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  Chris Randall - 54Q53 Lucerne
“54Q53 is giving me excellent hay quality. I’ll be growing more 54Q53 because it gives me the same yield as other more active varieties from fewer cuts each year. I’m getting the same amount of hay with better hay quality for less work”
Chris Randall “Springfield” Pallamallawa, NSW
 
  Jake Thompson - 54Q53 Lucerne
“We have been aiming at a hay yield per season of 20t/ha from the 54Q53. We are wrapped with it.” Individual cuts this season have yielded 5 t/ha each. The 54Q53 is into its second year after being sown in the autumn of 2005. The autumn sowing was preferred with the ability to spray the weeds out prior to sowing and then apply an in-crop herbicide for better weed control. This season the available irrigation water has been managed for the better lucerne paddocks. “We will grow more 54Q53 next year”
Jake Thompson (farming with Glen Thompson) Kyabram, Victoria
 
  Ross Didio - 54Q53 Lucerne
Approximately 73 hectares of the specialist hay variety 54Q53 is grown on the property with the stands ranging in age from four to seven years. The variety thrives throughout the summer and is cut for hay every four to six weeks. It hold on well if a later cut is needed and yields of 2 t/acre (5 t/ha) have been achieved on individual cuts. “We try and get to a quality and maintain it”. Up to six cuts per year are can be accomplished if the good weather continues through until May.
Ross Didio, Stratford, East Gippsland, Victoria
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  David Barker - 54Q53 Lucerne
The varieties of 54Q53, L56 and L55 have stood out for yield and quality in the local area. I do a bit of hay contracting and there has been a lot of lucerne put in using reclaimed water. One patch of 54Q53 which was 6.5 to 7 acres yielded 404 bales this time with 500 last cut and more than 600 the cut before. The paddocks have been going really well with some still in the first or second year. We generally make 25 kilogram bales. 54Q53, L56 and L55 don’t get too stalky and produce nice leafy green bales.
David Barker, Virginia SA

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  Bill Gribben - 54Q53 Lucerne
54Q53 and L56 are used to produce hay on the property.The winter dormancy of 54Q53 makes it particularly useful high quality hay variety. It will produce excellent yields of hay throughout the summer months and then virtually shut off during the autumn and winter periods.
Bill Gribben, Shepparton VIC

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  Daryl & Maurice Nicol - 54Q53 Lucerne
“We are very happy with 54Q53. It has a lot of vigour and is not too stalky. The 54Q53 hay is sold into the horse market. In its first full season of production this season we should get six cuts off it. The crop has yielded up to 70 bales/acre on some cuts with approximately 40 bales to the tonne. We currently have 30 acres and as the other varieties get older we are replacing them with 54Q53. It really jumps out of the ground after cutting.
Daryl & Maurice Nicol, Virginia SA

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  Graeme Stewart - L56 Lucerne
The 36 hectare pivot of L56 lucerne produced 18.5 t/ha of hay through until the end of February this season and was expected to achieve well above the goal of 20 t/ha. “L56 is the main variety we grow,” Graeme Stewart said. “It suits our sandy soil types.” The high yields are achieved with excellent cutting, water and fertiliser management. Paddock preparation with an application of lime is also very important. This season the best from a single cut was around Christmas with a 2.1 t/acre (5.2 t/ha) yield. The L56 lucerne is sold and made into chaff and produces hay of a very high quality.
Graeme Stewart, Berrigan, NSW

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  Peter Joliffe - L56 Lucerne
Forty hectares of L56 under a pivot has performed very well since being planted in May, 2005. The crop was harvested for silage in late September and taken for hay a number of times through the summer. In the 2006/07 season it again produced an early silage cut and four hay cuts through to late February on a schedule of 28 to 30 days. Yields of 1.1 to 1.2 t/acre (2.7 to 3 t/ha) were achieved each cut. L56 was chosen because of the variable soil type of the paddock. Its superior disease resistance will assist the survival of the stand in the tighter, wetter areas.
Peter Joliffe, Wagga Wagga, NSW

