2024 Forage Guide | Page 19

THE BLEND FEATURES BENEFITS
55 % 20 %
15 % 10 %
AC Knowles Hybrid Bromegrass Greenleaf Pubescent Wheatgrass VR Total Alfalfa Barolex Tall Fescue
• Hay and pasture use • Improved forage quality , regrowth and stay‐green potential
• Cut early for hay and / or defer for fall pasture
35 % 25 % 15 % 10 % 10 % 5 %
Ginger Kentucky Bluegrass hps ® Smooth Bromegrass Boreal Creeping Red Fescue Blizzard Orchardgrass Grindstad Timothy Spredor 5 Alfalfa
• Tough , sod-forming mixture with good pasture production in areas with good rainfall or irrigation
• Best performance on loam and clay‐loam soils
• Suitable for imperfectly drained soils
• Ideal for smaller acreages , alley ways and training areas
• Grass species provide thick , dense sod
40 % 30 % 20 % 10 %
AC Saltlander Green Wheatgrass Barolex Tall Fescue hps ® Smooth Bromegrass Revenue Slender Wheatgrass
• Best blend for saline soils
• AC Saltlander performs well compared with tall wheatgrass for salt tolerance , but has improved forage quality
• Suitable for hay production or pasture
• Blend competes well with foxtail barley
• Recommended for fall dormant planting
40 % 30 % 20 % 10 %
Barolex Tall Fescue hps ® Reed Canarygrass Grindstad Timothy hps ® Alsike Clover
• Our original flood-tolerant mixture
• Good dual purpose option for hay or grazing
• Alsike Clover should not be fed to horses
55 % 25 % 20 %
AAC Mountainview Sainfoin AC Veldt Cicer Milkvetch Spredor 5 Alfalfa
• An all-legume blend designed to rejuvenate tired pastures
• The nitrogen fixing qualities of these legumes help to improve forage yield and quality
• Cicer Milkvetch and Sainfoin are both non-bloat legumes
• Great self seeding potential
Seed percentages (%) are expressed based on the seed weight in the blend , not the percentage (%) component in the forage stand . Nutrien Ag Solutions ® reserves the right to substitute any Master Blend component . Products and proportions of Master Blends are subject to availability and may change without notice . All products listed are trademarks of their respective companies .
Herbicide residues : Ensure no residual herbicides have been applied prior to planting a forage crop .
End use : Is the forage crop intended for pasture , hay or both ? What is the intended season of use of the forage ?
Livestock : Is the forage crop intended for dairy , beef , horses or other livestock ?
Fertility : Productive forage stands have high nutrient demands . In hay crops , much of the nutrients the crop takes up are removed from the field as the hay is hauled off . Consider soil test levels , yield projections , forage mix makeup and timing of application when developing a fertility plan . Soil tests are good indicators of macro and micronutrient levels and the need to apply supplemental fertilizer .
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