Alfalfa
Mustang 425HD
Mustang 425HD is a high forage yielding, high forage quality HD® alfalfa variety. Mustang 425HD is protected by a broad spectrum of pest resistance package.
FEATURES:
• Exceptionally high forage yield potential
• Outstanding forage quality attributes
• Solid disease resistance package
Mustang 625HD
Mustang 625 APH2 is a high forage yielding, good forage quality, sunken crown alfalfa with branch root tendencies. The Mustang 625APH2 also has the branch root features which allows it to be more productive in well and poorly drained soils. It was selected for resistance to multiple races of Aphanomyces root rot. Features:
- Very high forage yield potential
- Resistance to Aphanomyces
- Race 1, 2 and isolates of Race 3
- Branch root trait
Final Answer
Extremely high yielding with great quality for stockmen, Final Answer offers a disease resistance package that is bulletproof against all major alfalfa pathogens as well as great winter hardiness. This makes Final Answer an excellent solution across a wide range of acres.
Seeding Rate: 15-20 lbs/acre
Prime Cut
The yield leader in reduced lignin varieties of alfalfa, Prime Cut delivers outstanding RFQ and NDFd scores while maintaining its position as a winter hardy and top-yielding alfalfa. A solid disease resistance package ensures long-lasting productivity. The reduced lignin content allows for delayed cutting intervals which can potentially reduce harvest costs by eliminating a cutting without sacrificing yield or forage quality. This gives Prime Cut the advantage over varieties that must be cut more frequently to maintain similar quality. For the hay producers who want top dollar, Prime Cut will bring it home.
Seeding Rate: 15-20 lbs/acre
Forages
Cow Conditioner - BMR Sorghum Sudangrass
Plant Late Spring/ Early Summer
Sorghum-sudangrass is a warm-season annual grass developed as a hybrid cross between forage sorghum and sudangrass. It is commonly used as a versatile forage option for grazing, hay, or silage. Cow Conditioner displays rapid growth and can reach heights of 6-8’ tall at maturity. Unlike forage sorghum, sorghum-sudangrass hybrids will regrow the following harvest by cutting or grazing. Cow Conditioner is very drought tolerant and will grow well during the heat of the summer under limited moisture conditions. It is used throughout the U.S. and can be productive in northern climates that have a short growing season. It will do best on well-drained soil and does not tolerate flooding or standing water conditions. Cow Conditioner is a sorghum-sudangrass hybrid that displays the brown midrib gene. The BMR gene lowers lignin levels in the plant, which results in more digestible fiber and higher feed value in BMR varieties compared to non-BMR types.
Drilled Seeding Rate: 15-20 lbs/acre
Optigraze
Optigraze is a blend of cool-season grasses and brassicas that have been developed as a season-long grazing cover crop. If planted in the spring, Optigraze can provide grazing throughout the summer and well into the fall season.
The forage oats in the mix provide the first initial flush of growth for the first grazing pass of the season. The other species in the blend will begin to take over once the oats have been grazed off. Winfred Brassica, Hunter Brassica, and Graza Radish are hybrid brassica species that have been developed for forage production. Each of these species will remain vegetative throughout the growing season and their leaves will continue to regrow the following grazing as long as conditions allow. The Italian Ryegrass in the mix is also bred to remain vegetative and provides persistent regrowth under grazing conditions. After the oats have been grazed off and growth of the brassicas slows, the Italian Ryegrass will keep producing until temperatures get too cold for further regrowth.
Overall forage quality of Optigraze is very high in terms of both crude protein and digestibility. Animal performance and average daily gains reflect this rich grazing diet. Optigraze is most productive on fertile soil with adequate moisture. Optigraze is less productive in dry conditions and is usually substituted for a similar mix containing more drought-tolerant species if the moisture outlook is very poor.
This mix meets the NRCS standard cover crop requirements for CSP and EQIP Programs in South Dakota and Minnesota.
Drilled Seeding Rate: 25 lbs/acre
Small Grains
Oats
- Oats (Forage) - CDC Haymaker, Everleaf Falcon, Everleaf 126
- Oats (Certified or Registered) - Buffalo, Goliath, Hayden, Rushmore
- Oats (Uncertified) - Morton & Jerry
-Oats (Winter)
Barley
- Barley (Forage) - Haymaker, Hays, Lavina, & Maverick
Rye
- Rye Grain - VNS, Elbon, Hazlet, Certified
Hybrid Rye Grain