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  David Cloros - L56 Lucerne
L56 lucerne was chosen to plant in 2005 after going through a range of options thoroughly with an agronomist. It was sown in August and established well providing four hay cuts in the first year.“It has performed a lot better than anything else we’ve had before,” David Cloros said. This season the L56 yielded 4 t/ha on the first cut and 3 t/ha on each the next three cuts. Hay quality has never been a problem with the best of the hay sent to race horse markets in Sydney. The race horse industry is very particular and there have been no problems. Greater attention is also being paid to water and nutrition management.
David Cloros, Wagga Wagga, NSW
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  David Wallace - L56 Lucerne
“L56 is the majority of our irrigated hay acres because it gives us good reliable yields and consistently produces the high quality hay we need for our chaff business. L56 gives us a wider harvest window – we can cut at 28 to 34 day intervals and still get good quality hay, which helps manage weather problems. Even after 4 years of intensive hay production, our L56 blocks still have high density plant stands.”
David Wallace, Quirindi NSW

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  Chris McNamara - L56 Lucerne
“I’m very happy with our L56 crop. It “did it tough” when it was coming up last spring, but it came through and we now have a good thick stand right across the paddock. It holds onto its leaf well, even when we are late cutting, due to wet weather this summer. It is producing the high quality hay demanded by our chaff mill customer.”
Chris McNamara, Carroll NSW

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  Peter Hemphill - L56 Lucerne
L56 lucerne produced one cut of silage and up to five cuts of hay during the season with an overall average of approximately 3 t/ha per cut. The big square hay bales are taken back to the dairy. “The thing I like about this stuff is if you don’t water it, it doesn’t die.”
Peter Hemphill, Kyabram VIC

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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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  Ian Best - L90 Lucerne
“I’m thrilled with our L90 crops. The L90 we planted under our wheat last winter survived with a brilliant stand, despite the dry spring. And our L90 planted in 2004 has been grazed regularly. It is still going strong after regular grazing in three drought years. L90 is a very tough plant and I’ll certainly be planting L90 when we sow our next lucerne paddock this autumn.”
Ian Best, Gulargambone, NSW
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  Tom and Anita Medcalf - L90 Lucerne
“I’m more than happy with my L90, (Mr Medcalf said) I thought we’d lost it when I sowed it under cereal last winter and had a really dry spring. But the L90 survived with an excellent plant stand that’s almost too thick, and jumped away with the January rains. We’ve been rotationally grazing it ever since. L90 is a really tough plant.”
Tom an Anita Medcalf, Trundle NSW
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  Neville Colls - Multileaf® ML99 Lucerne
The excellent yields and pest and disease resistance of Multileaf® ML99 has impressed. “It has been brilliant,” Neville Colls said. “It has a finer stem and good leaf and produces very good quality hay that is delivered to a horse stud. We are cutting it every 17 days to three weeks and at one stage getting 60 to 70 bales/acre (148 to 173 bales/ha). Its tolerance in the wet was impressive and it was not dropping its leaves. We will put another 50 acres of it in this season.”
Neville Colls, Chinchilla (ML99 at Mundubbera), QLD

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  Bruce Doery- Multileaf® ML99 Lucerne
A crop of ML99 lucerne that had been undersown to canola provided valuable sheep feed over summer. The canola and lucerne seed were mixed together and sown at the same time. A Clearfield canola variety was chosen and a herbicide used to control broadleaf weeds over both crops. It was dry in October and the lucerne wasn’t competing with the canola but after harvest and summer rain it kicked away. I am really pleased with the dryland stand with quite a good plant population. It’s been a cost effective way of getting it established. We have been trying lucerne and other legumes to keep the cost of nitrogen down.
Bruce Doery, Westmere VIC

