A high yielding, very high quality and leafy chicory showing fast establishment, rapid re-growth, strong insect resistance and good drought tolerance.
Chico is noted for its strong summer, autumn growth providing high quality summer forage and making it ideal as a specialist summer crop for high livestock performance systems.
Product Features
- High yielding, leafy, upright chicory
- Fast establishment and re-growth
- Strong summer, autumn growth with improved winter activity
- Very high quality summer forage (high metabolisable energy & digestibility)
- Excellent livestock performance
- Good drought tolerance (1m long tap root)
- Safe to animals – won’t cause grass staggers or facial eczema
- Tolerant of Diamondback Moth and White Butterfly
- An ideal specialist summer crop or can be sown as a component of pastures.
NEW! Chicory for increased productivity and reduced N leaching
Lincoln University research has recently found that cows fed Chicory had reduced urinary N load and produced more milk solids than cows fed plantain.
Feeding Chicory increases water, sodium and potassium intakes,
which dilutes urine.
Chicory is the next forage that will be added to the
OverseerFM N-budgeting model to give credit for reduced N-losses from Chicory pastures.
Agronomic Information:
Persistence: |
1-3 years (subject to climate, insect pest pressure and management) |
Growth peak: |
Spring to Autumn |
Sowing rate: |
6-8kg/hectare as the sole grass species in mixes
1-2kg/hectare in mixes with ryegrasses |
Sowing depth: |
1cm (10mm) |
Sowing dates: |
Autumn and Spring |
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