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Forage Grasses
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Pasture Mixes

Benchmark Plus Orchardgrass

Bounty Orchardgrass

Derby Timothy

Dessie Teff

DH-3 Annual Ryegrass

Laredo Bermudagrass

Select Tall Fescue

Small Package Forage Available

  
 
 
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Benchmark Plus Orchardgrass

  • Early maturing variety
  • Excellent spring growth
  • Selected for persistence under heavy grazing
  • Good drought tolerance
  • Ideal for pasture and grass hay situations
Management Recommendations
Planting Rate (pure) 15 - 20#/A
Planting Rate (mix) 2 - 6#/A
Seeding Dates (Spring) 3/1 - 5/15
Seeding Dates (Summer) 8/1 - 9/15
Minimum Soil pH 5.5
Primary Use Grazing and pure grass hay
 
 
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Derby Timothy

  • Early maturing variety
  • Excellent winter hardiness and yield potential
  • Selected for improved regrowth after cutting
  • Excellent companion to legumes in mixtures
Management Recommendations
Planting Rate (pure) 6 - 10#/A
Planting Rate (mix) 2 - 4#/A
Seeding Dates (Spring) 3/1 - 5/15
Seeding Dates (Summer) 8/1 - 9/15
Minimum Soil pH 5.5
 
 
Dessie Teff

Dessie Teff

  • New high-yielding, warm-season annual forage grass
  • Excellent palatability and forage quality
  • Ideal for horses and other livestock
  • Great for use as an emergency forage crop and for double-cropping
  • Good for interseeding thin alfalfa stands in final year of production
  • Excellent rotational crop when replacing alfalfa or perennial grass stands
  • Can be used as a green manure crop and for erosion control
  • Low input crop with very few disease or pest problems
  • Heat-tolerant and drought-tolerant

 
Management Recommendations
Planting
Planting Rate 8-10#/A
Seeding Dates May (after risk of frost) through late July
Planing Method Broadcast or drill into firm seedbed
Seeding Depth 1/8 to 1/4 inch
Fertilizer
Soil test.
Teff needs adequate Phosphorous, Potassium and Sulfur.
Apply 50 pounds Nitrogen per acre at planting.
Small amounts of N may be needed after each cutting, however too much causes lodging.
Harvest
First harvest should be at pre-boot to early boot stage, approximately 45 to 50 days after planting.
Harvest regrowth in 40 to 45 days depending on location and environmental conditions.
Cut to a height of 3 to 4 inches.
 
 
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DH-3 Annual Ryegrass

  • Highly productive for hay, green chop or pasture
  • Excellent palantability
  • Spreads rapidly
  • Extremely heat tolerant
  • Cold tolerant
  • Drought tolerant

 
Management Recommendations
Planting Rate (pure) 12-15#/A
Planting Date Spring - Summer
Minimum Soil pH 5.5
 
 
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Laredo Bermudagrass

  • Highly productive for hay, green chop or pasture
  • Excellent palantability
  • Spreads rapidly
  • Extremely heat tolerant
  • Cold tolerant
  • Drought tolerant

 
Management Recommendations
Planting Rate (pure) 12-15#/A
Planting Date Spring - Summer
Minimum Soil pH 5.5
 
 
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Select Tall Fescue

  • Low endophyte fescue
  • Wide area of adaptation
  • High forage yields
  • Excellent for winter stockpiling
  • Excellent hay and pasture variety

 

 
Management Recommendations
Planting Rate (pure) 15 - 20#/A
Planting Rate (mix) 8 - 10#/A
Seeding Dates (Spring) 3/1 - 5/15
Seeding Dates (Summer) 8/1 - 9/15
Minimum Soil pH 5.5
Stockpiling Capabilities Excellent
 
 
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Wintermore Annual Ryegrass

  • superior cold tolerance
  • High forage yield
  • Consistent forage yield throughout the season
  • Improved disease resistance
  • Excellent palantability

WINTERMORE Annual Ryegrass Brand is a blend of two elite, proprietary annual ryegrass varieties. WINTERMORE was designed to deliver outstanding yields and hold up to the cold temperatures that can hinder fall establishment and winter survival in the transition zone and further north. WINTERMORE combines the superior cold tolerance and excellent disease resistance of Winterhawk with the consistent high yields of DH-3. WINTERMORE annual ryegrass also offers quick establishment, excellent palatability and good transition back to permanent grasses. If you are looking for an annual ryegrass that will deliver consistent high yieldssuperior cold tolerance and excellent disease resistance, then WINTERMORE is your brand.
Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial
Nebraska Panhandle Station | Scottsbluff, NE
2004-2005 Data
Variety Total Yield (2 cuts) Surviving Stand %
Winterhawk 10130 100.00
Ed 9859 97.5
Marshall 9376 97.5
Brigadier 9032 95.5
Prine(4x) 6878 90.8
Jumbo(4x) 5907 72.5
Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial
Southern Piedmont AREC | Blackstone, VA
2007 - 2008 Data
Variety Yield  
Winterhawk 7267  
King 6628  
DH-3 6470  
Jackson 6159  
Passerel Plus 6018  
Marshall 5823  
Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial
Nebraska Panhandle Station | Scottsbluff, NE
2005-2006 Data
Variety Harvest Date
June 2006		 Surviving Stand %
Winterhawk 4070 95
Jumbo 2790 41
Prine 2690 58
Big Boss 2400 55
Attain 2220 33
Verdure 1880 30
 
 
 

 

Small Pack Forage Available
Evermore Alfalfa 3 pound packet
Cinnamon Plus Red Clover 3 pound packet
Will Ladino Clover 3 pound packet
Trefoil 3 pound packet
Weeping Lovegrass 3 pound packet
Garden Blanket 3 pound packet
White Clover 3 pound packet
White Blossom Clover 3 pound packet
Yellow Blossom Clover 3 pound packet
Chicory 3 pound packet

 
 

 
 
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