It offers exceptional forage yield and quality potential, quick regrowth from cutting and excellent stand persistence.
Growing Conditions
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Soil Type
Suited to most soil types from sandy loams through to heavy clay soils
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Sowing Rate
Dryland hay or grazing:
4 - 8kg/ha
High rainfall/ Irrigation:
9 - 20 kg/ha
Irrigated hay production:
25 - 35kg/ha -
Rainfall
500mm+
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pH
(CaCl2) 5.0 - 7.5
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Inoculant
Group AL Rhizobium
Advantages
- Highly winter active, non-dormant FD 10
- Multifoliate leaf expression
- Well suited to hot climates
- Excellent dry matter yield
- Excellent persistence
- Strong pest and disease resistance profile
- Excellent cut and carry option with fast recovery
Disease and Pest Resistance Traits
Highly Resistant
- Spotted Alfalfa Aphid
- Anthracnose (Race 1)
- Fusarium Wilt
- Verticillium Wilt
Resistant
- Bacterial Wilt
- Phytophthora Root Rot
- Stem Nematode
- Aphanomyces (Race 1)
Moderately Resistant
- Blue Alfalfa Aphid
Excellence Lucerne, Naracoorte SA
Adam and Wayne from Synergy Seeds are chatting with Graham Myers from Naracoorte SA. We’re looking at a new seed production stand of Excellence Alfalfa/Lucerne which is a highly winter active ten cultivar. It has a multifoliate leaf trait type for hay production. The crop has responded well after lamb grazing. For seed production it was planted at a low seeding rate and the the low crown has been great for grazing and held itself very well. Alfalfa
Lucerne Windrowing, Mid North, South Australia
Crop hygiene in lucerne seed production is critical. This shows Winter Cleaning Lucerne after the lambs have grazed it. We apply herbicides such as Spray Seed and Spinnaker with the view to be grazed again and locked up for hay. This is to remove problematic weeds that you do find in the Lucerne stands. Our quality parametres are very strong and crop hygiene. This is a good part of the weed management process for lucerne and alfalfa production.