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1 Pasture Guide 2016 IMPORTANT INFORMATION All references to Landmark in this Pasture Guide is a reference to Landmark Operations Limited ABN Certain items may not be stocked or available at all Landmark outlets. Further information can be supplied on request. Landmark reserves the right to correct any errors in this Pasture Guide. All items have been included in good faith on the basis that goods described will be available at time of publishing and on the basis of information provided by Landmark s suppliers. Landmark accepts no liability for any incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete information, or representations made or provided to Landmark, by third parties in any of the advertisements or information contained in this Pasture Guide. Failure of suppliers to deliver in accordance with samples, descriptions or at all or other unintentional errors may result in some lines being unavailable. PRIVACY STATEMENT Landmark collects, uses, discloses and handles personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and its privacy principles (as amended from time to time). Please see Landmark s privacy policy available at for information about privacy processes. If you do not wish to receive promotional material or mailings from us, please contact us on or visit our website TRADEMARKS PastureMax is a registered trademark of Landmark. Feast II, Winter Star II, Concord, Superstrike and Ultrastrike are registered trademarks of PGG Wrightson Seeds. Gaucho is a registered trademark of Bayer.

2 Index Introduction INTRODUCTION 3 ANNUAL 4 BIG BALE 5 COMBAT 6 VORTEX 7 SARDI 7 SERIES 2 8 FASTGRASS 9 GRAZIER 10 HR 11 NUTRIENT REPLACEMENT 12 MILK MAGIC 14 DAIRY ELITE 15 MEDIUM RAINFALL (MR) 17 PERMANENT PASTURE 18 PRODUCER TABLELANDS 21 CUSTOM BLENDS 22 ORDER FORM 23 Welcome. This 2016 Pasture Guide continues Landmark s commitment to provide a comprehensive selection of leading forage and pasture varieties. Our exclusive PastureMax range of blends includes a selection of high performance varieties pre-packaged to assist in the timely management of sowing. Every year experienced Landmark Agronomists work closely with Australian Pasture Specialists to review the performance of each PastureMax blend, making necessary changes to ensure continued performance. The end result is a range of off-the-shelf high performance pasture blends designed to suit Australian farms. As always, if you can t find the PastureMax blend you are looking for, talk to your local Landmark Agronomist about a custom blend to suit your paddock. For more information on pasture seed or other products, contact your local Landmark store. Front cover image supplied by Heritage Seeds.

3 Annual Product Code: Big Bale Product Code: Designed for lower rainfall areas with a combination of mid and late maturing tetraploid annual ryegrasses. 30% Winter Star II tetraploid annual ryegrass, 40% Sungrazer T tetraploid annual ryegrass and 30% Shaftal Persian clover NIL Tetraploid 15-40kg / ha Mid - Late Autumn to early summer growth All classes of livestock 500mm+ Early winter production Excellent late season quality Suitable for silage and hay production More grazings compared to Tetila Big Bale is a high performance pasture blend well suited to hay and silage production. Combination of 24% Concord II and 48% Maverick GII short rotation ryegrasses, 12% Taipan Balansa clover and 16% Laser Persian clover. NIL Diploid 25-35kg / ha Mid - Late Strong winter and spring growth. Well suited to hay and silage production. All classes of livestock 500mm+ Fast growing high quality pasture Strong cool season and spring growth profile High dry matter production suits hay and silage Flexible option to include grazing. 4 5

4 Combat Product Code: Combat is ideally suited to medium to high rainfall environments that exhibit periods of summer heat. Combat contains Barberia; which provides exceptional winter production and can respond to summer rainfall. 40% Barberia long rotation & 40% Arrow AR1 perennial Ryegrass, 10% Monti AgriCote subclover, 10% Storm AgriCote white clover AR1 and Nil endophyte Animal Safe Diploid kg/ha FEED WHEN YOU MOST Vortex is a high-performing annual ryegrass that provides feed when you most need it. A mid-late flowering tetraploid type, it is ideal for producers requiring strong autumn, winter and early spring performance with the added benefits of fast establishment and early grazing. Vortex has very good seedling vigour and is well suited to autumn-winter dairying, fat lamb and beef production as well as early-to-mid season silage/hay. Early to mid maturity ryegrass (Barberia -17 days; Arrow +8 days) Autumn to late spring production with intermittent summer production Suitable to all livestock classes 600mm+ Exceptional winter yield from Barberia Strong early spring production from Arrow Highly productive & stoloniferous Storm white clover Good heat tolerance & intermittent summer production 6 KEY FEATURES Australian bred by Heritage Seeds with excellent adaptation Quality pasture that is quick to first grazing High autumn, winter and spring growth with maximum production from March to November Fast regrowth and recovery after grazing Good heat tolerance and above average rust resistance For further information please contact your local Landmark outlet.

