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Forage Seed
Welcome to Best Forage, where we are dedicated to providing the dairy, livestock and forage producer, with the best possible forage genetics and the latest management information to help them improve the profitability of their farm. As dairy farmers ourselves, we recognize the value of high quality forages in reducing our feed costs which are typically the biggest expense on any dairy or livestock farm. With having high quality forages, it allows us to feed a higher forage ration and our cattle are healthier and longevity is improved. This reduces our vet costs and lowers our cull rate which permits us to sell more animals for more dollars as breeding stock rather than cull cows. As forage producers, we know it costs the same to plant, harvest and store a crop regardless of quality or yield. However, having high quality with high forage yields results in a crop that returns many times over the returns from a poor quality crop or low yielding variety and that greatly impacts your bottom line. We feel that the more profitable we can make our customers, the longer we will have a job doing what we love to do.
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KingFisher 222 Alfalfa
KingFisher 222 while being a long time favorite is being replaced by the 5400 Premium alfalfa. The 5400 is the newer version of the 222 with improved wheel traffic tolerance and yield.Byron Seed LLC - This product is supplied by Byron Seeds LLC, a company that specializes in forages.
- Great for wetter soils
- Withstands heavy wheel traffic
- Resists leafhopper yellowing
$4.40/ lb.Out of stock
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Baralfa 32 IQ Alfalfa
Baralfa 32 IQ is a very persistent, winter-hardy variety, with excellent yield. In addition, Baralfa 32 has earned itself the highly coveted IQ status. IQ stands for Improved Quality, reflecting its high quality and fine stems. Fall dormancy 3, winter hardiness 2. Preinoculated and coated. Seeding rate 15-22 lbs/acre.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.
- Fine stems
- Very high feed quality
$4.10/ lb.Out of stock
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Baralfa 42 IQ Alfalfa
Baralfa 42 IQ, like Baralfa 32 IQ, has the important IQ designation, spelling out its Improved Quality. It has a dormancy rating of 4, with a winter-hardiness rating of 2, giving it wide ranging appeal to producers across the USA. Baralfa 42 IQ has a unique combination of characteristics, including excellent disease resistance, greater yield punch, wide adaptability, traffic resistance, manure tolerance and of course, improved quality. Preinoculated and coated. Seeding rate 15-22 lbs/acre.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Extremely high feed quality
- Tolerates heavy wheel traffic
- Extremely good disease & insect resistance
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Cyclone Brand Red Clover ct
Cyclone is a proprietary multi-year premium red clover with consistent performance. Early spring green up with semi-erect plant growth. Cyclone has out performed numerous other brands of red clover in consistency of yield, persistence and performance for grazing or hay. Cyclone offers:- Consistent yield potential
- Fast recovery after harvest
- Strong disease and pest resistance package with resistance to anthracnose, powdery mildew and common crown rots.
- Long stand life
- Ideal for pure stand or in a forage mix for haying or pasture.
