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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 Excelerator Alfalfa
Excelerator was developed for today's aggressive alfalfa managers.
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Maximizes forage yield
-Bigger second, third and fourth crops
-25% faster regrowth than leading alfalfas
-Extra 5-6" growth in the first 21 days
-Shaves 3-5 days off time to next cut -
Standability extended thru late-bud
-Protects forage quality
-Reduced field and harvest losses
-Harvest ease -
Consistent forage quality
-Excellent disease resistance
-CP, NDFd, ADF, RFQ 10-20 points higher than average alfalfa
-More milk or beef per acre -
A non-GMO alfalfa
-Patent protected technology
-Registered trademark
Excelerator gives you the yield punch you need from the north to the south with a dormancy of 5 with a excellent winter hardiness of 2. Excelerator has shown to be the highest in quality of Standfast alfalfas.
Excelerator alfalfa with the StandFast Alfalfa Technology is under exclusive license to Byron Seeds.
Byron Seed LLC - This product is supplied by Byron Seeds LLC, a company that specializes in forages.
Standfast Standability - Standfast Standability trait (non-GMO) for improved lodging protection to flower stage, thereby reducing field losses.
- 25% Faster Regrowth
- Extra 5-6" growth in the first 21 days
- Standability extended thru late-bud
- Preinoculated & coated seed
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KingFisher 222 Alfalfa
KingFisher 222 has outstanding persistence and produces high yields. KingFisher 222 was selected to withstand heavy wheel traffic at harvest. This is a long-term alfalfa variety, ideal for the dairyman or producer who wants quality and exceptional yield. KingFisher 222 is very eye appealing with rich dark green foliage. KingFisher 222 has the ability to put out a fibrous root system when conditions are wet and is ideal for heavy ground. This alfalfa, offers the complete package. Winter survival 1.9, fall dormancy 3, WI disease rating of 30/30 with fast recovery and excellent in leaf-to-stem ratio. Preinoculated and coated with Apron and KingFisher Myco Seed Treat Seed Stimulant for excellent germination and emergence. Seeding rate of 15-22 lbs/acre.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
$3.95/ lb. -
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
$3.80/ lb. -
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
$3.90/ lb. -
KingFisher Excelerator Alfalfa (organic coating)
Excelerator was developed for today's aggressive alfalfa managers.
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Maximizes forage yield
-Bigger second, third and fourth crops
-25% faster regrowth than leading alfalfas
-Extra 5-6" growth in the first 21 days
-Shaves 3-5 days off time to next cut -
Standability extended thru late-bud
-Protects forage quality
-Reduced field and harvest losses
-Harvest ease -
Consistent forage quality
-Excellent disease resistance
-CP, NDFd, ADF, RFQ 10-20 points higher than average alfalfa
-More milk or beef per acre -
A non-GMO alfalfa
-Patent protected technology
-Registered trademark
Excelerator gives you the yield punch you need from the north to the south with a dormancy of 5 with a excellent winter hardiness of 2. Excelerator has shown to be the highest in quality of Standfast alfalfas.
Excelerator alfalfa with the StandFast Alfalfa Technology is under exclusive license to Byron Seeds.
Byron Seed LLC - This product is supplied by Byron Seeds LLC, a company that specializes in forages.Standfast Standability - Standfast Standability trait (non-GMO) for improved lodging protection to flower stage, thereby reducing field losses.- 25% Faster regrowth
- Great standability
$4.45/ lb. -
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Cyclone II Red Clover
This is a proprietary multi-year premium Red Clover. Cyclone II has proven its potential throughout the United States. Cyclone II has out performed numerous other brands of Red clover in consistency of yield, persistence and performance for grazing or hay. Cyclone II 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 haylage or pasture.
Byron Seed LLC - This product is supplied by Byron Seeds LLC, a company that specializes in forages.- Fast recover
- Good perisistence
- High yields
$3.40/ lb. -
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
$1.95/ lb. -
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
$1.95/ lb. -
Barkant 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
$2.85/ 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.
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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
$2.90/ lb. -
Winfred Forage Rape
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
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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
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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
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Freedom! Red Clover
Freedom! is named because of its freedom from pubescence (non-glandular hairs). With less pubescence than typical red clovers, Freedom! 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! 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! is one of the highest quality red clovers on the market.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.- Best in quality
- Great dry down
- Good persistence
$3.70/ lb. -
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.$2.10/ lb. -
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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Horsemaster Plus
Horsemaster Plus contains all the same ingredients as Horsemaster with the addition of white clover. The white clover will fix nitrogen which will increase grass growth and pasture productivity.- Horsemaster + white clover
- Very palatable
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Horse Supreme
Horse Supreme is a palatable pasture mix that is ideal for continuous grazing. All varieties tolerate shorter grazing heights and many have been proven by University of Kentucky as superior under horse grazing. Horse Supreme is also excellent for sheep and other livestock. Contains Kentucky bluegrass for longevity and a dense sward; meadow brome and orchardgrass for summer production; and perennial ryegrass for a quick start with good spring and fall production; and white clover for soil nitrogen. Recommended seeding rate of 25-35 lbs/acre.Byron Seed LLC - This product is supplied by Byron Seeds LLC, a company that specializes in forages.- Contains no fescue
- Palatable mix
$3.20/ lb. -
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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AF7401 BMR Forage Sorghum
AF7401 is the latest generation of BMR forage sorghum. It is a brachytic dwarf that is very compact and leafy, yielding with the taller sorghums. It has great standability with the BMR benefit of significantly lower lignin in the stem. Great drought and heat tolerance. Maturity is about 110 days to soft dough. Very palatable. 50 lb bag. Seeding rate 7-10 lbs per acre.Advanta US - This product is supplied by Advanta, the world leader in forage sorghum genetics.
- Excellent silage quality
- Extremely leafy
- Very good drought tolerance
$100.00/ bag -
Silage Supreme MS BMR Forage Sorghum
Silage Supreme is the next generation of BMR (gene 6) forage sorghums. It is male sterile. If there is no pollen source nearby, it will not produce a grain head. With no grain, the plant does not cannibalize the stalk. This means it will have a higher energy (sugar) content than the other BMR Hybrids. Silage Supreme BMR has improved standability when compared to earlier BMR Hybrids. Packaged in 50 lb bags. Seeding rate 8-12 lbs/acre.Advanta US - This product is supplied by Advanta, the world leader in forage sorghum genetics.Byron Seed LLC - This product is supplied by Byron Seeds LLC, a company that specializes in forages.- Male sterile
- High sugar
- Improved palatability
$84.00/ bag
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