
Brassicas & Warm Season Crops
Brassicas offer rapid growth and high-energy forage, making them a valuable addition to livestock grazing and regenerative cropping systems. With diverse set of genetics, they provide exceptional yield and quality while supporting soil health. Our warm-season broadleaf crops deliver fast growth and strong drought tolerance, while our field legumes enhance forage protein and nitrogen fixation for long-term soil productivity. Whether for stockpile grazing, winter feed, or soil improvement, these species help maximize forage output and land resilience.
Brassicas can provide very rapid growth potential combined with high energy. The Brassica family provides a diverse set of genetics with great production value in terms of yield and quality.
Impact Forage Collards - Seeding Rate: 4-6 lbs/acre | Seed Count: 175,000/lb
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High biomass yield and high quality
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Deep taproot allows production even during dry/hot periods
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Can withstand close grazing pressure as its growing point is very low
Premiere Kale - Seeding Rate: 4-6 lbs/acre | Seed Count: 190,000/lb
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Winter active stemless kale with highly leafy growth
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Crude protein can exceed 17%
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Excellent winter feed, withstands temperatures as low as -15C
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Excellent choice in a winter or deferred grazing program
Driller Brand Radish - Seeding Rate: 5-8 lbs/acre | Seed Count: 25,000/lb
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Best planted in mid to late summer to avoid bolting and prevent reduced tuber set
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Good nutrient scavenger
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Deep rooted soil builder with good vegetative growth
Purple Top Turnip - Seeding Rate: 4-6 lbs/acre | Seed Count: 170,000/lb
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Frost tolerant bulb producer with good vegetative growth
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Excellent winter active crop for stockpile grazing
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One of the best Brassicas to include in our forage mixtures
Seven Top Turnip - Seeding Rate: 2-3 lbs/acre | Seed Count: 190,000/lb
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Vegetative winter active Brassica with limited bulbous growth
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Massive leafy above ground production
Tap-it Turnip - NEW - Seeding Rate: 2-3 lbs/acre | Seed Count: 190,000/lb
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Our new premier tillage brassica with a deeper and more robust taproot than ever
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Breaks up compaction and allows access to moisture and nutrients beneath the compaction layer
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Buckwheat - Seeding Rate: 5 lbs/acre | Seed Count: 14,800/lb
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Warm season quick growth with excellent soil building characteristics
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Common in most mixtures
Cowpeas - Seeding Rate: 40-60 lbs/acre Seed Count: 4,000/lb
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Very deep rooted legume with good drought tolerance and quality
Forage Soybeans - Seeding Rate: 10 lbs/acre | Seed Count: 7,400/lb
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Nitrogen fixing with strong growth
Sunflower - Seeding Rate: 10 lbs/acre | Seed Count: 3,000/lb
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Good drought tolerance due to an extensive tap root
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Well suited to stockpile grazing as seed head has high quality feed with high energy content
Sunn Hemp - Seeding Rate: 30-50 lbs/acre | Seed Count: 15,000/lb
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Grows rapidly in hot conditions and produces large amounts of biomass
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Provides moderate to high protein forage
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Excellent nitrogen fixation
Phacelia - Seeding Rate: 4 lbs/acre | Seed Count: 240,000/lb
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A standout pollination species for attracting beneficial insects
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Has a deep taproot for breaking up compaction
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