BARENBRUG CHICORY COMMANDER AGRICOTE SEED PER KG 32100013

Commander is a winter active forage chicory that provides excellent year round growth.

It has a low crown giving good grazing tolerance plus a leafy and erect growth habit making grazing easier for livestock.

Commander establishes quickly and benefits from good disease resistance.

As Commander combines high winter activity with excellent year round growth, it has a more even growth curve providing good feed year round.

Features & benefits:

Performs all year round including winter

Fast establishment and regrowth  after grazing

High quality winter active forage chicory with a leafy and erect growth habit

Responds to summer rain

Low crown gives good production over 2-5 years

Alternative to lucerne in problem soils

Sown at 5-6kg/ha with legumes and 1-2kg/ha as part of a pasture mix

Fast growing, providing quick feed  for a chicory

Produced highly nutritious feed, ideal for finishing livestock or dairy production

Improves the quality of summer pastures (once grasses have lost quality)

Agronomy and management:

Commander has a low crown and excellent root rot resistance making it highly tolerant of winter grazing and giving it very good persistence for a winter active variety.

Commander will persist for 2-5 years or more if managed correctly.

Commander should be sown at 5-6 kg/ha with legumes as a specialist pasture or 1-2 kg/ha as part of a mixed pasture.

High palatability:

Chicory has excellent feed quality and is highly palatable to stock giving excellent stock performance.

Commander also has an erect growth habit giving easier grazing and improved utilization.