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  John Meek - Multileaf® ML99 Lucerne
High yields for hay are achieved from the ML99 variety with the first cut in December last season. The excellent quality hay is used on-farm or sold. ML99 has produced good forage over a number of years and will also hang on well when the paddock misses irrigation.
John Meek, Bordertown SA

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  Peter Chapman - Multileaf® ML99 Lucerne
“I’m very happy with my ML99. Despite the tough spring, I’ve got a very good stand right across the paddock - even on the hard soil areas. Its now producing great feed, and fattening stock”
Peter Chapman, Tamworth NSW

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  Darryl Winter- ML99 Multileaf Lucerne
“I’m very impressed with the hay quality (of ML99) - it’s second to none – very leafy with a good leaf to stem ration. Sheep graze the paddock from mid-April through to June or July before it is locked up and cut for hay. We have 12 months year round production - you can’t do any better. We had very little summer rainfall in one paddock and it’s still trying to grow.”
Darryl Winter , Bordertown SA

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  Jim Honeysett - ML99 Multileaf Lucerne
“I’ve got 6 different lucerne varieties under irrigation for lucerne hay production and ML99 is the most productive of them all so far. Its producing 60 to 70 bales per acre each cut, and holds its leaf well. ML99 is producing nice soft hay and the best hay quality of all of the varieties”.
Jim Honeyset, Mudgee NSW

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  Merv Schuster - Tetrone Annual Italian Ryegrass
Tetrone ryegrass is used in a mix with clover to produce high quality feed for the horse industry on the property of Merv and Gavin Schuster at Freeling. A species mix of 60 percent Tetrone ryegrass and 40 percent clover is used to produce a product sought after by local and international buyers. Gavin Schuster said they had been able to achieve 5 tonnes per hectare from the mix under the tough seasonal conditions of the past two years.
Merv Schuster, Freeling SA

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  John & Solomon Burns - Tetrone Annual Italian Ryegrass
A mixture of Tetrone ryegrass and self-sown oats produced feed throughout the season for John and Solomon Burns of Cummins. The vigour of the oats allowed him to graze the paddock after just five weeks and combined well with the ryegrass for the rest of the season.“Oats had the bulk up early which was beneficial to allow the Tetrone to get away. Stock couldn’t keep up with it,” John Burns said. The 120 hectares fed 1100 ewes from the start of June until well after the winter crop had been finalised. “The oats - Tetrone combination was by far the best feed we had. “Last year was one of the best wool clips we had ever had.”
John and Solomon Burns, Cummins SA

