Savvy orchardgrass is a high yielding and very productive orchardgrass. It is characterised not only by its soft leaves, but also its potential to have very long leaves. Savvy is an indiscriminate seeder which means that under grazing many Savvy plants may not produce any seed head at all. As well as having less seed head than traditional orchardgrasses, Savvy has exceptionally low aftermath heading (the period of seed head development is very short); therefore, it’s relatively easy to manage, particularly with cattle.
Savvy has been bred to lift the seasonal growth over other orchard grasses while holding pasture quality. Savvy is particularly strong for dry matter production in late spring and summer while maintaining high growth rate potential in autumn and winter.
Savvy fits the traditional orchardgrass role in low fertility dryland pastures where it may be sown with species such as white clover, balansa clover and red clover.
Due to the high quality and highly productive nature of Savvy its response under centre pivot irrigation and nitrogen has been outstanding. In such situations, Savvy has been utilised as a Savvy/legume pasture for intensive cattle grazing.
