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LAURA/Festuca pratensis

Meadow fescue

Rating
YieldPersistenceWinterhardinessDigestibility

Very productive
Early spring growth
Persistent
Even productivity over the growing period


Growing characteristics

LAURA establishes very quickly which makes it very competitive with perennial ryegrass. The first cut yields are very high combined with an excellent leafy regrowth in the aftermath. Therefore LAURA has high yields of very digestible drymatter in all cuts. Because of the very leafy regrowth of this variety it is also very suitable for grazing or a combination of cut and grazing managements.

The use of Laura

The use of meadow fescue is especially recommended in cold and wet areas. LAURA has proven a very good persistence in Austria with high yields also in 5-6 years leys. This tells about the very fine winter hardiness and aggressiveness of the variety.


NOP Certification

GROWTH HABIT
Perennial Bunch

ESTAB. RATE 
6-12 days

NITROGEN REQ.
High 80-120 lbs/ac

ANEROBIC SOIL TOL.
Excellent

pH RANGE
4.7 - 9.5

MINIMUM RAINFALL
>20 inches

DRY MATTER YIELD
2-4 tons

REGROWTH
Good

PRIMARY UTILIZATION
Hay/Intensive Grazing

VEG REPRO TIL RATE
Med-Low

CP%
18-35

NDF
50-58

ADF
30-36

ENDOPHYTE
No

SEEDING RATE
15-20 lbs/ac