- Fast recovery after harvest
- High yields with long stand life
$3.50/ lb.Out of stock
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Hakari Alaska Brome
Good drought tolerance! For hay or light grazing. Tall, non-creeping with broad leaves. Very productive and has done well in Pennsylvania and in Midwest trials and has higher digestibility than orchard grass. Forage Analysis in Nov. 99 showed TDN of 90 for Hakari versus 76 for orchardgrass and 91 for ryegrass (at approx. 8 in.). Hakari brome requires special management when grazing! Give it a 3 to 4 week rest period and leave a 3 to 4 inch residual. Cows love it and milk well on it. Hakari brome does require higher fertility than orchardgrass. It works great mixed with alfalfa for hay. It’s easy to mow and is late heading. It will not crowd out alfalfa as much as orchardgrass. It is very fast to establish but long term persistence (over 3 years) is weak. Makes a very soft hay. It likes well drained soil. Seeding rate 8 lbs/acre with 15 lbs alfalfa or a pure stand at 35 lbs/acre.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Fast establishing
- High quality, soft leaves
- Late maturing
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Bariane Tall Fescue
Bariane is a soft leaf tall fescue with extremely high palatability and digestibility. Bariane is very late maturing, making it highly suitable for planting with alfalfa, as it matures at the same time alfalfa is ready to cut. Planting Bariane with alfalfa results in higher tonnage and the hay produced is ideal for dairy cows due to its easily digestible fiber and high energy levels. Bariane is endophyte-free. Bariane is also a component of STF-43.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Excellent palatability
- Soft leaf
- Very late heading
$2.35/ lb.Out of stock
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Barolex Tall Fescue
This has the potential to be the best Tall Fescue for grazing. Quick to establish, with soft leaves, great digestibility and palatability, Barolex is an exciting tall fescue with great dry matter yields. Barolex is endophyte-free. Seeding rate 25-30 lbs/acre.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Great density
- Soft leaf
- Very quick establishment
- Great yields
$2.35/ lb.Out of stock
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Barkant Forage Turnips
Barkant is a very vigorous diploid turnip variety with a purple tankard root (50% of the bulb is above ground). Barkant has a high bulb yield with a good top growth. It also has high sugar content which provides winter-hardiness and increased palatability. Barkant has good tolerance to bolting and under a correct grazing management system can provide multiple harvests with up to 4-6 tons/acre of dry matter production in 60-90 days. Barkant is also suitable for stockpiling or strip grazing with sheep and cattle.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Ideal for grazing
- Good leaf & root yield
- Up to 5 ton dry matter
- 60 to 90 day crop
$2.98/ lb. -
New York Turnips
New York Turnips are a medium maturing (16+ weeks to maturity) purple skinned, winter turnip with white flesh and a full leaf. New York Turnips have been bred for improved Turnip Mosaic Virus tolerance and disease resistance. Best planted in late summer / early fall for an early and mid-winter single grazing.PGG Seeds - This product is a variety from PGG Seeds, an Australian forage-based company.
$3.50/ lb.Out of stock
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Barnapoli Forage Rape
Barnapoli is an excellent supplement for periods when cool-season forage grass production slows. Barnapoli can be sown in summer or early spring and under ideal management can be multiple-grazed at monthly intervals.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Multiple grazings
- Excellent for sheep, cattle
$3.15/ lb.Out of stock
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Winfred Forage Brassica
Winfred is a cross between a turnip and a kale - most commonly termed a rape. Winfred takes 10-12 weeks to mature and has regrowth potential for 3-4 grazings. With its deep tap root, Winfred is tolerant of dry conditions and can be sown in spring and early autumn.PGG Seeds - This product is a variety from PGG Seeds, an Australian forage-based company.- Very drought tolerant
- Grows late into the fall
$3.95/ lb.Out of stock
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T-Raptor Hybrid
T-Raptor is an early maturing hybrid brassica, a cross between a forage turnip and a forage rape, with a 50-70 day crop duration. T-Raptor exhibits a leafy growth habit (higher leaf-to-bulb ratio) and is well-suited to grazing. Under ideal management, it can be grazed once a month. T-Raptor is an excellent late-summer feed source, and a good supplement for late-summer periods when cool-season forage grasses slow in production. T-Raptor can be sown in spring or summer.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Multiple grazings
