Seed Types
Forage Grasses
DESSIE TEFF GRASS
- New high yielding warm season annual forage grass variety
- Excellent palatability and forage quality
- Ideal for horses and other livestock
- Great for use as an emergency forage crop and for doubling cropping
- Good for inter-seeding 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
Dessie Teff is a new warm season annual grass variety developed for high forage production and forage quality without the problems of other summer annual grasses such as prussic acid or nitrate buildup. Dessie makes the ideal hay for horses with great palatability, digestibility, a mineral content high in calcium and iron and an attractive green color which is important for the premium horse hay market. Dessie is widely adapted throughout the United States and will tolerate drought conditions as well as wet soils. Dessie is a low input crop that has very few disease or pest problems and does not require high amounts of fertilizer for optimum production. Remember, for profitable summer forage production Dessie is the answer
GREENGRAZER V SORGHUM-SUDANGRASS
- Small seeded and thin stemmed type
- Dark green color with green top trait
- High yield potential
- Thin stemmed plant type
- Good overall disease resistance package
- Resistant to Anthracnose and Downy Mildew
Greengrazer V is a small seeded three way cross with thin stems that are highly palatable. Regrowth after cutting is very fast. Greengrazer V is a dark green color and also possesses the Green Top trait, which allows for further extension of the plant. Planting Greengrazer V at higher populations will result in a finer stemmed forage. Finer stems will allow the forage to dry faster for higher quality hay than is possible with thick stemmed types
Grain Sorghum
FSG 251 Hybrid Grain Sorghum
- Exceptional yield performance for maturity
- Wide area of adaptability
- Overall good agronomic package
FSG 251 is widely adaptable north to south across various soil types and conditions of the medium-early maturity zones. Exceptional stress tolerance allows for dependable yield performance under adverse conditions. Good emergence score and early vigor help FSG 251 get a fast start in spring.
FSG 255C Hybrid Grain Sorghum
- Exceptional yield performance for maturity
- Wide area of adaptability
- Overall good agronomic package
FSG 255C is widely adaptable north to south across various soil types and conditions of the medium-early maturity zones. Exceptional stress tolerance allows for dependable yield performance under adverse conditions. Good emergence score and early vigor help FSG 255C get a fast start in spring.
Wildlife Grain Sorghum
- Developed specifically for game birds
- Resistant to sparrows, blackbirds and starlings during milk and dough stage
- Resistant to weather deterioration of the grain
Wildlife Grain Sorghum was specifically developed as a fall and winter food source for upland game birds (quail, turkey, pheasant and prairie chicken) and migratory birds (ducks, geese and doves).
Wildlife Grain Sorghum is a heavy seed producing, early maturing (50-55 days to midbloom) variety which has early planting cold tolerance and excellent tillering for greater variation of grain maturity.
Unlike many conventional grain sorghum hybrids, Wildlife Grain Sorghum imparts a bitter grain taste to predatory birds (sparrows, blackbirds, starlings, etc.) during the milk and dough stages of development. The bitter taste disappears when the seed reaches maturity.
The pericarp layer of the seed acts as a mold and rotting repellant of the grain during exposure to winter weather conditions. In additon to providing a non-weathering and non-rotting winter food source, the foliage provides an excellent source of beneficial cover for birds. Wildlife Grain Sorghum is not meant for commercial grain production due to high tannin content.