5 Fastgrass Product Code: THE NEXT GENERATION An annual grazing and silage/hay option with exceptional autumn establishment, winter yield and total season production. Fastgrass has mid-late maturity for excellent quality silage/hay. 80% Vortex annual ryegrass, 10% Shaftal AgriCote Persian Clover, 10% Paradana AgriCote balansa clover Nil Uniquely bred in Australia for Australian conditions, SARDI 7 Series 2 is a leading winter active lucerne variety, offering even greater production and persistence over its predecessor SARDI 7. Contains tetraploid annual (Westerwold) ryegrass kg/ha depending on rainfall. Combination of mid-late flowering annual clovers and mid-maturing annual ryegrass (+8 days). Autumn to late spring early summer. Suitable to all stock classes KEY FEATURES High yielding, multi-purpose with excellent persistence Good grazing tolerance with strong pest and disease resistance. (It is the only lucerne in Australia with any tolerance to the new highly virulent BGA strain) Well suited to grazing and hay production with a broad crown and high leaf to stem ratio Excellent adaptability to cold, wet environments 450 mm+ Excellent establishment vigour and winter production. Mid-late maturity for late season quality Exceptional full season yield potential Australian bred ryegrass, highly adaptable For further information please contact your local Landmark outlet. 9

6 Grazier Product Code: HR Product Code: Sheep/Beef perennial pasture blend that contains earlier heading perennial ryegrass cultivars for persistence in medium/med-high rainfall zones. Grazier will provide good autumn, winter & spring production. 50% Kidman AR1 & 20% Victorian perennial ryegrass, 20% Mintaro & 6% Monti AgriCote subclover, 4% Vista AgriCote balansa clover AR1 and Standard Endophyte Diploid kg/ha Early to early-mid maturity ryegrass (Kidman -9 days; Victorian -9 days) Mid to late maturity clovers. Autumn to spring production. Suitable to Beef/Sheep 500mm+ (not irrigation) Dryland perennial blend suited to medium/mid-high rainfall Good autumn and early spring production Highly productive mid-late sub & annual clovers Suited to Sheep/beef A proven high performance & persistent perennial pasture blend. HR delivers an excellent spread in seasonal growth, which combines with late season quality. 40% Impact II NEA2 & 48% Bealey NEA2 Perennial Ryegrass, 6% Storm & 6% Weka AgriCote white clover NEA2 Endophyte Animal Safe Contains tetraploid & diploid perennial ryegrass kg/ha Late to very late maturing. Bealey (+25 days), Impact II (+16 days) All seasons depending on rainfall/irrigation. Suitable to all stock classes 650 mm+ & Irrigation Elite genetics - productive and persistent Superior seasonal growth curve Highly productive & stoloniferous white clover Early spring yield of earlier maturing cultivars 10 11

