
annual mixtures
Annual Polycrop Mixtures are becoming popular for soil health in addition to forage production. We know that diverse mixtures help to inoculate and support soil development in a way that is very meaningful. Over time, these diverse mixtures help to improve nutrient cycling and organic matter development because of this microbiota stimulation in addition to creating a great carbon to nitrogen ratio to get these organic processes running very efficiently. Additionally, Polycrop Mixtures can help to provide a more "complete feed" for in site deferred grazing, allowing for better and more efficient beef production.
Considerations
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Plan your farming using our chemical/biological soil test to understand how your soil is doing and what it needs to be productive.
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Remember, "A prescription without a diagnosis is malpractice." Darcy Lapine - Eco Health Industries
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Weed control and understanding weed pressure is important to succeed on your farm.
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Using cattle to help cycle nutrients is beneficial to soil building.
Triple Crown Mix
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Durable and simple mix for grazing or greenfeed/silage
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Flex 719 Forage Triticale
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Gainer 154 Winter Forage Triticale
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Niagara Forage Oats
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Forage Peas
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Allows for regrowth and/or living root/soil armour
PFS Southern Special
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Highly diverse cool/warm season mix with grasses/legumes
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Flex 719 Forage Triticale
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Gainer 154 Winter Forage Triticale
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KGS 5295 MS Sorghum
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GX 80 BMR Corn
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Hairy Vetch
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Spineless Safflower/Peredovik Sunflower
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Purple Top Turnip
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Buckwheat
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Cowpeas
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Sunn Hemp
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Forage Soybeans
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Large seeded for easier planting
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Focus on warm season species for second cropping or deferred planting
PFS Diverse Mixture
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A mix with a cool season focus and excellent diversity
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Flex 719 Forage Triticale
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Gainer 154 Winter Forage Triticale
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Niagara Forage Oats
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Forage Peas
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Premiere Forage Kale
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Purple Top Turnips
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Meroa Italian Rye Grass
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Peredovik Sunflower
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Hairy Vetch
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Frosty Berseem Clover
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Fixation Balansa Clover
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Enhance Persian Clover
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Kentucky Pride Crimson Clover
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Grass/Legume/Brassica balance
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Excellent stockpile, multicut, or cut and graze option
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Diverse mix, geared towards improved forage quality and soil building characteristics
Wide Row Corn
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Combination of the corn along with the high quality inter-crop
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Sunflower
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Forage Peas
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Premiere Forage Kale
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Hairy Vetch
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Sweet Clover
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Phacelia
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Fixation Balansa Clover
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Provides an incredible combination of high energy nutritious feed
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Use this mix at around V5 after planting 60” in row width corn
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