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Later Maturing - High Yielding - High Quality - Very Palatable TAKENA orchardgrass is high yielding, later maturing orchardgrass with high nutritional value, good disease resistance, and excellent palatability. TAKENA is great for grazing or hay situations.
Maturity – A key to using orchardgrasses with legumes. Researches and hay producers alike know that the best orchardgrasses to use with alfalfa and clover are later maturing varieties. The same is true for grass-only hay production. Takena has proven time and time again that it is among the later maturing varieties, such as Haymate and Libra. Using a late maturing variety helps keep grass quality high at time of harvest and gives hay farmers the maximum harvest window possible.
High Quality – Takena excellent feed value will be appreciated for all types of livestock including dairy cows, beef cows, horses, sheep, and goats. From research conducted in Iowa and Pennsylvania, farmers can expect the following average feed values:
Yield – Throughout the numerous sites that Takena has been in trial, Takena consistently yields among the top varieties for tonnage per acre in both hay and grazing trials.
Palatability – At the University of Wisconsin, Takena scored numerically higher tha any other orchardgrass variety for both total intake and palatability over two years. In fact, it even outscored all other entries, including festuloliums, ryegrasses, timothys, and bromes! This is partial trial information. For a complete report, contact Smith Seed Services. Pennsylvania Data
Takena was sown at Rock Springs PA in August 1997 under a hay management trial. It was also sown in a grazing trial in 2001. In the 1997 trial Takena’s3-year yield was statistically equal to the top yielding variety with above average late summer cuttings. Samples taken for forage quality data ranked Takena in the top 3 varieties, with only Haymate and Pennlate scoring better ADF/NDF numbers.
In the 2001 grazing trial, after one year’s data, Takena was the 2nd most consumed forage, only outscored by Pennlate. Whether for hay or grazing, Takena is a great choice for Pennsylvania!
1997-1999 Pennsylvania Forage Trials Rock Springs, PA - 1997 Seeding
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