7 What Comes Off... Must Go Back. As the need to drive production systems to their maximum becomes more and more necessary for many farms to realise their potential, so does the need to be aware of the increased pressure this production places on the nutritional status of our soils. To counter the removal of nutrients we must replace them using fertilisers but what are we taking out each time and how do we determine what needs to go back in? The most accurate way is to soil test paddocks to determine the nutrient status of the soil. A soil test will tell you where you are in terms of nutritional status in relation to your ideal target, which is a good start, but it will not account for what you are going to produce in the following season. The table outlines the removal of the macro nutrients, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur and calcium along with some of the main trace elements for some of our most measurable outputs. Being deficient in any one of these, or any other nutrient, will result in reduced production and profitability. Grazing animals take their fair share of nutrients, especially once you convert the production to a per hectare basis, but the one that is commonly underestimated is conserved fodder. Because both silage and hay are cut around the seed production stage of most plant growth cycles, they take out large amounts of nutrients, especially nitrogen and potassium. If this fodder is sold, rather than being reinvested back in the on-farm livestock, then it is lost to the system and needs to be accounted for when doing a nutrient budget. Your local Landmark Agronomist is well equipped to sample and interpret the results of your soil tests but to give you the most accurate report and a true representation of your nutrient budget they must consider what you are going to take out in the next growing season. This will prevent mining of your precious nutrient reserve and enable you to increase or maintain your fertility. Growing anything, be it meat, wool, or milk, requires the consumption of large amounts of grass, which draws most of its nutrition from the soil. The more we take off, the more we need to put back. Nutrient Removal By Crop # Nutrient removed by Hay/Pasture Kilograms Grams N P K S Ca Mg Cu Zn Mn Cereal Hay tdm* NA Lucerne Hay tdm Lucerne Seed Medic Hay tdm NA Medic Seed NA Oaten Hay tdm NA NA NA NA Hay (Clover/ryegrass) tdm NA NA NA Silage (Clover/ryegrass) tdm NA NA NA NA Animals 1000kg Beef NA NA NA NA NA NA One Fat Lamb (40kg) NA NA NA NA One Wool Fleece (4kg) 0.7 Trace 0.1 Trace Trace NA NA NA NA 1000L Milk NA NA NA NA 100Kg Milk Solids NA NA NA One DSE Sandy soil NA NA NA NA NA One DSE Heavier soil NA NA NA NA NA #All figures are general in nature and will vary within individual systems, use as a guide only. Burning or removal of stubble will increase the nutrient removal rate of Nitrogen, Sulphur and Carbon. Nutrients such as Potassium, and trace elements will remain but are more susceptible to erosion from wind or water. Phosphorus and trace elements will remain but are more susceptible to erosion from wind or water. *tdm = tonne of dry matter NA = Not Available 12 13

8 Milk Magic Product Code: Dairy Elite Product Code: A high performance perennial ryegrass blend that includes mid and late maturing grasses, suited for Dairy and Beef pasture systems. 50% Reward Endo 5 tetraploid long rotation ryegrass, 38% Excess AR1 diploid perennial ryegrass, 6% Legacy and 6% Bounty white clovers. Reward Endo 5 and Excess AR1 Diploid and tetraploid 25-35kg / ha Reward Endo 5 is + 24 days compared to Nui and Excess AR1 is +7 days compared to Nui Autumn to late spring / early summer Dairy, beef finishing 650mm+ unless irrigated High performance long term pasture Highly productive white clovers Low aftermath heading for improved quality Provides consistent growth over the season A high performance blend, Dairy Elite contains leading hybrid ryegrass Shogun NEA2 and highly productive and stoloniferous Storm white clover. This is for farmers pushing the boundaries of dry matter production and quality. 85% Shogun NEA2 Hybrid Ryegrass, 15% Storm AgriCote white Clover NEA2 Endophyte Animal Safe Contains tetraploid hybrid ryegrass 30 kg/ha Very late maturing long rotation hybrid ryegrass (+26 days) All seasons depending on rainfall/irrigation. Suitable to all stock classes 650 mm+ & Irrigation Winter yield of an Italian ryegrass Very late maturity - late season quality Unmatched for total seasonal yield 3 year pasture option or oversow 14 15

9 Medium Rainfall (MR) Product Code: A premium perennial ryegrass blend with high performing varieties suited to a range of rainfall levels. 40% Base AR37 tetraploid perennial ryegrass, 30% Excess AR37 diploid perennial ryegrass, 10% Bindoon and 20% Leura sub-clovers. USES: The versatile perennial all-rounder Reward is the next generation tetraploid perennial ryegrass with Endo5 endophyte bred for the Australian farmer. Reward is ideally suited to a broad range of farming systems including sheep, beef and dairy, making it a great all round option. It is late maturing which means high quality feed for longer, especially at times when feed is needed most. Excellent persistence and dry matter production Improved rust tolerance Bred for low AMH Endo5 endophyte for broad spectrum pest control No Lolitrem B (the main toxin that causes RGS) * Endo5 contains ergovaline for insect protection. It is recommended to avoid prolonged set-stocking or grazing fresh regrowth of such pastures during summer and autumn. Sowing rate: 20-30kg/ha Available from your local Landmark branch Rainfall / : 650mm pa Irrigation Base AR37 and Excess AR37 Diploid and tetraploid 25-35kg / ha Base AR37 is late maturing, while Excess AR37 is mid-season maturing with low aftermath heading. Autumn to early summer Dairy, beef and sheep 600mm+ High performance long term pasture mix Protection against Red legged earth mite Superstrike seed protection on all clovers Highly persistent with the AR37 endophyte. pggwrightsonseeds.com.au 17

