Forage Varieties
Alfalfa:
Emergence Time: 7 days
Seeds Per Pound: 200,000
Winter Hardiness: Good
Drainage: Well Drained
Bloat Hazard: Yes
FSG 420 LH |
Highly Resistant to Leaf Hopper (HR)
Tap Root, Fall Dormancy 4, Winter Survival 2
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Valid 2
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High Yeilding Multifleaf Alfalfa Fall Dormancy 4, Tap Root, Winter Survival 2 |
Shockwave BR
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Sunken Crown Branch Root Alfalfa |
Resistance
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Branch Root Alfalfa; for poorly drained soils Fall Dormancy 3.6 Good Regrowth & Winterhardy |
Algonquin
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Economical Hay Type, Fine Stemmed, Persistent Winterhardiness Medium Type which flowers later, similar to Vernal |
#1 Alfalfa
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Good Alfalfa without the certified tag
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Timothy:
Emergence Time: 10 days
Seeds Per Pound:1,230,000
Winter Hardiness: Good
Drainage: Somewhat Poorly Drained
Climax |
A later maturing Timothy. Cool season pasture and hay, persistence 5+ years
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Titan
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An early Timothy with good regrowth, persistence 5+ years
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Rye Grass:
Emergence Time: 14 days
Seeds Per Pound:227,000
Winter Hardiness: Fair
Drainage: Well Drained
Palatability: Very High
Kentaur |
A later maturing rye grass, excellent quality and palatability, good tolerance to close grazing, used in pasture or stored feed, persistence 2-3 years
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#1 Perennial Rye
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Economical Perennial Rye Grass
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#1 Annual Rye
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Economical Annual Rye Grass |
Italian Rye
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Fast growing annual used for pasture or haylage |
Clovers:
Emergence Time: 7 days
Seeds Per Pound:274,000
Winter Hardiness: Good
Drainage: Somewhat Poorly Drained
Santa Fe Red Clover |
Multicut Red Clover
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Common Double Cut
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Good ploughdown or one year haylage
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Common Single Cut
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Used as ploughdown
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Common Yellow Sweet Clover
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Good for plowdown and attractive to bees
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Common White Sweet Clover
800,000 seeds per lb.
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Deeper rooted, taller and coarser that yellow sweet clover
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Ladino Clover
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Used in pastures, tall growing white clover
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Huia White Clover
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Used in pastures, short gowing white clover |
Alsike Clover
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Very good tolerance to wet, acidic soils, should not be used for horses |
Orchard Grass:
Emergence Time: 18 days
Seeds Per Pound:653,000
Winter Hardiness: Fair
Drainage: Somewhat Poorly Drained
Beluga Orchard |
Late maturity for pasture or haylage
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Common Orchard
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An Economical Orchardgrass
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Fescues:
Emergence Time: 14 days
Seeds Per Pound:227,000
Winter Hardiness: Fair
Drainage: Somewhat Poorly Drained
Martin 2 Tall Fescue |
High yielding in summer and fall, endophyte free, good tolerance to acidic soul, used in pasture and stored feed, coarse leaves, persistence 5+ years
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Preval Meadow Fescue
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Good feed quality in fall with fine leave, less yeild than tall fescue, Pasture grass, persistence 5 years
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Tall Fescue
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Economical Tall Fescue |
Meadow Fescue
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Economical Meadow Fescue |
Creeping Red Fescue
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Good tolerance to close grazing and to acidic soils, easy to establish, used in pastures, persistence 5+ years |
Brome Grass:
Seeds Per Pound:136,000
Winter Hardiness: Good
Drainage: Somewhat Poorly Drained
Calton |
Excellent spring yield, fast recovery after grazing, persistence 5+ years
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Common Brome
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An Economical Brome Grass |
Birdsfoot Trefoil:
Seeds Per Pound:424,000
Winter Hardiness: Good
Drainage: Somewhat Poorly Drained
Leo |
Slow to establish, no bloat hazard, good tolerance to acidic and variabley drained soil
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Common Trefoil
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Economical Trefoil
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Reed Canary Grass:
Seeds Per Pound:532,000
Drainage: Well drained to poor drained
Marathon |
Easy but slow to establish, low drought tolerance, excellent yield
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