OLYMPIA has exceptional forage yield and quality potential, quick regrowth from cutting/ grazing 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
- Winter active dormancy FD 8
- Excellent seedling vigour for strong stand establishment
- Strong leaf holding characteristics for hay production or cut and carry systems
- Excellent persistence
- Strong pest and disease resistance
- High yielding/multi-purpose variety
- Versatile/ broadly adaptive
- Well suited to mixed farming zones
Disease and Pest Resistance Traits
Highly Resistant
- Anthracnose (Race 1)
- Fusarium Wilt
- Spotted Alfalfa Aphid
- Phytophthora Root Rot
- Pea Aphid
- Blue Alfalfa Aphid
Resistant
- Verticillium wilt
- Aphanomyces (Race 1)
- Stem Nematode
Olympia Lucerne, Marrabel, South Australia
Dormancy 8 Olympia Lucerne stand set up for seed production near Marrabel, South Australia. Sown at 3 kg per hectare in its second year. This block has just had a hay cut before it is locked up for seed production. Olympia has excellent forage qualities with leaf all the way down to the crown. It has been bred for hay cutters and graziers market looking for an all rounder cultivar. It has performed very well in high rainfall zones with strong disease package and insect resistance. Olympia has a strong following in the Argentinian markets where soft soils and high rainfall dominate their cultivar selection. Lucerne
Olympia Lucerne, Kongal SA
Olympia Alfalfa crop near Bordertown, SA. It has been sown at 2.5 kilograms per hectare. Low plant population for seed production are important to allow for pollination. It is coming into third harvest this year. Still vigorous for this time of year and grazed with sheep. The plant structure is leafy all the way through, with a good crown height. The plant is holding leaf all the way to the bottom of the plant. Stem diameter is good and has even growth all the way down to the stems. Alfalfa