WL 354HQ
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EXCEPTIONAL PRODUCTIVITY AND PERSISTENCE ON YOUR TOUGHEST SOILS Outstanding yield potential and exceptional forage quality on your toughest soils make WL 354HQ the alfalfa variety of choice for dairy, beef, and cash hay producers looking to significantly reduce the impact of root disease on seedling establishment and stand life. AGRONOMIC TRAITS Maturity Early Digestibility/Feed Value Superior Persistence Index Very High Recovery After Harvest Very Fast WL 354HQ Advantages • Unique wet soil disease resistance package (including HR to Aphanomyces Race 2) demonstrates significant on-farm benefits in stand establishment, persistence, and forage yield • A perfect Disease Resistance Index (DRI) of 35/35 • Very high yield potential under 3- to 5-cut harvest managements; high yield potential across a wide range of soil types • Excellent feed value and digestibility helps produce more milk or beef and greater profit potential when fed • A great choice for cash hay: WL 354HQ delivers very high forage quality across a wide range of haying conditions • Very winterhardy (WH=1.4); WL 354HQ delivers long stand life even under the toughest weather conditions • Fast recovery after cutting and excellent standability encourages intensive harvest management • Dark green, fine-stemmed, and highly palatable • Excellent later-maturing companion to WL 363HQ • Very well-adapted for use in the Midwestern, Northern Plains, Pacific Northwest and Northeastern regions of the U.S. for hay and haylage uses WLalfalfas.com | Better Seed Through Research® Since 1958 Standability Excellent Traffic Tolerance Very Good Disease Resistance Index 35/35 PEST RESISTANCE TRAITS Bacterial Wilt HR Fusarium Wilt HR Verticillium Wilt HR Anthracnose HR Phytophthora Root Rot HR Aphanomyces Root Rot (Race 1) HR Aphanomyces Root Rot (Race 2) HR Leaf Disease R-HR Aphids R Nematodes R-HR HR = HIGH RESISTANCE R = RESISTANT

WL 354HQ beats HybriForce by $617 per acre CP = Crude Protein RFQ = Relative Forage Quality * Results are based on controlled field trials at the listed W-L Research location. Results may vary and are dependent on factors outside of W-L Research’s control, such as weather. Yield, profit and other results cannot be predicted or guaranteed by W-L Research. Do You Need Dual-Race Aphanomyces Root Rot Resistance? The Aphanomyces fungus prunes alfalfa roots, resulting in stunted, chlorotic plants and poor seedling establishment on wet soils. Most alfalfa varieties currently marketed in the U.S....