- 6-8 week crop
- Fast growing
$3.25/ lb.Out of stock
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Hunter Hybrid
Hunter is a cross between a turnip and an Asiatic leaf vegetable, producing one of the fastest maturing brassicas, with the look most like a leafy, non-bulb producing turnip. Ready in 6-8 weeks. Hunter requires medium to high fertility for excellent yields. It can be sown in spring for multiple grazings or early fall. Comes in 55 lb bag. Seeding rate 4-5 lbs/acre.PGG Seeds - This product is a variety from PGG Seeds, an Australian forage-based company.- Quick summer & fall growth with moisture
- Fast regrowth
$3.95/ lb.Out of stock
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Freedom! MR Red Clover w/Yellow Jacket
Our favorite red clover. Freedom! MR is named because of its freedom from pubescence (non-glandular hairs). With less pubescence than typical red clovers, Freedom! MR promotes faster drying of hay in the field which reduces the chance for loss of quality due to untimely rainfall. In addition, less pubescence also reduces dustiness of hay, thus improving air quality. Freedom! MR is also well adapted for grazing and silage. Freedom! produces excellent yields of highly palatable, nutritious forage. It is also a very persistent variety - exhibiting improved winter hardiness as well as improved heat and drought tolerance. Research trials at Cornell University show that Freedom! excels better than most other red clovers into the third year of production. Freedom! MR is one of the highest quality red clovers on the market. Seed is coated with Yellow Jacket which includes inoculant and Zeba. 25 lb bag. Seeding rate: 15-20 lbs/acre SPECIAL PRICE THRU FEB. 29THBarenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Best in quality
- Faster Drying
- Good persistence
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Common Medium Red Clover
Common Medium Red Clover is a short-lived perennial that is winter hardy. It is best used in a short rotation for forage or as a nitrogen-fixing cover crop. Seeding rate 4-15 lbs/acre.$2.25/ lb.Out of stock
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Stockmaster
Stockmaster is a dependable, general purpose forage mixture. Stockmaster is ideal as a pasture mixture for grazing cattle, sheep, goats, deer, and horses. Stockmaster is formulated to produce and persist in a wide range of regions. Stockmaster is formulated with improved varieties of perennial ryegrass, endophyte-free tall fescue and orchardgrass. Perennial ryegrass is rapid to establish and is highly palatable and digestible. Improved varieties of tall fescue contribute to persistence - winterhardiness and drought tolerance - and the varieties in Stockmaster are more palatable than traditional fescues. Orchardgrass is palatable and produces into the summer months. Recommended seeding rate of 25-30 lbs/acre.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Long lasting
- Good yields
- Multipurpose forage mix
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Dairymaster
Dairymaster is a premium quality mixture formulated to support the high energy and nutritional demands of lactating dairy and beef cows. Dairymaster is also well-suited to meet the feed requirements of growing cattle. Dairymaster is suitable for pastures, haylage, and balage production. In addition to its nutritional attributes, Dairymaster is formulated to perform under grazing and traffic pressure of cattle. Formulated with 30% perennial ryegrass, recognized for exceptional palatability and nutritive value; 40% endophyte-free, very soft-leaved tall fescue to improve yield and persistence; and 20% meadow fescue with high digestibility. Dairymaster also contains 10% pre-inoculated Alice white clover - a proven, winter-hardy, grazing tolerant clover that increases the protein content of forage and also provides soil nitrogen through nitrogen fixation. Recommended seeding rate of 25-30 lbs/acre.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Great for dairy heifers
- Good for continuous grazing
- Rapid establishment & persistent
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Horsemaster
Horsemaster is a premium grass seed pasture mixture, developed to withstand the grazing and traffic pressure of horses while providing the nutrient requirements of a horse with high feed value and adequate fiber to maintain animal health. Horsemaster is specially formulated with 25% improved varieties of endophyte-free, soft leaved tall fescue - persistent and high fiber; 25% orchardgrass - persistent and palatable; 20% late-maturing timothy - palatable and high fiber; 10% Kentucky bluegrass - persistent; and 20% perennial ryegrass - rapid to establish and palatable. Recommended seeding rate of 25-30 lbs/acre.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Favorite of many horse owners
