Mezzo Lucerne

Exceptionally high yielding variety

  • Animal: Dairy, Beef & Sheep
  • Utilisation: Ensile & Haylage
  • Sowing Period: Summer
Mezzo Lucerne is an exceptionally high yielding Lucerne variety, brand new to the UK market. Mezzo has consistently outperformed the competition in French national trials for the last 3 years, producing record breaking levels of protein per hectare.
A dormancy rating of 3.6 means that Mezzo can be considered for more northerly areas of the UK and Ireland. Mezzo is one of the highest performing varieties in French trials where the Lucerne market is far bigger than ours. It offers exceptionally fast growth rate and outstandingly high yields of protein rich forage. Mezzo also offers a high resistance to all the main diseases and to nematodes.

Strengths

  • Outstanding dry matter yields

  • Excellent protein content

  • Excellent disease & nematode resistance

Technical Information

Technical Information

Yield Data Relative to mean of all varieties
Total yield: 1st and 2nd cut 10.9t DM/Ha106%
Yield: 3rd + cut6.7t DM/Ha103%
Total yield17.6t DM/Ha105%
Protein Content19.3%

Agronomic Data

Agronomic DataRelative to controls
Dormancy rating*3.6-
Nematode resistanceExcellent
Verticillium resistance*6.6108%
Regrowth vigourVery fine105%
Lodging resistance*6.9113%
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Limagrain UK
Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT
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Mezzo Lucerne

Exceptionally high yielding variety
Mezzo Lucerne is an exceptionally high yielding Lucerne variety, brand new to the UK market. Mezzo has consistently outperformed the competition in French national trials for the last 3 years, producing record breaking levels of protein per hectare.
A dormancy rating of 3.6 means that Mezzo can be considered for more northerly areas of the UK and Ireland. Mezzo is one of the highest performing varieties in French trials where the Lucerne market is far bigger than ours. It offers exceptionally fast growth rate and outstandingly high yields of protein rich forage. Mezzo also offers a high resistance to all the main diseases and to nematodes.
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Technical information

  • Outstanding dry matter yields

  • Excellent protein content

  • Excellent disease & nematode resistance

Technical Information

Please see the technical information for Mezzo Lucerne below:

Yield Data Relative to mean of all varieties
Total yield: 1st and 2nd cut 10.9t DM/Ha106%
Yield: 3rd + cut6.7t DM/Ha103%
Total yield17.6t DM/Ha105%
Protein Content19.3%

Agronomic Data

Agronomic DataRelative to controls
Dormancy rating*3.6-
Nematode resistanceExcellent
Verticillium resistance*6.6108%
Regrowth vigourVery fine105%
Lodging resistance*6.9113%

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