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LUCERNE FEEDBACK
• 54Q53 LUCERNE FEEDBACK
• L56 LUCERNE FEEDBACK
• Q75 LUCERNE FEEDBACK
• L90 LUCERNE FEEDBACK
• L91 LUCERNE FEEDBACK
• MULTILEAF® ML99 LUCERNE FEEDBACK
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• MEDIC FEEDBACK
• RYEGRASS FEEDBACK
• LEGUMES FEEDBACK
• FORAGE CEREALS FEEDBACK
• SPRING OPTIONS FEEDBACK
• SOWSMART BLENDS FEEDBACK
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Frank Brock - Q75 Lucerne
Q75 produced six cuts and a total of 81 5ft x 4ft round bales and 356 small square bales from 4.8 hectares in its first season. The stand was planted on June 22, 2005 and achieved its first cut in early October. Both the first and second cuts were produced under dryland conditions with irrigation not used until late November. “It jumped out of the ground and went like a rocket,” Frank Brock said. The winter activity of Q75 also allows for grazing through the winter months. It has performed well on a range of soil types ranging from sand on clay, clay loam and stony red ground.
Frank Brock, Tintinara SA |
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Bruce Payne - Q75 Lucerne
I thought I’d lost the Q75 when I planted it due to the the mass of volunteer clover that came up when I watered up the block. But the Q75 came through and it’s now looking great.The Q75 is giving me good yields and its got leaf all the way to the ground. We’ll be planting Q75 on our next lucerne paddock.
Bruce Payne, Ashley via Moree, NSW |
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Phil Woodlands - Q75 Lucerne
I first planted Q75 in 2004. I’m very happy with the hay quality that Q75 produces. It holds its leaf very well and doesn’t drop the bottom leaves like the other varieties. Its giving me 7 cuts a season and a total yield around 25 tonne of hay per hectare over the season.
Phil Woodlands, Gunnedah, NSW |
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Ian Cutten - Q75 Lucerne
Q75 provides excellent grazing opportunities for sheep early in the season. The high winter activity of the variety allows for good spring growth with excellent response after grazing.
Ian Cutten, Keith SA |
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John Byers - Q75 Lucerne
I’m very impressed with the Q75. It really jumped out of the ground and I had a full plant stand 3 days after sowing. Its not as tall as the other winter active varieties but it has very dense growth and is making excellent quality hay. The first cut produced 200 small square bales per hectare and it has regrown very quickly. I’m surprised its going so well because the paddock isn’t the best.
John Byers, Albion Park, NSW |
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 Noel Forrest - Q75 Lucerne
Q75 lucerne trialled to fill autumn feed gap. Lucerne was trialled to fill a feed gap in the autumn on the property of Noel Forrest at Chiltern, near Albury
Wondonga, in north-east Victoria. Mr Forrest said it wasn’t normally a lucerne area but he wanted to try a
paddock to produce hay through the summer and provide some green pick through the autumn. The winter active Goldstrike Q75 lucerne variety was direct-drilled into an old pasture paddock in mid-August, at a rate of 13 kilograms per hectare. Mr Forrest said it was the first time they had grown lucerne and it was getting a
lot of positive attention in the area. The paddock consisted of both lighter and heavier soils, with the lucerne
responding well to the range of types. Mr Forrest said they could struggle for feed in April prior to the winter
pasture option being available. He said lucerne seemed an excellent option as it would respond to summer rainfall and still provide some valuable feed going into autumn. The Q75 lucerne established well and was ready for its first cut in December the same year. Mr Forrest said the dryland block responded well to the good conditions early and survived the intense heat in late spring when temperatures reached 42o C. Lucerne will be used as a long-term option on the property to produce one to two hay cuts over the summer period and allow the grazing option going into autumn. The winter activity of Q75 meant it would continue to grow through the autumn and into the cooler months. It will also produce good quality hay which can be used on-farm or sold externally. Mr Forrest said the success of the Q75 lucerne in the first season meant they will try a
bit more lucerne in the coming years. “We have been very pleased with it,” he said.
Noel Forrest at Chiltern near Albury Wodonga in north-east Victoria |
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 Phil Woodland - Q75 Lucerne
Q75 a hay winner. Phil Woodland has won the Gunnedah Show Lucerne Hay Competition for the past 3 years with Q75 Lucerne.
“My Q75 stand is now 3 years old and is going very well. It makes really good quality hay because it holds its leaf right to the bottom of the stems, even if you have to delay cutting due to bad weather. The 4 week cutting cycle for the Q75 on my farm also suits my irrigation cycle and helps to make it a very profitable lucerne crop.”
Phil Woodland of Gunnedah, NSW |
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Mick O'Connor - Q75 Lucerne
A paddock of Goldstrike Q75 lucerne sown at the start of September was able to feed lambs in December.
Mr O’Connor uses dryland lucerne to fatten lambs over the
summer months and provide the odd hay cut if conditions are suitable. The Q75 paddock had originally been planted to lucerne back in 1996 and was then rotated into a cropping phase prior to the new lucerne stand being planted on September 1, 2009. Mr O’Connor said lucerne had been an ideal option to fatten lambs, with an adjoining block of 15 hectares carrying 600 stock into December. The ewes lamb onto grasses in May and
June and the lucerne is then utilised in the late spring and summer periods. Lucerne is able to take advantage of summer rainfall it can provide handy feed over the warmer months and delay the need to hand-feed the stock. Q75 is also a more winter active variety to provide a bit more feed during the autumn and winter. Mr O’Connor said the lambs did particularly well on the lucerne and he was able to finish them off for market on the forage. He said the crops that had followed the previous lucerne stand had also benefited from the additional nitrogen in the ground.
Mick O’Connor of Mangalore in central Victoria |
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