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GetPLUS® What is Get Plus?

We have a long tradition of developing

E34 was discovered by the worldwide

high-quality forages. After many years of

Barenbrug research team and inoculated into

research, our researchers incorporated

the elite, soft-leaf tall fescue germplasm used

yield, persistence, and forage quality into

to breed the variety BarOptima PLUS E34.

two products, BarOptima PLUS E34 and

BarOptima PLUS E34 has multiple advantages

Remington NEA2™. The technology bringing

over Kentucky 31 and other tall fescues. These

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this all together are the beneficial endophytes, advantages are best characterized by the words: Safe, Sustainable, and Profitable.

E34 and NEA2.

Average Ergovaline Levels Over all Plots for Each Variety at Each Harvest

Safe Animals grazing on GetPLUS products do

BarOptima® PLUS E34®

not get fescue ­toxicity and are significantly

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healthier than cattle grazing on toxic

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Kentucky 31. These healthy cattle have

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­normal body temperatures and will spend

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more time in the field grazing as compared

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PPB

to cattle grazing on infected Kentucky 31 pastures resulting in an elevated body

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valuable time standing idle in shade

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or cooling in water. More grazing time

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corresponds to ­better weight gains.

April 19th June 21st Nov. 11th 1st Harvest 3rd Harvest 5th Harvest May 17th August 4th 2nd Harvest 4th Harvest

5.0

Sustainable

Grazing Preference

4.5

There are many endophyte-free tall fescues

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4.0

on the market, but under extreme growing

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3.5

conditions they do not persist under g ­ razing.

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3.0

50

2.5

40

2.0

30

1.5

20

1.0

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KY31+ Jesup MAXQ

Texoma MAXQ II

BarOptima PLUS E34 Select

Lexington, Kentucky

Grazing Prefer-

Percent Stand

90

Percent Stand

400 300

temperature. These cattle are spending

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KY 31 (Endophyte-Free) KY 31

GetPLUS products will persist and provide premium feed in stressful environments.

Kentucky 31 may be persistent in extreme conditions, but its harmful ­alkaloids can cause low reproductive rates and inhibit milk production in beef grazing cows. GetPLUS products will persist in extreme c­ onditions, improve reproductive rates, increase­­the weaning weights of nursing calves, and reduce supplemental feed costs.

GetPLUS®

Profitable

Can you afford NOT to plant Get PLUS products?

Cattle feeding on BarOptima PLUS E34 pastures are healthier due to its beneficial endophyte, thus reducing

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health-related costs. They graze

already have

longer and have higher intakes than

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cattle on Kentucky 31 pastures. The

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improve the palatability and grazing energy due to better fiber digestibility of forage makes BarOptima PLUS E34

Get more pounds of beef from the acres you already have

soft leaves of ­BarOptima PLUS E34 preference ­of the pasture. Higher

Get 30% more calves from the cows you

Get heavier weaning weights

2.5

Average daily gain while grazing

lbs/day

the ­ultimate choice for p ­ astures on

BarOptima PLUS E34 soft leaf tall fescue

progressive cattle ranches.

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All of these positive characteristics result

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in greater average daily gains for ­calves on weight gain per acre on BarOptima PLUS E34 is 59% more than on Kentucky 31 pastures.

A 59% Increase!

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lbs/gained

BarOptima PLUS E34 pastures. Total live

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“The initial thing I noticed was that the first time I turned cattle in on BarOptima PLUS E34, the cows ate right down the rows. There was no doubt they were selecting it, even over the wheat!”

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BarOptima PLUS E34

BarOptima PLUS® E34®

KY31+ University of Arkansas

Common KY 31

GetPLUS® The GetPLUS Family of Products BarOptima® PLUS E34® - Soft Leaf Tall Fescue A soft leaf tall fescue that contains the beneficial endophyte, E34. This revolutionary tall fescue has improved palatability with the soft leaf, all while eliminating toxicity and increasing animal productivity. As a soft leaf tall fescue, BarOptima PLUS E34 contains three highly desirable traits: a high-quality forage, yield, and persistence. BarOptima PLUS E34 is Safe, Sustainable, and Profitable.

Seeding Rate: 25lbs/acre

Remington NEA2™ - Perennial Ryegrass We combined our proven tetraploid perennial ryegrass with the beneficial endophyte, NEA2, to bring you a high yielding, high quality perennial ryegrass sharing many attributes of diploid types. We selected Remington for its sward density, high yields, heat tolerance, excellent disease resistance, and improved winter tolerance compared against traditional cultivars. Remington produces longer into the summer months and is well suited for grazing and high moisture cutting systems. Its exceptional palatability promotes high dry matter intake, while simultaneously providing extremely nutritious and digestible forage. The addition of the NEA2 beneficial endophyte expands this area of adaptation, allowing Remington PLUS NEA2 to persist in regions where perennial ryegrasses typically die out due to summer stress.

Seeding Rate: 25-30lbs/acre

Beneficial Endophyte Our researchers examined alkaloid profiles of numerous endophytes collected from around the world. These selected endophytes were inoculated into different seed germplasm. From this research, we were able to select two beneficial endophytes: “E34” & “NEA2”.

Endophyte Life Cycle Plants with endophytes can only pass the endophyte through their seed. The endophyte is NOT passed from plant to plant in a pasture.

1. Endophyte is a fungus found in seed 2. As the seed germinates, the endophyte grows into the emerging shoot 3. It stays in the base of the plant 4. In spring, as stems form, the endophyte grows up into new seed