SW4412Y is a new lodging resistant variety with strong agronomic character and excellent disease resistance. SW4412Y is a high forage quality variety with consistently high yields. Lodging resistance can make harvest much easier and helps maintain harvestable yield. Heavy rain and wind, manure application, or harvest delays can all cause alfalfa stems to lay over in the field before harvest. For every six inches of unharvested stems left in the field, you can lose up to ½ ton of yield per acre. Unharvested stems that remain in the field can become tough and will reduce forage quality if harvested in subsequent cuttings. The lodging resistant characteristic can reduce or avoid these problems.