10 Permanent Pasture Product Code: These cultivars have been selected to deliver early season growth, grazing through winter, yet still offer hay or silage options. 32% Fitzroy and 32% Avalon diploid perennial ryegrasses, 15% Antas and 16%Trikkala sub-clover, 5% Taipan Balansa Clover. Standard Diploid 15-30kg / ha Early to mid-flowering compared to Nui (Fitzroy -17 days, Avalon -3 days) Autumn to mid spring Prime lamb, sheep and beef in lower rainfall zones. 500mm+ Productive and persistent pasture mix. High producing hard seeded clovers. Growth pattern suits grazing or silage Highly reliable pasture mix USES: with Australian bred under tough conditions Base is a late maturing (+22 days) tetraploid perennial ryegrass available with AR37 endophyte. Base offers superb dry matter yield meaning more feed is available for your stock. An added feature of Base is its high seasonal production in autumn and winter. It also responds well to summer rainfall, providing growth when moisture and fertility are available. Bred in Australia from drought surviving plants Ideally suited for dairy and beef farming Excellent late season quality feed Very high tiller density and high dry matter production Sowing rate: kg/ha Avoid hard set stocking during dry periods Rainfall / : 650mm p/a Irrigation Available from your local Landmark branch 18 pggwrightsonseeds.com.au

11 Producer 550 Product Code: Tablelands Product Code: A combination of the most productive and adaptable subclover & phalaris cultivars available. Includes CSIRO bred grazing tolerant winter active phalaris Holdfast GT and the highest yielding subclover available Antas. 13% Holdfast GT, 12% Landmaster and 8% Australian II Phalaris, 35% Antas & 32% Monti AgriCote subclover N/A. Diploid kg/ha Mid to late maturity subclovers Winter active and semi winter dormant phalaris. Main growth autumn to late spring Suitable to all stock classes 500mm+ Suits set stocking and rotational grazing Combination of productive phalaris/subclover cultivars Suits a range of soil types Highly persistent. A persistent grazing tolerant phalaris, cocksfoot and subclover combination suited to the tableland regions where late season growth & summer production is achievable. 17% Holdfast GT winter active & 17% Australian II semi winter dormant phalaris, 8% Safin fine leaf cocksfoot, 29% Antas & 29% Campeda AgriCote subclover N/A. Diploid kg/ha Mid to late maturity subclovers Winter active and semi winter dormant phalaris with fine leaf continental cocksfoot. Autumn to late spring & summer production Suitable to all stock classes 500mm+ Grazing tolerant phalaris cultivars allow for set stocking or rotational grazing Combination of most productive phalaris/subclover Safin fine leaf cocksfoot provides high tiller density and summer production Good seasonal growth curve

12 Can t find what you re looking for? Talk to your local Landmark Agronomist for a custom blend to suit your paddock. TEAR OUT Product Description Quantity Order Form Client name Contact No. Local Landmark Store Signed Date TERMS AND CONDITIONS Refer to Terms and Conditions at You acknowledge that: (a) environmental factors may affect any recommendation or possible outcome; (b) Landmark neither represents nor warrants that its recommendations will deliver any particular outcome; (c) you must verify information provided, and to monitor conditions on your property to ensure the continuing validity of the recommendations; and (d) there is no contract for the provision of the recommendations and no warranty or condition may be implied (whether by Competition and Consumer Act 2010(Cth) or otherwise) to the recommendations. Use of products other than according to label directions is entirely at your own risk. You release Landmark from any liability arising as a result a claim, suit or action by you, or anyone claiming through you, relating to your use of or reliance on the recommendations.