Take Out Weeds, Leave White Clover NEW FOR PASTURES:
INTERACTIVE PRODUCT GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview
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Product Benefits
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White Clover
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Weed Control
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Application
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Post-Application
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Video Library
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OVERVIEW
The white clover conundrum ends: That changes with NovaGraz™. Don’t sacrifice white clover to control broadleaf weeds in a pasture.
White clover in a cool-season grass pasture can be such an economic benefit that producers hate to risk losing. But when broadleaf weeds invade, forage yields suffer and the overall quality of the pasture can decline. Until NovaGraz™, pasture herbicides couldn’t take out most broadleaf weeds without also removing white clover and annual lespedeza.
That changes NovaGraz™ herbicide. Keep clean pastures and all the benefits of white clover and annual lespedeza.
KEY WHITE CLOVER BENEFITS:
Improved forage quality for better animal performance Improved soil fertility due to the nitrogen-fixing capability of legumes
White Clover
Annual Lespedeza
Producers Can Have Both: Reap the benefits of legumes and broadleaf weed control.
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NovaGraz™ herbicide is a breakthrough in pasture management.
Only 1 product… Preserves white clover and annual lespedeza for an abundant, diverse, high-quality forage that improves soil fertility and livestock production. AND Controls a broad spectrum of weeds in permanent grass pastures, rangeland, hayfields and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres.
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Reap the benefits of white clover in pasture.
0 5 Add up to 150 pounds of nitrogen per acre with white clover Check out the numbers behind reduced input costs with NovaGraz™.
Improve conception rates by up to 25% with white clover in cool-season grass pastures
Increase stocker average gain by up to 50% with the inclusion of white clover in pasture
Check out the numbers behind improved conception rates and profitability with NovaGraz™ herbicide.
Check out the numbers behind improved stocker gain and profitability with NovaGraz™.
Animal Performance Benefits ADDITIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH BENEFITS White clover can serve a role in improving animal health. It does that by offsetting various livestock disorders associated with grazing some forages. Where cattle graze toxic endophyte-infected (E+) tall fescue, adding legumes is the most common strategy to alleviate fescue toxicosis.
Clovers in the diet also reduce the likelihood of grass tetany in cattle. Grass tetany is a symptom of magnesium deficiency. Clover contain higher levels of magnesium than do grasses.
Soil Fertility Benefits
Nitrogen prices continue to vary, but if nitrogen from a spreader cost $0.55 per pound, 150 pounds of nitrogen fixed by white clover represents a value of $83 per acre per year. MORE NITROGEN IN THE SOIL
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Clover benefits fade when weeds flourish. Keep those clover benefits with a better weed control option.
Broadleaf weeds in pasture typically reduce forage production by 1 to 1.5 pounds for each pound of weed grown over the season.
Weeds with sharp thorns, awns, or spines may interfere with cattle grazing.
By eliminating weedy competition in cool-season grass/white clover pastures, NovaGraz™ increases the amount of forage produced and improves utilization.
With more forage, a pasture acre feeds more cattle or the same number of cattle longer.
Untreated Treated with NovaGraz™
Vegetation Presence
In research trials, NovaGraz™ herbicide substantially reduced weed presence. And it did so with minimal impact on white clover populations.
Broadleaf Weed Presence
White Clover Presence
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Forage Production and Utilization
With less weed competition, forage production and utilization increases.
24% more forage utilization
21% more forage
6,882 lbs
37%
Untreated
8,344 lbs
Untreated Treated with NovaGraz™ herbicide
61%
Treated w/ NovaGraz™ herbicide
Production Utilization
2,000
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6,000
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NovaGraz™ is the first broadly effective herbicide to control broadleaf weeds while preserving white clover and annual lespedeza.
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Common Cocklebur
Hairy Buttercup
Annual Marshelder
BY COMPARISON: Multiple years of testing show NovaGraz™ provides broader spectrum control of broadleaf weeds compared to 2,4-D alone.
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Application: Apply correctly and know what to expect.
Application Timing NovaGraz™ herbicide is most effective when 90% of target weeds have emerged and are actively growing. For biennials such as musk thistle, that’s usually early to mid-spring or late in the fall. For weed species such as spiny pigweed, ironweed and cocklebur, it may be late spring to early summer.
Application Rate The primary use rate for NovaGraz™ herbicide is 24 fluid ounces per acre. The maximum use rate is 48 fluid ounces per acre per year. That allows for an enhanced control spectrum or a repeat application.
Required Adjuvant Apply NovaGraz™ with a methylated seed oil (MSO) adjuvant.
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Know what to look for after application.
Soon after application, white clover will yellow slightly and lodge for a short period.
Symptoms vary, but white clover will recover after several weeks.
Day of application
One week after application
Two weeks after application
Lodging with some yellowing of leaves
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Three weeks after application
Four weeks after application
Five weeks after application
White clover begins to regain vigor and grow out of the lodging phase.
White clover is recovered and flowering.
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White clover variety, weather, and grazing management can affect white clover recovery. Annual lespedeza, on other hand, shows very little effect from the herbicide. It may show a slight yellowing of leaves and no lodging.
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The 1 product that does both: controls weeds and preserves white clover
Increase cattle conception rates by up to 25%
NovaGraz™ herbicide maximizes a pasture’s potential by increasing forage quality, maintaining the benefit of white clover and achieving broad-spectrum weed control — all at the same time.
The presence of legumes in tall fescue pastures can increase conception rates by up to 25%. NovaGraz™ herbicide can help protect this benefit for producers managing tall fescue pastures.
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Increase stocker average gain by up to 50%
Raise soil nitrogen by up to 150 pounds per acre
By maintaining white clover and annual lespedeza in tall fescue pastures, producers can mitigate fescue toxicosis, increasing stocker average gain by up to 50%.
Controlling broadleaf weeds and preserving white clover ensure the nitrogen captured is used by the desirable forage and not weeds.
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