It is versatile and broadly adaptive to multi-purpose mixed farming systems looking for exceptional yield and forage quality.
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 - 20kg/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
- Fall active dormancy FD 6
- High yielding, multi-purpose variety
- Excellent persistence
- Multifoliate leaf expression (60% of the leaves have four to six leaflets).
- Has a tight leaf set and excellent leaf holding trait for hay cutters
- Strong pest and disease resistance
- Good grazing tolerance
- Versatile and broadly adaptive
- Well suited to mixed farming zones
Disease and Pest Resistance Traits
Highly Resistant
- Anthracnose (Race 1)
- Fusarium Wilt
Resistant
- Bacterial Wilt
- Verticillium Wilt
- Phytophthora Root Rot
- Stem Nematode
- Pea Aphid
- Spotted Alfalfa Aphid
Raptor Lucerne, Marrabel South Australia
Hay baling in a Raptor Lucerne paddock at Marrabel, Mid North South Australia. The bales of hay yielded about 4.5 tonnes per hectare and are sold into premium hay markets. The paddock will be locked up for seed production, once hay has been removed and harvested in March/April. Lucerne