Caliber

• Highest hay quality with excellent yields; ideal for 3 to 4-cut management

• Outstanding winterhardiness and disease resistance leads to longer stand life

• Medium maturity variety that works well with cool season grasses

• Multi-leaf expression and excellent relative forage quality

Fall Dormancy: Winterhardiness: Disease Resistance:

4.02.0

30

VarietyFierceCaliberContenderPersist IIIL-455 HDEnduroFSG 424

Tons/Acre6.926.886.836.826.806.776.72

Drill RateBroadcast RateDepthPlanting Dates

18 - 22 lb./A.25 lb./A. +

1/4 in. - 1/2 in.April - May

August - September

RecoveryRoot TypeStandabilityForage YieldForage Quality

FastTap

GoodExcellentExcellent

DiseaseAnthracnoseAphanomyces Race 1Bacterial WiltFusarium WiltPhytophthoraVerticillium Wilt

Resistance Level*

HRHRHRHRHRHR

Yield Comparison*

Seeding Information Agronomic Characteristics

Disease Resistance Index

*HR = Highly Resistant*4-Cut Total

All Beck's elite alfalfa is treated with the Escalate™ yield enhancement system

which includes a micronutrient package, Apron XL® LS and Stamina fungicide.Beck’s elite alfalfa carries our 100% replant policy.

Variety CP NDFD Tons/Acre RFQ Milk/Ton Milk/Acre

Caliber 24.3 52.4 7.33 219 3,198 23,441A4440 24.0 52.8 7.19 206 3,131 22,503

54Q25 24.5 52.6 7.10 212 3,149 22,343

PGI 459 23.8 52.5 6.99 211 3,172 22,163

Ameristand 403T 24.2 53.4 6.84 210 3,150 21,559

HybriForce-400 23.9 53.0 6.74 208 3,153 21,249