Alfalfa Performance Proof
BOOST your Alfalfa performance and achieve more quality forage.
- Location: Drumgoon Dairy - Lake Nordon, SD
- Product Used: L-CBF BOOST
- Application Rate: 5 Gallons per acre
- Application Method: Foliar
Quality: We see Relative Forage Quality advantages with the BOOT treated alfalfa over the control/untreated. The NDFd values of BOOST treated alfalfa is over 9 units better than the control.
Economics: Research shows that a one-unit increase in the NDFd is associated with 0.37 increase in dry matter intake and a 0.55 pound increase in 4% fat corrected milk
Yield: As far as yield goes.
Alfalfa BOOST = 23 inches VS. Alfalfa Untreated = 18 inch
Industry experts say that on average when a height difference in Alfalfa crop is observed, with all variables the same, the estimated yield advantage is ~ 15% more.