- Yields well
- Takes traffic and close grazing
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Browsemaster
Browsemaster is a new grass seed mixture from Barenbrug for goat pastures. Research has indicated that the productivity of goats is higher in a pasture with a diverse array of forage species rather than a mono-stand. Browsemaster has the optimum combination of browse, forbes and grasses to improve the meat and milk production in goats. The primary component of Browsemaster is Barenbrug's high quality chicory. Browsemaster also contains red clover, alfalfa and forage brassica varieties for protein and forage grasses for digestible fiber. Recommended seeding rate of 15 lbs/acre.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Excellent for goats
- Diverse array of forages
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Wonderleaf Millet
This is a warm season annual, similar to Sudangrass, with no prussic acid. Dry matter production 20 percent less than Sudangrass with better digestibility and protein. Millet has smaller seeds, thus a lower seeding rate. It needs a soil temperature of 65 degrees or more to germinate, and growth slows down when cool weather comes (September). Frost kills it, but it can still be grazed with no fear of prussic acid. It needs good seed-to-soil contract and it’s not as competitive with existing grass as Sudangrass. Like Sudan, it can use lots of Nitrogen. Wonderleaf will grow a little bushier and not as tall as Sudan. Start grazing at 12 inches, but make sure the roots are not being pulled up. It should not be allowed to grow taller than 3 feet (or it will lose palatability), and do not graze lower than 6 inches to allow better regrowth. 50 lb. bag. Seeding rate 25-30 lbs/acre.Advanta US - This product is supplied by Advanta, the world leader in forage sorghum genetics.
- Good summer production
- Drought tolerant
- No Prussic Acid
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Hay King Sudangrass
Hay King Sudangrass is a fast growing hybrid sudangrass with very fine stems, aggressive tillering and a mass of leaves at harvest maturity. It is a BMR 12 variety that has medium, dark green leaves with the characteristic brown midrib. For pasture, green chop, balage, or silage. Packaged in 50 lb bags. Seeding rate 20-25 lbs/acre.- Good plant vigor with quick regrowth
- High yielding
- BMR 12 variety
$75.00/ bagOut of stock
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Tiffany Teff
Tiffany was recently identified from over 400 varieties of teff as one of the highest for forage yield. Makes excellent dry hay, very palatable. Use as a crop to thicken thin alfalfa stands or seed by itself. Seeding rate 10-12 lbs/acre alone or 6 lbs/acre to thicken thin alfalfa stand.- Summer annual for dry hay
- Use to thicken thin alfalfa stands
- Excellent palatability
- High Summer Yields
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Beefmaster
Beefmaster is a mixture of forage grasses and white clover, specially formulated for raising stocker cattle and beef cows and calves. Beefmaster is composed of 50% endophyte-free, soft-leaved tall fescue, 20% orchardgrass, 20% perennial ryegrass, and 10% white clover. Seeding rate 25-30 lbs/acre.Barenbrug USA - This product is supplied by Barenbrug, a world-wide, forage-based company that has specialized in high quality grasses and legumes for over 100 years.- Rapid establishment
- Exceptional yields
- Late-maturing
- Persistent
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Norcen Birdsfoot Trefoil
Norcen birdsfoot trefoil is one of the highest yielding varieties of trefoil available in today's market. Seed is not pre-inoculated and we recommend applying inoculant before seeding for better nodulation and nitrogen fixation. Packaged in 50 lb bags. Seeding rate 6-12 lbs/acre. SPECIAL ORDER ONLY DUE TO VERY LIMITED SUPPLY, PLEASE CALL FOR AVAILABILITY- Non-bloating legume
- Good persistence
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Premium Clover Mix
Premium clover mix is a mixture of improved varieties of red & white clover. Designed to be drilled or frost seeded into existing stands of pasture to improve forage quality and yield along with adding soil nitrogen production. Contains 70% improved red clovers and 30% improved white clovers. Improved clover seed coated to improve seedling survivability and establishment. Recommended seeding rate of 5 - 12 lbs/acre.- 70% Improved red clovers
- 30% Improved white clovers
$4.10/ lb.Out of stock
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