Forage Varieties

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Forage Varieties
We Didn’t Invent Alfalfa,
We Just Reinvented It
Look for our PICKSEED exclusive HarvXtra™ alfalfa variety for 2017 – the industry’s first genetically
enhanced alfalfa with reduced lignin.
HarvXtra™ technology provides:
YIELD-VERSUS-QUALITY TRADE-OFF
IN ALFALFA
• Unprecedented control by widening cutting windows
• The ability to better manage the yield-versus-quality
• Unsurpassed weed control with Roundup Ready®
technology
• Flexibility to maintain current harvest schedules for
higher quality forage, or
• Flexibility to delay harvest a few days for increased
tonnage without sacrificing acceptable forage quality
YIELD OR QUALITY
trade-off
HarvXtra™ Alfalfa
Yield
Conventional Quality
Data summarized over seven trials and 22 cuttings at five U.S. locations
Forage Quality Like No Other
The genetically enhanced HarvXtra™ technology fundamentally changes the relationship between forage quality
and stage of maturity by lowering lignin content (ADL).
CHANGES IN LIGNIN
WITH MATURITY
CHANGES IN FIBER DIGESTIBILITY
WITH MATURITY
58
6.5
55
52
NDFD%
ADL%
6.0
5.5
5.0
4.5
49
46
43
4.0
3.5
40
3.0
37
20
23
27
30
34
37
Days After Previous Harvest
Data Summary from trials at West Salem, WI and Nampa, ID - August 2015 harvest of trials seeded May 2015.
54R02 (Roundup Ready)
Conventional Quality-Selected
20
23
27
30
34
37
Days After Previous Harvest
Data Summary from trials at West Salem, WI and Nampa, ID - August 2015 harvest of trials seeded May 2015.
HarvXtra™ Alfalfa with Roundup Ready® Technology (FD4)
Stewarded Introduction for HarvXtra™ Alfalfa with Roundup Ready® Technology.
For the 2016 growing season, this product is available for planting in a limited geography and growers must direct any product produced from HarvXtra™ Alfalfa with Roundup Ready® Technology seed or crops (including hay and hay products) only to Canadian domestic use. It is a violation of national
and international law to move material containing biotech traits across boundaries into nations where import is not permitted. Growers should talk to their product purchaser to confirm their buying position for this product. This technology may be sold and planted only in the provinces of Ontario,
Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. Please contact the Monsanto Technical Support Line at 1-800-667-4944 or refer to the Technology Use Guide for additional information.
ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS. Roundup Ready® technology contains genes that confer tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup® brand agricultural herbicides. Agricultural herbicides containing glyphosate will kill crops that are not tolerant to
glyphosate. Roundup Ready® and Roundup® are registered trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC, Monsanto Canada, Inc. licensee.
HarvXtra™ is a trademark of Forage Genetics Internal, LLC. HarvXtra™ Alfalfa with Roundup Ready® Technology is enabled with Technology from The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.