BAR ST | Highly Winter Active Lucerne

Highly Winter Active Lucerne
Highly winter active varieties are bred for late autumn/early winter planting and have excellent seedling vigour for oversowing. They have a more upright crown, erect growth habit and are well suited to a 2 - 4 year rotation system in 300 - 500 mm rainfall zones under permanent irrigation. They provide maximum growth from winter dominant growing season rainfall. Some of the newer Australian-bred varieties in this group have increased grazing tolerance because they were selected from and developed for broadacre grazing systems.

BAR ST
BAR ST is a highly winter active variety with a dormancy rating of 9. Developed with elite germplasm from the USA and Argentina, it provides excellent forage quality, performance and persistence. BAR ST offers improved salt tolerance for germinating seedlings over other traditional lucerne varieties. This allows for potentially better establishment in regions where moderate salt levels can limit plant establishment.

Lucerne
Lucerne is a perennial with a woody crown and an erect growth habit. It is suited to fertile, deep, well drained, neutral to alkaline soils. Its deep tap root can access moisture deep in the soil profile, providing extraordinary summer growth and drought tolerance.

Legumes
Legumes drive pasture production by producing nitrogen. They must be carefully inoculated to ensure success. Adequate pasture nutrition is important for maintaining the dominance of improved species in a pasture. Nitrogen is one of the most important elements of pasture nutrition. Protein levels and the digestibility of pastures are improved by legumes, resulting in improved livestock performance.