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►Vigorous Early Growth ►Disease Resistant ►Great Yielder ►Selected out of Blizzard “Plenty of Feed – Early and Often!” Verdure Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass. Selected out of Blizzard annual ryegrass, Verdure has tremendous value for livestock grazing, haymaking and silage production. | Early Production– There is a difference! Some producers have been told that there is little difference between ryegrass varieties. A look at data from Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama shows how much difference there really is! If you choose the wrong ryegrass, you may not only lose out on overall yields, but you may not have the necessary grass to feed your stock in the first half of the season. Verdure provides consistent, predictable high yields, all season long! | | Calhoun, Georgia – 2005 Forage Yields Dry Matter Yield in Lbs. | Crossvile, AL – 2004-05 Forage Yields Dry Matter Yield in Lbs. | Variety | Jan 12 | Mar 13 | Apr 29 | Jun 13 | Season Total | Autumn | Winter | Early Spring | Late Spring | Season Total | Verdure | 1,112 | 2,865 | 5,890 | 6,079 | 15,945 | 1,136 | 1,379 | 4,436 | 5,176 | 12,127 | Rio | 737 | 2,411 | 5,309 | 5,347 | 13,803 | 1,540 | 1,806 | 4,334 | 4,444 | 12,124 | Lowest yield | 149 | 1,828 | 3,572 | 4,448 | 10,673 | 168 | 492 | 3,282 | 3,464 | 10,210 | LSD | 350 | 778 | 981 | 1,295 | 1,617 | 350 | 778 | 981 | 1,295 | 1,617 | | Completed trial data available www.griffin.peachnet.edu | Completed trial data available www.ag.auburn.edu |
| Healthy Plants – One of Verdure’s key characteristics is its improved disease resistance. The University of Florida regularly evaluates ryegrasses for resistance to leaf spot, crown rust, and gray leaf spot. Each rating in 2005 showed Verdure to be significantly more resistant than most all varieties! | University of Florida - Gainesville, FL 2004-05 Disease & Insect Resistance Ratings | | | Feb 4* | Feb 21* | Mar 24* | Apr 11# | Ave | Attain | 2.00 | 3.25 | 4.25 | 2.00 | 2.88 | Striker | 1.75 | 3.75 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 2.88 | Verdure | 1.50 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 3.00 | Big Boss | 2.00 | 3.50 | 4.50 | 2.25 | 3.06 | Graze-N-Gro | 2.50 | 3.75 | 4.25 | 3.00 | 3.38 | Angus 1 | 2.25 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.44 | Double Barrel | 2.00 | 3.75 | 5.00 | 3.25 | 3.50 | | Ed | 2.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 3.25 | 3.56 | Rocket | 1.75 | 3.00 | 5.25 | 4.25 | 3.56 | Beefbuilder III | 1.83 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 5.16 | 3.62 | Surrey II | 2.00 | 4.25 | 5.00 | 3.75 | 3.75 | Gulf | 2.25 | 4.25 | 5.25 | 3.75 | 3.88 | Thunder | 2.25 | 4.25 | 4.75 | 4.25 | 3.88 | King | 2.25 | 4.00 | 4.75 | 4.50 | 3.88 | Diamond T | 2.00 | 3.50 | 4.75 | 5.50 | 3.94 | Ribeye | 2.00 | 3.75 | 5.25 | 4.75 | 3.94 | Bruiser | 2.25 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.25 | 4.00 | Stampede | 2.50 | 4.25 | 5.25 | 4.50 | 4.13 | Florida 80 | 3.25 | 4.75 | 5.25 | 4.50 | 4.13 | Lonestar | 2.25 | 4.00 | 5.50 | 5.00 | 4.19 | Rio | 2.25 | 4.00 | 5.50 | 5.25 | 4.25 | Surrey | 2.75 | 4.75 | 5.25 | 4.75 | 4.38 | Passerel Plus | 2.25 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 5.25 | 4.38 | Big Daddy | 2.25 | 4.00 | 5.75 | 6.25 | 4.56 | Flying A | 2.25 | 4.25 | 5.25 | 6.50 | 4.56 | Shiwasuaoba | 4.75 | 6.50 | 6.75 | 8.00 | 6.50 | | lsd | 0.78 | 1.08 | 1.45 | 1.77 | 0.64 | | * - Disease complex rating: 0 = no disease and 10 = 100% coverage or death. For the first two rating dates Gray Leaf Spot was the dominant disease, while Crown Rust was prominent during the last two ratings. # - Disease was evaluated on the re-growth following a Feb 22 cutting. Complete results available upon request. |
| Deep South Performance – Verdure out-scored all other varieties at the MS research station in Starkville in 2005-06, and at Marianna, Florida in 2006-07. | Mississippi State University Starkville, MS 2005-06 Dry Matter Yields | | | Total in Lbs | Verdure | 9249* | Maximus | 9053* | Surrey II | 8929* | Prine Tetraploid | 8889* | Ed | 8649* | Graze N Grow | 8641* | Attain | 8618* | Flying A | 8556* | Diamond T | |
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