Organic farming

NICKEL BIO / UAB

UAB - Organic forage crops

A unique variety!
NICKEL hairy vetch is a unique variety that combines excellent vigour of growth, very high yield potential and great resistance to cold and disease.

Fonctionnal benefits

A perfect variety for catch crop use;
Unique vigour and robustness;
Very high yield potential;
Top food quality.

Benefits in detail

NICKEL is a perfect variety for use as a catch crop or as a cover crop.

Unique vigour and robustness:

From the moment it is planted and throughout its cycle, NICKEL stands out from other varieties thanks to its vigorous growth.
What's more, it combines very good cold hardiness (rating: 9) with an early spring start (winter emergence vigour rating: 8), making it ideal for use in forage mixtures.

Very high yield potential:

NICKEL was selected for its very high forage yield potential, both pure and in mixtures (130% vs. controls).
What's more, its very good level of resistance to diseases such as anthracnose and mildew means it performs well.

Top feed quality:

NICKEL is a variety with a very high protein content.
In forage combinations, NICKEL will significantly improve the nutritional quality of the forage harvested (e.g. in combination with an R.G.I, it is possible to gain 2 protein points and harvest forage with 15.1% M.A.T.).