Pea Oatlage

• Mix of 60% forage field peas and 40% forage oats
• Varieties of the peas and oats used are selected for their superior forage qualities
• Mixture can be harvested around 60 days after planting
• Planting rate per acre: 120-150 lbs

Milo or Grain Sorghum

• Used as an emergency crop or as summer forage
• Planting rate per acre: 25-30 lbs
• Planting depth: 1-1 ½ “

Japanese Millet

• Millet is grown mainly as a forage grass and resembles barnyard grass
• Makes the most rapid growth of all millets under favorable weather conditions, producing ripe grain in as little as 45 days
• Annual growth habit
• Grows 2-4 feet tall
• Best grown on good soils and is not subject to fungal diseases, but is susceptible to several species of head smuts
• Planting rate per acre: 25 – 40 lbs

Pearl Millet

• Similar to sorghum/sundangrass, but doesn’t have prussic acid concerns
• Grows  7-10 feet tall
• Could be used for pasture and silage
• If cut before heading out, it can produce several cuttings (leave 10 inch stubble for regrowth)
• Planting rate per acre:  25-30 lbs

BMR (Brown Mid-Rib) Sorghum-Sudangrass Hybrid

• Three-way cross using two sweet forage strains to make up one selection that is in turn crossed with a sweet sudan; this provides an increase in sugar and protein as well as an increase in yield per acre
• Used for green chop, pasture, silage, and hay
• Has less lignin and higher digestibility for better rate of gains and milk production
• A cross between grain sorghum and sudangrass
• Tremendous vigor and rapid re-growth
• Planting rate per acre: 25-30 lbs
• Planting depth: ½”-1”

Buckwheat

• Fast growing warm season annual with a broad heart shaped leaf and white flowers
• Branches from its nodes
• The growth period is 10 to12 weeks in normal weather
• Uses: cover crop – good for controlling erosion; smother crop – good for weed control, its decomposing roots suppress later weed germination; green manure crop – it builds humis and increases aeration in heavy soils; grain – mostly grown for livestock feeds
• Planting rate per acre: 50 lbs

Field Peas

• Variety of peas that are developed to be more productive and hardy than garden peas
• Gaining in popularity as a forage crop
• Field peas are usually mixed with oats, barley, or triticale and harvested as haylage
• Combination has protein levels similar to alfalfa and has higher energy
• Japanese Millet
• Grown mainly as a forage grass; it resembles barnyard grass
• Makes the most rapid growth of all millets under favorable weather conditions, occasionally producing ripe grain in 45 days
• Growth habit is annual and has an erect plant 2 to 4 feet tall
• Is best grown on good soils and is not subject to fungal diseases, but is susceptible to several species of head smuts
• Planting Rate Per Acre: 25-40 lbs

Hy-Rye Winter Grain Rye

• Improved variety of winter grain rye designed for better forage and grain yield
• Fall sown winter grain rye can be used for late fall and spring pastures
• To maximize fall pasture, rye can be seeded as early as mid August
• Avoid seeding rye before September for best results. Seeding in early September will usually avoid rust and ensure good stands for some fall pasture and good growth the following spring.
• Rye can be successfully seeded as late as mid November
• Rye can be seeded until the soil is permanently frozen
• Planting Rate Per Acre: 84 – 112 lbs

Pea Tritlage

• Mix of 50% 4010 Forage Field Peas and 50% Triticale
• Varieties of peas and triticale used are selected for their superior forage qualities
• Mixture will be later in maturity and higher in protein due to the leafiness of the triticale
• Planting Rate Per Acre: 120-150 lbs

Piper Sudangrass

• An annual warm season grass that is good for pasture, green chop, silage, and hay
• Has a vigorous growth and can give up to four cuttings per year
• It grows an average of 3 to 5 feet tall in solid stands and 6 to 8 feet in cultivated rows
• Can be successfully grown on all soil types
• Planting Rate Per Acre: 20-30 lbs Planting Depth ½”-1”

Spring Barley, Robust

• A six-rowed, smooth-awned, spring barley
• Produces high grain yields and high test weight
• Moderately late in heading and ripening
• Has medium plant height and above average straw strength
• Resistant to spot blotch and stem rust and has moderate resistance to leaf rust
• Planting Rate Per Acre: 96-120 lbs

Spring Triticale

• A small cereal crop originating from the crossing of durum wheat and rye
• Grown for a high producing grain and forage
• One of the most popular ways of using this seed is to mix it with field peas
• Mixture makes a high protein forage and can be a nurse crop for alfalfa
• Planting Rate Per Acre: 100-120 lbs

Spring Wheat, Cert. VNS

• Variety of hard red spring wheat that has excellent stability and good yield potential with a wide area of adaptation
• Planting Rate Per Acre: 90-120 lbs

Succotash Grain Mix

• Special mixture of 33% Multioats, 33% spring wheat, and 33% barley
• All seed varieties are specifically chosen to ripen together and produce up to 80 bushels of high protein feed per acre
• Can be chopped for a high protein forage
• Can be harvested to provide a high protein, high quality feed and quality bedding straw
• Planting Rate Per Acre: 100 lbs
• Winter Wheat, Arapahoe
• A very high producing variety of hard red winter wheat
• Is resistant to current prevalent races of leaf and stem rust and is moderately tolerant to Cephalosporium stripe
• Produces a grain that has good overall bread making qualities
• Planting Rate Per Acre: 90-120 lbs

Winter Wheat, VNS

• A listing of hard or soft red winter wheat where the specific variety is not specified
• HY-RYE Winter Grain Rye
• An improved variety of winter grain rye designed for improved forage and grain yield
• Fall sown Winter Grain Rye can be used for late fall and spring pasture.
• To maximize fall pasture, rye can be seeded as early as mid August; however, rust is sometimes a problem when rye is seeded this early
• Seeding in early September will usually avoid rust and insure good stands for some fall pasture and good growth the following spring
• In most years, rye can be successfully seeded as late as mid-November; rye can be seeded until the soil is permanently frozen
• Planting Rate Per Acre: 84-112 lbs