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Through our high-performance alfalfa genetics, we help you outline a crop-management plan that helps ensure stand persistence and top quality forage. Our improved genetics provide excellent winterhardiness, and all of our varieties feature a disease-resistance index of more than 27 out of 30.
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eXceed
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4.0
dormancy |
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Superior
Yield with Fast Growth
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eXceed
with the StandFast™ Fast Growth
trait maximizes total seasonal
forage yield.
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Exceptional regrowth, up to 30%
faster, allows for aggressive
cutting schedules.
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Early
green up offers large acreage
alfalfa growers and contract
harvesters a head start to the
harvest season.
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Bred in
tolerance to extra wheel traffic
handles more frequent harvesting
operations.
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eXalt
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4.0
dormancy |
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Superior
Quality
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eXalt is
a variety selected for high
forage digestability using NIR
analysis.
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Superior
forage quality combined with
high yield maximizes milk per
acre production.
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Medium
maturity maintains forage
quality later into the flowering
stage, providing a more flexible
harvest window.
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Features
high multfoliate expression and
a dense, leafy canopy.
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eXtreme
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3.0
dormancy |
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Superior
Persistence
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Strong
winterhardiness and excellent
disease resistance contributes
to high productivity over a long
stand life.
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Widely
adapted to the upper Midwest
where winterhardiness and
persistence is valued.
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Delivers
excellent forage yield and
quality under 3 or 4 cut harvest
management systems.
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A later
maturing variety that companions
well with eXalt and eXceed to
spread out the harvest schedule.
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Characterstic |
eXceed |
eXalt |
eXtreme |
Problend |
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Fall
Dormancy |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3-4 |
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Winter
Hardiness |
VWH |
VWH |
VWH |
WH |
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Recovery |
EX+ |
EX |
EX |
- |
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Cutting
Schedule |
4-5 |
4 |
3-4 |
- |
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Persistence |
VG |
EX |
VG |
- |
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Bacterial
Wilt |
HR |
HR |
HR |
HR |
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Verticillium
Wilt |
HR |
HR |
HR |
R |
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Fusarium
Wilt |
HR |
HR |
HR |
R |
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Anthracnose |
HR |
HR |
HR |
HR |
Phytophthora |
HR |
HR |
HR |
HR |
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Aphanomyces |
HR |
HR |
HR |
HR |
Pea
Aphid |
HR |
R |
R |
NR |
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VWH = Very Winter Hardy, EX+ = Very
Excellent, EX = Excellent,
VG = Very Good, HR = High Resistance, R = Resistance
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