Chicory is fantastic for fattening lambs and steers.  University trials indicate an average daily gain on lambs of 300 grams.  It’s an excellent feed as well for goats and wildlife.  Chicory can be a very valuable addition to most farms if managed properly.  It will not be persistent if it doesn’t have a 25 day rest period between grazings.  However, it really boosts first year production in new seeding sod dryland pastures.  It’s very high in mineral content, very high in digestibility, low in fiber and high in protein.  Chicory gets blue flowers at maturity. 

Forage Feast   -Order Now-
Forage Feast tends to be leafier and more digestible and bold resistant.  It’s an ancient, wonderful special purpose perennial forage vegetable from France with winter-hardiness, excellent summer production, and very high feed value.  A deep tap root makes it very drought tolerant.  It looks like a giant dandelion, but leafier.  A farm in Michigan reported that his Forage Feast Chicory provided feed for his sheep in the summer of 1996 when all else was drought brown.

Puna  -Order Now-
This perennial herb was developed in New Zealand especially for forage or grazing.  It has a deep tap root, which makes it very drought tolerant.  Puna Chicory is high in protein (18% to 28% crude protein) and is richer in minerals and trace elements than any other forage.  Puna can be planted with Alfalafa and harvested as haylage.  Puna Chicory should be rotational grazed for best performance.