Grains and Forage Blends

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