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  James & Neil Russell - Tetrone Annual Italian Ryegrass
Tetrone ryegrass was used as a break crop to control snails on the property of James Russell at Green Patch. Mr Russell said one paddock had been continuously cropped for 10 years and he made a decision to put it back into pasture. Approximately 120 hectares were sown in late March which was predominantly ryegrass although some paddocks also included a planting of oats. One section was sown in late March and at 10 kg/ha of Tetrone and 50 kg/ha of oats. “It seemed to work quite well,” Mr Russell said. “The first one or two grazings the stock ate the oats but once the oats gave up the ghost the Tetrone took over and powered away,” Mr Russell said. The 38 hectare paddock had 700 cross-bred lambs introduced on May 23 and supported a similar number throughout the year. Urea was applied after each grazing. In early spring, the paddock was cut down the centre with an electric wire and one side locked up. It was then harvested for hay and produced 170 large rolls. Rain late in October rejuvenated the paddock which still fed 500 lambs well in the New Year. Mr Russell said he had not noticed as many snails in the paddock and would also use the Tetrone/oats mix this season.
James and Neil Russell, Green Patch SA
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  Tony Sumner - Tetrone Annual Italian Ryegrass
One hundred hectares for Tetrone ryegrass was the main feed source through spring and summer for 1200 sheep on the property of Tony Sumner at Mt Bryan last season. Mr Sumner planted the crop in May and first put the sheep into the paddock in early August. The area was cut into two sections and the stock rotated week-on, week-off throughout the spring. Rainfall in late October helped the Tetrone kick away again and provided valuable feed through until February. Mr Sumner said this season he would look at planting the ryegrass with barley to provide good bulk feed from the cereal early in the season and have the advantage of the Tetrone through the spring and summer period.
Tony Sumner, Mt Bryan SA
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  Andrew & Leoni Green - Tetrone Annual Italian Ryegrass
A DSE of 27 was achieved from a number of Tetrone ryegrass paddocks on the property of Andrew and Leonie Green at Warunda, SA last season. Leonie Green said the ryegrass was planted in eight different paddock types and sizes. The paddock sizes range from 10 hectares through to one 80 hectare block which was split into three sections. “It worked best with the smaller paddocks,” Mrs Green said. “With the smaller paddocks we would put a mob of about 300 on it and they would graze it down evenly before being put into another paddock. “It didn’t taker long for the ryegrass to come back.” The Tetrone was planted in a range of paddocks as a weed control option.“We had a lot of weeds issues,” she said. ”It was a good way to clean it up.” Ewes and lambs grazed the Tetrone paddocks with the first lot of lambs sold off at four months and attracting an average price of $55. Some of the remaining lambs were sold in January at $95. “It is certainly the way to go,” Mrs Green said. “A lot of people have seen it and asked about it.”
Andrew & Leonie Green, Warunda, SA
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  Julian Baillie - Tetrone Annual Italian Ryegrass
A paddock of Tetrone ryegrass provided valuable feed in the July - August period for Julian Baillie of Tumby Bay. Mr Baillie said the Tetrone was planted in a 10 hectare paddock as a trial last season to provide feed for lambing ewes during winter. The paddock chosen had a number of weed species that included marshmallow, fumitory, capeweed and barley grass which were allowed to germinate and then sprayed out prior to sowing. “We had a good strike (from the Tetrone) and it quickly covered the whole paddock,” Mr Baillie said. Good conditions early meant the Tetrone provided an excellent option for lambing ewes in the July through to September period. The paddock was divided in half and two mobs totalling 130 ewes and 140 lambs grazed the area. “At the time when we really needed it we were able to use it,” Mr Baillie said. The property is predominantly a Merino operation with a Merino Stud. Mr Baillie said there was a need for a lot of smaller paddocks (2 to 10 hectares) for mating and grazing purposes and the Tetrone option suited this well. The latter half of the year was very dry although the Tetrone paddock did respond late in the season on the back of some November rainfall. “The paddock came again and we received another two weeks grazing out of it,” Mr Baillie said. He said they would use Tetrone again this season. “In a marginal year (2007) we were really happy with it,” Mr Baillie said. “I think it will do really good things in a better year.”
Julian Baillie, Tumby Bay SA
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  Phil Hyde - Tetrone Annual Italian Ryegrass
Excellent quality hay was made from a paddock of Tetrone ryegrass on the property of Phil Hyde at Green Patch. The hay was a combination of ryegrass and clover oversown into a strawberry clover flat. Mr Hyde said the hay went in green and came out green with excellent colour. The hay was taken from a forty hectare paddock that was sown at the start of April and first grazed four weeks later. One thousand weaners ate down the pasture until the end of July. The paddock had an application of urea and was shut up for the rest of the season. With one rainfall in that time, the paddock produced nearly 600 rolls of hay.
Phil Hyde, Green Patch SA

