude Protein between 20-25%• 6-7 tons average annual yield
Grazing Studies
According to Dr. John Andrae (Clemson University), cattle grazing Oasis Chicory paddocks are
consuming less minerals and showing similar weight gains than cattle grazing alfalfa.
Holly Springs Spring 05 grazing data
Spring and Summer 05 Steer Average Daily GainHolly Springs, MS
0
1
2
3
4
Spring Day0-28
Spring Day28-56
Sum merDay 0-42
Total ADGAvera
ge Da
ily G
ain (A
DG)
Oasis Chicory
Spring and Summer 05 Steer Gain per AcreHolly Springs, MS
0200400600800
SpringDay 0-28
SpringDay 28-
56
SummerDay 0-42
TotalGain/AC
Gain
per
Acr
e
Oasis Chicory
Forage Nutritional Analyses
Ryegrass Chicory SEM
% CP 15.1a 20.8b 1.5
%NDF 52.2a 38.3b 4.7
%ADF 28.7a 27.2a 2.7
%IVDMD 67.0a 69.9a 6.7
%VDMD/NDF 79.8a 85.9b 4.5
ab Means with different superscript letters within a row are significantly different (P < 0.05)
Animal Performance
Ryegrass Chicory SEM
ADG
Kg h-1 d-1
1.27a 1.19b 0.02
Gain/ha
Kg ha-1
230.8a 232.9a 14.5
Stock Rate
Animals ha-1
6.8 7.8 -
ab Means with different superscript letters within a row are significantly different (P < 0.05)