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Lucerne is a highly nutritious forage for livestock. It combines good digestibility with high proteins providing excellent milk yields or daily live weight gains.
Well managed, this perennial crop can persist for up to five years and performs well in free-draining, drier environments due to tap roots.
Expert Advice
Utilisation: Grazing / silage
Sowing period: Spring
Utilisation period: Year-round
Days to maturity: 40 days
Advantages
Limitations
Sowing rate: 8-10kg/acre (20-25kg/ha). Drill at 5 - 12mm deep on normal soils or up to 25mm on light sandy soils.
Pack sizes: Available in pack sizes 25kg
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