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  John Crozier - Tetrone Annual Italian Ryegrass
A mix of Tetrone ryegrass, balansa clover and oats provided a phenomenal amount of feed over winter, spring and into summer for John Crozier of “Mondilibi”, Mortlake Victoria. Mr Crozier said he would be up the creek without the pasture mix which was planted to 225 hectares in early May. One thousand ewes lambed down in one paddock in June and the mix enabled the sale of 7000 lambs before Christmas. “We used the annual mix to finish lambs on the grass,” Mr Crozier said. The oats component of the mix provided the early growth and then the Tetrone ryegrass and balansa components provided excellent feed for the rest of the season. “It gave us a power of feed last year just when we needed it.” Cows and calves were still grazing the paddocks in mid-February. Mr Crozier said this season he would use a similar mix and hoped to ensile some of it to put in a bunker.
Jogn Crozier, Mortlake, Victoria
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  Andrew & John Mitchell - Tetrone Italian Ryegrass
A trial paddock of straight Tetrone ryegrass provided excellent grazing and hay options on the property of Andrew, John and David Mitchell at Mintaro SA. Andrew Mitchell said the paddock was put in to see how it would go for sheep and provided two early grazings and then a cut of hay. He said they harvested 27 big squares off five hectares at more than 4 t/ha. ”We are very excited about what it can do.” Feed tests from a processor came up really well and the pasture could even command provide a premium price over cereal hay. “It would be comparable to cereal hay in yield,” Mr Mitchell said.
Andrew & John Mitchell, Mintaro SA

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  Matt Napolitano - Zulu 2 Forage Sorghum
A crop of forage sorghum provided an excellent feed option for Tatura dairy farmer, Matt Napolitano, last season. Mr Napolitano was looking for an alternative to buying hay over the summer and planted the Seed Distributors Zulu 2 forage sorghum in November. “It was the first time we had put Zulu 2 in and it came up so quickly. The crop received one watering and some follow-up rain before being ensiled in mid-January. “It grew to about five to six feet in height and we took 65 dry tonnes off the 27 acres (11 hectares),” Mr Napolitano said. The crop was cut with the mower conditioner and left for two to three days before being ensiled in a pit. “This variety was exceptional, Mr Napolitano said. “The sorghum got up and choked everything else out.” The crop continued to be grazed with the paddock separated with an electric fence and the cows were allowed to strip graze it well into autumn. “It’s what saved our herd size,” Mr Napolitano said.  Last year we relied on buying feed in.  This year we managed to get them some green feed. “With the price of hay, it was a lifesaver as far as saving costs,” he said. During the previous season, Mr Napolitano bought in a lot of hay to feed the cattle but did not have to rely on this more costly option with the addition of forage sorghum to the program. Good summer conditions, with some occasional rainfall events, also meant the crop could be grown with a minimal of water. A 20 acre (8 hectare) paddock needed just 5 megalitres of water over the growing season and still provided good tonnages of silage and grazing. “I would highly recommend forage sorghum to farmers who haven’t got a lot of water to spare,” Mr Napolitano said. He said it was an ideal option during the drought conditions when the cost of buying in forage became very expensive. The forage sorghum also contributed to good protein (3.3 to 3.4%) and butter fat (4.3%) scores from the milk produced. During the autumn some paddocks on the farm were planted to a rye and shaftel mix with the forage sorghum used as the feed option through until the pasture mix was ready to be grazed. Mr Napolitano said he would steer away from perennial pasture options in favour of using high yielding annuals and coming back into sorghum.
Matt Napolitano, Tatura

