ATTAIN Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass is another successful breeding story of Dr. Gordon Prine, of the University of Florida.  Attain is a sister variety to the popular Jumbo annual ryegrass and was selected for even better disease resistance, better re-growth, later maturity and high yields. Data from Florida and Louisiana indicate that the breeder's objectives were met.  Take a look at the following charts to see for yourself what you could attain with ATTAIN Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass!
Superior Re-growth!   University of Florida  - Gainesville, FL Regrowth Ratings   May 2,'03     May 3, '04 Attain 8.88   Attain 9.38 Big Daddy 8.75   Beefbuilder III 9.38 Lone Star 8.38   Big Boss 8.63 Gulf 8.13   Big Daddy 8.50 Ed 8.13   Passerel Plus 8.00 King 8.13   Ed 7.75 Surrey II 8.00   Surrey II 7.38 Beefbuilder III 8.00   Lone Star 7.35 Ribeye 7.88   Gulf 7.25 Ducado 7.63   Verdure 7.25 Jackson 7.25   Tam 90 7.00 Tam 90 7.00   King 6.75 Passerel Plus 7.00   Jackson 6.75     Ducado 5.75 Forage production growth ratings on regrowth after March 28th. 0 = no growth to 10 = best forage growth Complete results available upon request.	Later Maturity!   University of Florida  - Gainesville, FL Maturity Ratings   2002-03  2003-04  2005-06 aver maturity Attain 18-Apr 18-Apr 18-Apr 18-Apr Passerel Plus 15-Apr 17-Apr 18-Apr 17-Apr Big Boss - 16-Apr 14-Apr 15-Apr Beefbuilder III 15-Apr 14-Apr 14-Apr 14-Apr Verdure - 14-Apr 14-Apr 14-Apr Jackson 15-Apr 13-Apr 11-Apr 13-Apr Big Daddy 11-Apr 12-Apr - 11-Apr Surrey II 10-Apr 12-Apr - 11-Apr Tam 90 8-Apr 10-Apr 14-Apr 11-Apr Gulf 5-Apr 9-Apr 11-Apr 8-Apr Ed 6-Apr 4-Apr 11-Apr 7-Apr Lone Star 5-Apr 7-Apr - 6-Apr Ducado 3-Apr 8-Apr - 5-Apr King 27-Mar 1-Apr 7-Apr 1-Apr Complete results available upon request.
Improved Disease Resistance! We can't say enough about the increased disease resistance we are seeing with Attain.  A good look at this charge tells you why we are proud to offer this variety!   University of Florida  - Gainesville Disease Resistance 2004-06 '04-05 '05-06 2-yr ave Attain 2.88 1.63 2.26 Big Boss 3.06 3.25 3.16 Ed  3.56 3.38 3.47 Verdure 3.00 4.38 3.69 King 3.88 4.00 3.94 Gulf 3.88 4.50 4.19 Surrey 4.38 4.13 4.26 Beefbuilder III 3.62 5.50 4.56 Passerel Plus 4.38 5.38 4.88 Diamond T 3.94 6.38 5.16 Flying A 4.56 6.38 5.47 Shiwasuaoba 6.50 6.88 6.69 lsd 0.64 1.27   Disease complex rating: 0 = no disease and 10 = 100% coverage or death. In '04-05 both Gray Leaf Spot and Crown rust occurred. In '05-06 period the disease was crown rust.  Complete results available upon request.	Great Yields! Attain continues to give consist high yields year to year.  At Ona FL no other variety has a higher annual tonnage average than Attain!   University of Florida  - Ona, FL Forage Yields  - Tons Dry Biomass /Ac 2000-05   '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 AVE Attain - - 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.1 Prine 3.0 3.2 2.5 3.0 3.7 - 3.1 Jumbo 3.4 3.0 2.4 2.8 3.4 3.2 3.0 Brigadier 3.2 2.6 2.5 - 3.5 - 3.0 Beef Builder III - - 2.4 3.0 3.6 3.1 3.0 Striker - - 2.6 2.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 Thunder - - - 2.7 3.3 3.0 3.0 Big Daddy 3.3 2.6 2.6 2.8 3.2 2.9 2.9 Graze-N-Gro 3.0 2.7 2.4 3.1 - 3.1 2.9 King 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.8 - - 2.8 FL 80 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.5 3.4 3.0 2.8 Ed 32 2.7 2.1 2.9 - 3.2 2.8 Gulf