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Product Description
Leafy, upright chicory showing upright growth and having a deep tap root.
Physical Description
Leafy, upright chicory showing upright growth and having a deep tap root.
Why Use Chico Chicory
- A high yielding, leafy chicory producing very high quality summer forage.
- Good drought tolerance.
- Diamondback moth and white butterfly tolerant.
| PERSISTENCE | 2 - 3 years | SUMMER ACTIVITY | Very Good |
| SOWING RATE | 6 - kg/ha | GROWTH PEAK | Spring - Autumn |
| SOWING DEPTH | 10 mm | STOCK PERFORMANCE POTENTIAL (1=LOW 9=HIGH) | 9 |
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BENEFITS
Very high quality, high yielding summer forage crop.
High in metabolisable energy and minerals.
Very high livestock performance potential.
Ideal for summer-dry environments.
Fast establishing and rapid re-growth.
Leafy, succulent and palatable.
Animal safe - will not cause grass staggers or facial eczema.
Can persist for up to 2-3 years.
Deep root system enabling it to mine soil water and minerals.
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WHERE IT FITS
Chico can be used as a specialist and flexible multi-graze summer forage crop for finishing stock, and maximizing milk production, or included as a component of pasture mixes at a sowing rate of 1-2kg/ha. It is suited for use with all livestock types, and for use throughout the country, but particularly in summer-dry regions as a summer-safe forage. An ideal, more flexible alternative to summer brassicas. As a specialist summer forage it should be rotationally grazed.
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PERFORMANCE
Higher stocking rates, lamb live weight gain and carcass weight.