"Sequential Maturity" Alfalfa Patented

"Sequential Maturity" Alfalfa Patented CROPS New Crops 22-4-27 A recently patented breakthrough in alfalfa breeding allows farmers to select alfalfas with varying maturities just like they select corn hybrids. Sequential Maturity Alfalfa, developed at Dairyland Seed Co., West Bend, Wis., is de-signed to allow farmers to improve the over-all quality of forage by making it possible to harvest all hay at the optimum time. Currently Dairyland markets two alfalfas produced from the new technology. Forecast 1000, an earlier maturity alfalfa, can provide farmers an earlier forage harvest, which can be important in springs when for-age supplies are short. It also provides the opportunity for an extra harvest off the same acreage in a long growing season. Forecast 3000, a late maturity alfalfa, is an ideal fit for three-cut harvest systems which have recently received university extension endorsements as the best suited system for the Midwest. The alfalfas are priced competitively with other premium alfalfas in the marketplace and are lower priced than many potato leafhopper resistant alfalfas, the company says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dairyland Seed, P.O. Box 958, West Bend, Wis. 53095 (ph 800 236-0163 or 414 338-0163; fax 626-2281).

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