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2011 LUCERNE TECHNICAL ADVISOR - Seed Distributors

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Lucerne Technical Advisor<br />

ML99 Multileaf Lucerne Very highly winter active (Medicago sativa)<br />

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of Victoria<br />

inspecting ML99<br />

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produced chaff<br />

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the property.<br />

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LONG LIFE TM<br />

24.4<br />

24.2<br />

24.0<br />

23.8<br />

ML99<br />

23.6 24.3 t/ha<br />

23.4<br />

(104%)<br />

23.2 Sardi 10<br />

23.0<br />

23.4 t/ha<br />

(100%)<br />

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9 cuts, 2 years Penfield (08 -10).<br />

Per annum results displayed.<br />

ML99 success in tough year<br />

The ML99 lucerne responded well<br />

in a tough hay making year on the<br />

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Ashvale, via Wentworth in<br />

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The lucerne was planted in the<br />

autumn of 2010 and established<br />

well before wet weather<br />

intervened during the spring<br />

and early summer.<br />

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that made it impossible to cut or<br />

bale hay the first three cuts were<br />

very difficult.“We have had three<br />

good cuts since the wet weather<br />

stopped.”<br />

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highly winter active lucerne was<br />

very good and the crop was being<br />

ML99 Multileaf® lucerne has been developed to incorporate a new level of<br />

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lucerne growers.<br />

ML99 Multileaf® Lucerne has been tested under intensively irrigated and<br />

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ML99 is the best and safest lucerne variety bred by using only classic<br />

traditional plant breeding methods.<br />

WINTER ACTIVITY 10<br />

MIN RAINFALL (mm) 250<br />

SEEDING RATE Kg/Ha<br />

DRYLAND 4 - 8<br />

HIGH RAINFALL/IRRIGATION 10 - 15<br />

Multileaf ®<br />

Conventional<br />

Good hay option with ML99<br />

ML99 has proven to be a high<br />

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hectares of ML99 lucerne under a<br />

pivot on the property with the cut<br />

hay used to supply a nearby chaff<br />

mill.<br />

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2009 with the lucerne also used<br />

as silage and green chop at a<br />

neighbouring dairy farm.<br />

ML99 is more active during winter<br />

than the majority of other lucerne<br />

varieties and Mr Maskell was able to<br />

cut the area for silage during May of<br />

2010 to supply the dairy.<br />

used to supply produce stores,<br />

the race horse industry and<br />

people with show horses.<br />

“ML99 is producing fine leafy soft<br />

hay.” In a more normal season Mr<br />

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up to seven cuts from September<br />

through to late March or early<br />

April with the ML99 showing good<br />

regrowth after cutting.<br />

The winter activity of ML99 also<br />

provided the opportunity for<br />

sheep or cattle feed through the<br />

cooler months.<br />

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produced hay in winter and used it<br />

for cattle.<br />

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Lucerne<br />

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disease and nematode resistance<br />

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production<br />

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Better option than SARDI 10<br />

Multileaf ® ML99 Lucerne -<br />

40% more leaflets than<br />

conventional lucerne<br />

The lucerne responded well after<br />

the mid-winter cut and was ready<br />

for harvest in September before<br />

wet weather events made the year<br />

very challenging.<br />

The third cut produced 54 tonnes<br />

of premium lucerne hay which was<br />

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seems very good,” Mr Maskell said.<br />

“It is certainly leafy and the variety<br />

holds its colour well.”<br />

“I’ve found some varieties over the<br />

years can lose their colour. A good<br />

colour is what the mill wants.” The<br />

winter activity of ML99 will allow for<br />

harvest options during the winter<br />

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of ML99 lucerne produced this<br />

season.

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