PGI 909 Alfalfa

Management Profile

  • Provides a high, stable yield, superb forage quality and broad adaptation.
  • Offering strong drought and heat tolerance, Ideally suited for central California, south east to Arizona.
  • Well adapted to the soils and management systems on non-dormant productions areas requiring a dormancy rating of 9.
  • Offering aggressive, season-long yields.

Performance For the Way You Farm
Outstanding head to head yield performance versus the newest competitive varieties and technologies.
Yield Advantage

Field Appearance at Harvest Maturity
Showy variety that is medium green and leafy
Very rapid recovery and an upright growth, yet is “broad shouldered” in appearance.

Key Agronomic Characteristics
Fall Dormancy
disease insects nematodes
Ratings are based on average performance of the variety over a wide range of climate and soil types. Actual performance may be adversely affected by extreme conditions. Unless stated, ratings are based on standardized testing procedures endorsed by the North American Alfalfa Improvement Conference.

Forage Quality
Forage quality over three cuts (spring, summer and fall) during the second hay year at Woodland, CA.
Forage Quality

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