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Commander

Chicory

  • High quality forage option for dairy, beef and sheep
  • Leafy and erect growth habit for easier grazing
  • Performs year-round, including winter
  • Fast establishment and regrowth after grazing
  • Excellent drought tolerance and root rot resistance
  • Resistant to diamond-back moth & cabbage butterfly
  • Low crown gives good persistence over 2 to 3 years

Commander is a winter active chicory, providing great year-round growth, improved root rot resistance and excellent grazing. Chicory is a persistent leafy herb lasting 2-3 years with a large tap root. It performs best in fertile, free draining soils in regions of greater than 550 mm rainfall. Chicory requires a wellprepared seed bed and soil temperatures of greater than 10ºC for successful establishment.


Broadleaf weeds can be difficult to control in chicory stands, therefore the paddock should be free of broadleaf weeds prior to seeding and a preemergent herbicide should be used. Chicory should be rotationally grazed on a 4-6 week rotation and will require added nitrogen for maximum performance.

 

Combined Lucerne and Chicory Pasture
• Chicory may contribute to weed control by providing good ground cover
• Lucerne and chicory have complementary growth habits
• Lucerne is a legume providing nitrogen back into the soil
• Chicory is a leafy, deep rooted perennial herb using nitrogen
• Chicory in the pasture may help reduce worm burden and red gut in animals

Specifications
Seeding rate (pure):
6-8kg/ha
Seeding rate (mixtures):
1-2kg/ha
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Herbs & Brassicas

Forage brassicas are high quality and yielding, fast growing crops that are particularly suitable for grazing by livestock. Both the tops (stems and leaves) and roots (bulbs) can be grazed and are very nutritious. Most members of the brassica family, such as turnips and rape, produce forage of exceptionally high digestibility (often 85-95%).

Forage brassicas are high quality and yielding, fast growing crops that are particularly suitable for grazing by livestock. Both the tops (stems and leaves) and roots (bulbs) can be grazed and are very nutritious. Most members of the brassica family, such as turnips and rape...

Forage brassicas are high quality and yielding, fast growing crops that are particularly suitable for grazing by livestock. Both the tops (stems and leaves) and roots (bulbs) can be grazed and are very nutritious. Most members of the brassica family, such as turnips and rape, produce forage of exceptionally high digestibility (often 85-95%).

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