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FS Seed
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FS Forage product line up
The right seed for your situation.
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FS
2-99 |
- A blend of
improved alfalfa varieties
- Long-term
alfalfa that can be used for hay or pasture
- Will perform
well under a wide range of soil conditions
- Excellent
winterhardiness
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FS
3-99 |
- A blend of
improved multi-leaf varieties
- Excellent
winterhardiness
- Will perform
will under a wide range of soil conditions;
adapted for Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin
- Should be
planted in rotations of five years or less
- Good levels of
resistance to most diseases and insects
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Tri-An Red
Clover |
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Multiple-disease resistant, medium red clover
- Resistant to
Powdery Mildew and both Northern and Southern
Anthracnose
- Will usually
stay down three years, rather than just two as
expected of medium red clover
- Can persist
better in higher acid and shade conditions in a
pasture mixture than alfalfa
- Best
performance on heavy soils with good moisture
retention (pH 5.58 to 6.5)
- Excellent
source of nitrogen for grasses
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Bro-Max Bromegrass |
- Improved
seedling vigor
- Easier
stand-establishment
- Good seedling
blight resistance and high resistance to leaf
diseases
- Excellent
winter-hardiness
- Very drought
and heat tolerant
- Grows on a
diversity of soil types (pH 5.8 to 6.4)
- Expect
high-quality forage with good management
- Becomes 'sod
bound' in absence of sufficient nitrogen
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Mor-Leaf Orchardgrass |
- Good
winter-hardiness
- Excellent
leaf-to-stem ratio
- Good seedling
vigor to establish quickly, alone or in pasture
mixtures
- Excellent
palatability
- Produces well
under summer temperatures
- Early maturity
orchardgrass variety
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Late-Leaf Orchardgrass |
- Late maturing
with very good persistance and vigor
- Excellent
levels of Stem Rust resistance
- Matches well
with the bud stage cutting of alfalfa
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Tetra-Rye
Ryegrass |
- Vigorous early
growth in a ryegrass
- Average
winter-hardiness
- Excellent
resistance to leaf diseases
- High
palatability
- Excellent
seedling vigor
- Exceptionally
high dry matter yield
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High-Tex Timothy |
- Slightly later
maturing and leafier than common Timothy
- High yielding
with good texture and more palatable hay than
common Timothy
- High yields
start in first year
- Excellent for
short rotation pastures and first cutting hay
yields
- Perennial that
performs well on a wide range of soils including
clay and silt loams
- Rapid stand
extablishment (pH 5.4 to 6.2) and winter-hardy
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Select Tall
Fescue |
- Wide area of
adaption
- Low endophyte
- Medium-ate
maturity
- Outstanding
regrowth and color during summer for maximum
grazing
Excellent winter-hardiness
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Greencow Sorghum
Sudangrass |
- Very productive
late-summer, sorghym-sudangrass hybrid
- Can be utilized
as hay, green chop, haylage or silage
- Freely tilers
and has numerous leaves
- Slender, sweet,
juicy stalks with crude protein at 12 to 19%
- Excellent
seedling vigor and drought tolerance
- Excellent
grazing for cattle, however, avoid horse grazing
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Greencow II BMR
Sorghum Sudangrass |
- Very productive
summer sorghym-sudangrass hybrid
- Brown mid-rib
- Lower lignin
levels provide for greater consumption
- Excellent
animal palatability
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FS 21 Plowdown
Mix |
- Selected for
short-term pasture
- Use for a green
manure plow-down
- Well-suited for
widely varying soil types
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FS 24 Pasture &
Hay Mix |
- Our first
choice for hay or pasture. Best suited for
alfalfa
- Selected
species of forage varieties designed to provide
ideal feed for lactating dairy cows and heifers
- Use whenever a
high-quality mix is needed
- May be used in
widely varying soils and climactic conditions
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FS 25 Standard
Hay Mix |
- Our first
choice for hay or pasture that is best suited
for Red Clover
- Selected
species of forage varieties designed to provide
good forages for hay in widely varying
conditions
- Use whenever a
high-quality mix is needed
- May be used in
widely varying soils and climactic condition
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FS 64 Poorly
Drained Waterway Mix |
- Ideally
designed for waterway use
- Will serve as
pasture in poorly drained areas
- Performs best
in wet, poorly drained environments
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FS 66 Pasture
Mix |
- Selected
species of forage varieties designed to provide
ideal feed for growing or fattening cattle
- Use whenever a
high-quality mix is needed
- May be used in
widely varying soils and climactic conditions
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FS 100 Horse &
Pony Mix |
- Selected
species of forage varieties designed to provide
ideal feed for horses and ponies
- Use whenever a
high-quality mix is needed
- May be used in
widely varying soils and variable climactic
conditions
Tolerant to overgrazing
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