Reed Canarygrass is slow to establish, but once established, it is very productive in a wide range of conditions, including very wet soils, very droughty soils, and low pH’s.  It is suitable for silage, hay, and grazing, but requires high management to get high quality.  It goes from high quality to low quality faster than most other species. 

Marathon  -Order Now-
A low alkaloid variety, it is a leafy, high yielding, long lived perennial.  It is bred out of Palaton and Venture.  Plants were selected for plant type, absence of leaf disease, yield potential and low alkaloid content.  Marathon does not contain any of the alkaloid (typtamine-carboline) that causes diarrhea in grazing animals and reduced performance.  It’s total alkaloid level (gramine) is similar to Palaton.