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  Soggy lucerne paddocks claimed through Establishment Guarantee program - Establishment Guarantee
Lucerne growers in Murgon with paddocks inundated by rain have been able to claim half the seed back under an innovative program offered by seed company Seed Distributors. For many growers the large amount of rain that fell in early May coincided with the fortnight after the valuable lucerne crops had been planted. Jason Godden of Murgon had a paddock of Seed Distributors Q75 winter Active lucerne which received up to eight inches of rain in the fortnight that followed planting. “It came down in bucket loads and it lay water everywhere,” Mr Godden said. The Q75 lucerne stand, which had been planted in the weeks leading up to the rain, ended up with large sections of bare patches. Under the Seed Distributors Establishment Guarantee program, Mr Godden was able to claim replacement seed at half the ORIGINAL purchase price. “For every bag I bought, I got another one,” he said.  “I was able to put more seed on in the weak spots.” Mr Godden said he had heard about the program in the past but this was the first year he had claimed seed from it. “It is good to know we have some back-up with the seed,” he said.  “At least we are getting some of it back to help with the replant.” Agronomist Damien Sippel from BGA in Murgon came out to assess the damage and followed up the paperwork from there. Mr Godden said the whole process was quite simple and easy. He said quite a number of other growers in the area had also taken advantage of the Establishment Guarantee program.
One of the other growers was Greg Louis of Murgon, who received 80mm of rain 10 days to a fortnight after his Q75 lucerne was planted. Mr Louis said he originally had 60 acres (24 hectares) of Q75 lucerne and lost almost half of the plant during the rainfall event. The lucerne planted on the heavier black soil survived while the crop in the lighter soil type was hit hardest. Mr Louis said the replant seed will assist in getting the Q75 lucerne stand back to full production as quickly as possible. He said he was aware of the program and was quite keen on the seed company providing replacement seed in the event of a crop establishment failure. Seed Distributors have been offering an Establishment Guarantee program for the past three years and will provide replacement seed in the event of a crop failure. Under the terms of the program, seed will be provided at half the purchased price if the crop does not establish to the grower’s satisfaction. Claims have been made on a wide range of issues including excessive rainfall, drought, chemical residue damage, insect damage, seeder malfunction, sand blasting and seeder depth. The Establishment Guarantee program is available on all their Proprietary products including Lucerne, Clovers, Medics, Pasture Grasses, Forage Cereals and the Sowsmart Range of pasture Blends for the vital 30 day period after planting and provides growers with substantial savings if they need to replant their paddocks. Seed Distributors are the only pasture based company in Australia to offer such a service to their important farmer customer base.

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  Geoff Williamson - Establishment Guarantee
Emerging 54Q53 lucerne seedlings were sandblasted during severe weather and failed to establish satisfactorily. The lucerne was replaced under the Establishment Guarantee program at half price. “I think it is a very generous offer,” Geoff Williamson said. “It is better than wiping your hands of it and saying bad luck. It is a fair loss if you have to finance the whole lot yourself.”
Geoff Williamson - Carisbrook, VIC  
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  John Stratton - Establishment Guarantee
A large area of L90 started well and then failed to establish due to dry conditions. A total of 52 bags were replaced under the Establishment Guarantee program at half price. “It is a great thing for the growers, John Stratton said. “Especially when you have dryland lucerne. We will give it another go this year,” he said. “It is good to be able to come back and get some reimbursement if you need it.”
John Stratton - “Nelia”, Coonamble, NSW  
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  Lloyd Walpole - Establishment Guarantee
A SowSmart pasture blend that failed to establish satisfactorily was replaced under the Establishment Guarantee program. Lloyd Walpole said he was not aware of the program until his local distributor checked the crop and said it was likely to be eligible for replant. “I think it’s a good scheme,” Mr Walpole said. The reseller looked at the crop, assessed it and the replacement seed was provided. “I think more people should be aware of it,” Mr Walpole said.
Lloyd Walpole - Nathalia, VIC  
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  Gary Flanigan - Establishment Guarantee
A crop of Diplex ryegrass was resown under the Establishment Guarantee program and went on to yield between 19 and 19.5 t/ha. The ryegrass was originally planted in early March, 2006 and suffered four days over 30 degrees and a late irrigation when the water was held back. With virtually no plant survival the local agronomist recommended the Establishment Guarantee program and the crop was replanted later in March. “That’s fantastic of you,” Gary Flanigan said of the program. “I thought I would have to take the hit but it was very good.”
Gary Flanigan - Katamatite, VIC  
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  David Rose - Establishment Guarantee
An 18 hectare strip of Multileaf® ML99 was inundated with rain after planting last season which washed most of the seed from the paddock. “We went into town and filled out the form and faxed it through.” Mr Rose said. “There were no dramas - it was quite easy.” The 15 bags of seed were replaced at half the original purchase price.
David Rose - Murgon, QLD  
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