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
Valid 2	High Yeilding Multifleaf Alfalfa Fall Dormancy 4, Tap Root, Winter Survival 2
Shockwave BR	Sunken Crown Branch Root Alfalfa
Resistance	Branch Root Alfalfa; for poorly drained soils Fall Dormancy 3.6 Good Regrowth & Winterhardy
Algonquin	Economical Hay Type, Fine Stemmed, Persistent Winterhardiness Medium Type which flowers later, similar to Vernal
#1 Alfalfa	Good Alfalfa without the certified tag

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
Titan	An early Timothy with good regrowth, persistence 5+ years

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
#1 Perennial Rye	Economical Perennial Rye Grass
#1 Annual Rye	Economical Annual Rye Grass
Italian Rye	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
Common Double Cut	Good ploughdown or one year haylage
Common Single Cut	Used as ploughdown
Common Yellow Sweet Clover	Good for plowdown and attractive to bees
Common White Sweet Clover 800,000 seeds per lb.	Deeper rooted, taller and coarser that yellow sweet clover
Ladino Clover	Used in pastures, tall growing white clover
Huia White Clover	Used in pastures, short gowing white clover
Alsike Clover	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
Common Orchard	An Economical Orchardgrass

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
Preval Meadow Fescue	Good feed quality in fall with fine leave, less yeild than tall fescue, Pasture grass, persistence 5 years
Tall Fescue	Economical Tall Fescue
Meadow Fescue	Economical Meadow Fescue
Creeping Red Fescue	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 (smooth brome)	Excellent spring yield, fast recovery after grazing, persistence 5+ years

Common Brome	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
Common Trefoil	Economical Trefoil

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