Highest quality annual grass hay with excellent palatability . Mineral content high in calcium and iron . Attractive green color important for premium horse hay market . Adaptable to most soil types and few disease and pest problems .

Best Use : Ideal hay for horses , cattle , and other livestock . Fast growing emergency forage crop and for double cropping . Interseed thin alfalfa stands . Requirements : Needs 50 lbs N and adequate P and K and Sulfur . Harvest in pre-boot to early boot stage about 45-50 days after planting . Leave 3-4 inches when cutting or grazing . Planting Date : After all risk of frost has passed . Late May-late July . ( soil 65 o +) Seeding : 8-12 lbs coated seed / acre or 3-5 lbs / acre raw seed . 1 / 8 to ¼ ” deep into firm seed bed . Conventional ( OMRI approved )_________________ $ 2.50 / lb $ 125.00 / 50 lb bag

Lanesboro , MN “ I planted teff June 22 and cut for hay 45 days later . It was thigh high and my heifers loved it . My second cutting was 28 days later , and then I pastured it hard into the fall .”

Annual grass with finer stem and higher quality compared to sorghum-sudan and forage sorghum , but will yield less ( 3-5 tons / acre dry ). Coarser than Japanese millet . Grows 4-7 ’ tall . When harvested early ( 30 ”), sudangrass contains high levels of energy and protein . The quality and energy is significantly reduced after heading .

Best Use : Hay , grazing , green chop , silage , or baleage . Likes hot weather . Requirements : Harvest 6 ” above the ground for excellent regrowth potential . Manage potential for prussic acid and nitrate build-up . Planting Date : Mid-May – early July ( soil 62 o +) Seeding : 20-30 lbs / acre drilled , 25-35 lbs / acre broadcast . High end of the rate for hay production . ¾ ” -1½ ” deep . Untreated _________________ $ 42.00 / 50 lb bag

Excellent attractant and food source for deer , game birds , and other wildlife . Great bedding cover . Cool temperatures limit feed grain production for livestock in the Upper Midwest .

Adaptations : Easier to grow than corn and is more drought resistant . Requirements : Overplanting will cause tall spindly plants with fewer seed heads . Requires nitrogen fertilizer ( up to 150lbs N per year ). Manage potential for prussic acid & nitrate build-up Planting Date : Mid-May – early July ( soil 62 o +) Seeding : 5-15 lbs / acre . High end of rate for broadcasting . ½ ” -1 ½ ” deep . Row plant , drill or broadcast .

Open Pollinated *

• Varying height , later maturing Untreated ________ $ 24.00 / 50 lb bag

WGF ( Wilder Game Food )

• Short ( 26-30 ”) and early maturing with large seed head . Ideal for food plot

• Use taller sorghum sudan for screening purposes Fungicide Treated ______ $ 42.00 / 50 lb bag

A mixture of a medium-height milo ( grain sorghum ) and a tall bushy conventional soybean . Maximizes forage production and quality when planted after an early-spring forage . Yields 5-9 tons dry matter with protein between 10-14 %. Best Use : Double-crop for silage after harvesting a spring forage such as oats / peas . Plant early ( before June 25 ) and harvest in 60-90 days for best results . Requirements : Must be planted after last frost date . Not suitable for dry hay . Must be ensiled . Manage potential prussic acid problems after frost . Planting Date : Last frost date through mid-July Seeding : Drill 150 lbs / acre , 1 inch deep . ________________________$ 21.00 / 50 lb . bag Note : Not available for pickup until late spring . Order early and call before picking up

Maximize your tonnage production . Usually grows 8-13 ’ tall , with stalks and leaves similar in size to corn . Yields have ranged from 4-11 tons / acre dry matter in hot years with feeding value 80-90 % of comparable corn silage . Will head out but not produce seed . Nutrients stay in the leaves and stalk allowing a wide harvest window .

Best Use : Single cut silage or green chop . Sweet stalk for excellent palatability . Limited regrowth potential . Best Adaptation : Likes good soils but is drought tolerant . Likes hot weather . Requirements : Isolate from other sorghums by one mile to protect sterility and prevent seed formation . Manage potential for prussic acid and nitrate build-up Planting Date : Mid-May – early July ( soil 62 o +) Seeding Recommendations : Plant 8-10 lbs / acre in 30 ” rows ½ ” -1” deep . Viking 400 Brand Concep Treated ________ $ 70.00 / 50 lb . bag

A medium , early maturing sorghum variety developed for sweet sorghum syrup production . Can reach 8-12 ’ tall for very high silage tonnage . Has an appearance similar to corn , except seed head is on top . Old-timers interplanted this with silage corn . Best Use : Silage , syrup production , grazing . Seed can be harvested for feed Adaptations : Drought tolerant and likes hot weather . Requirements : Manage potential for prussic acid and nitrate build-up . Planting Date : Mid-May – early July ( soil 62 o +) Seeding : 10-20 lbs / acre . 1 ” deep . Row plant , drill , or broadcast . Untreated _________________ $ 52.00 / 50 lb bag

Alternative Forage Crops : Yield and Quality Potential Dr . Dan Undersander , Forage Agronomist , Dept of Agronomy , U of WI , April 2013

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All yields are expressed as dry matter tons / acre . 2 Crude protein is expressed on a dry matter basis 3 Relative Feed Value : 100 = Fiber content of full bloom alfalfa . When use is for silage divide dry matter yields by . 35 to convert to tons silage at 65 % moisture . Yields are estimated for southern Wisconsin under high management