COVER CROP MIXES

NITROMAX CC1

Diverse Blend for Coverage

Maximize fall soil coverage & green manure production after early-harvested crops like small grains, sweet corn, vegetables, corn silage, or early soybeans.

Conventional Mix Components

42% Spring Small Grain 55% Field Peas 3% TapMaster Radish

Organic Mix Components

42% Organic Spring Small Grain 55% Organic Field Peas 2% Organic TapMaster Radish 1% Organic Polish Rapeseed • Excellent for weed suppression • Good scavenger of nutrients • Excellent fall growth and biomass • Not good fit after full-season grain corn or soybeans due to shortened growing season • Will likely winterkill in Upper Midwest • Inoculate with: Exceed Pea/Vetch

Planting Date

Aug. 1 – Sept. 15

Seeding

75-100 lbs/acre at ½” deep. Drill for best results. Avoid aerial application; peas need soil coverage.

Pounds Conventional Organic

1-299 $0.88/lb $1.04/lb 300-1,999 $0.76/lb $0.92/lb 2,000+ $0.68/lb $0.84/lb

VALUEMAX CC2

High Seeds Per Lb

Diverse combination of small-seeded cover crops to build healthy soils, fix nitrogen, and sequester nutrients.

Conventional Mix Components

60% RootMax Annual Ryegrass 20% Berseem Clover 15% TapMaster Radish 5% Dwarf Essex Rapeseed

Organic Mix Components

60% Organic RootMax Annual Ryegrass 20% Organic Crimson Clover 15% Organic TapMaster Radish 5% Organic Polish Rapeseed • Annual ryegrass adds biomass & weed competition; clover fixes N; radish breaks up compacted soil; rapeseed provides quick cover • Can establish under shade & crop canopy with adequate moisture; suitable for interseeding into early-season corn • Suitable for grazing in the fall • Not good fit after full-season grain corn or soybeans due to shortened growing season

Planting Date

Last cultivation or Aug. 1 – Sept. 15

Seeding

15-20 lbs/acre at ¼” to ½” deep. Drill, broadcast, or aerial apply into standing crops in fall or seeding at V6 in corn. Later seeding reduces clover & brassica growth.

Pounds Conventional Organic

1-299 $1.52/lb $2.48/lb 300-1,999 $1.40/lb $2.36/lb 2,000+ $1.32/lb $2.28/lb

WINTERMAX CC3

Winter Hardy & Soil Benefits

Our most winter-hardy blend combines the hardiness and aggressiveness of winter rye, the N-fixation potential of hairy vetch, and the deep soil penetration of radishes.

Conventional Mix Components

80% Winter Rye 15% Hairy Vetch 5% TapMaster Radish

Organic Mix Components

80% Organic Winter Rye 15% Organic Hairy Vetch 5% Organic TapMaster Radish • Winter-hardy species for excellent biomass and soil coverage in fall & spring • Plant after small grains, vegetables, corn silage, or early soybeans • Can be planted after grain corn or soybeans but hairy vetch/radish growth will be minimal • Winter rye and hairy vetch in this diverse blend reliably winter over in Upper Midwest • Inoculate with: Exceed Pea/Vetch

Planting Date

Aug. 1 – Oct. 1

Seeding

50-75 lbs/acre at ¼” to ½” deep. Drill, broadcast or aerial.

Pounds Conventional Organic

1-299 $1.00/lb $1.28/lb 300-1,999 $0.88/lb $1.16/lb 2,000+ $0.80/lb $1.10/lb

GRAZEMAX CC4

Tonnage for Pennies on the Dollar

Formulated for cost-effective biomass production for fall grazing. Oats produce most fall tonnage in the Upper Midwest. Kale and turnips diversify this blend and provide grazing late into the fall.

Conventional Mix Components

97% Oats 2% Purple Top Turnips 1% Kale

• High seeds/lb & low cost make this a good choice for fall forage • Excellent fit after hayfield termination, small grains, sweet corn, or silage corn • Not good fit after full-season grain corn or soybeans due to shortened growing season • Will likely winterkill in the Upper Midwest

Planting Date

Aug. 1 – Sept. 15

Seeding

75-100 lbs/acre at ¼” to ½” deep. Drill or broadcast.

Pounds Conventional

1-299 $0.74/lb 300-1,999 $0.62/lb 2,000+ $0.54/lb

AERIALMAX CC5

Overseed Standing Crops In Early Fall

Formulated for aerial application into standing corn or soybeans. Mix diversity provides excellent fall/early spring soil coverage.

Conventional Mix Components

95% Winter Rye 2.5% TapMaster Radish 2.5% Dwarf Essex Rapeseed • Best results when flown on or applied prior to corn dieback (at or before black layer) or at soybean leaf yellowing before leaf drop • Winter rye reliably over winters, Dwarf Essex rapeseed and radish will likely winterkill

Planting Date

Aug. 1 – Sept. 30. Depending on your hardiness zone, this mix can be planted later than range but later planting will lessen growth of radish and rape.

Seeding

50-75 lbs/acre at ½” deep. Drill, broadcast or aerial apply. Time your fly-on with a predicted rain for best establishment success.

Pounds Conventional

1-299 $0.64/lb 300-1,999 $0.52/lb 2,000+ $0.46/lb

SUMMERMAX CC6

Maximum Warm-Season Tonnage

Vigorous, warm-season mix of summer annual grasses, broadleaves, and legumes for maximum summer growth, weed suppression, and soil building.

Conventional Mix Components

20% Cowpeas 17% Buckwheat 15% Cover Crop Oats 10% Japanese Millet 10% Mung Beans 10% Sorghum-Sudangrass 10% Sunn Hemp 5% Sunflowers 3% Dwarf Essex Rapeseed

Organic Mix Components

35% Organic Buckwheat 30% Organic Soybeans 15% Organic Sorghum Sudangrass 10% Organic Blackeyed Cowpeas 10% Organic Cover Crop Oats • Ideal for summer fallow soil building, prevented planting situations or for summer grazing & forage • Tremendous biomass out competes weeds • Terminate or cut/graze prior to buckwheat and/or sunn hemp flowering • Sunn hemp seed can be toxic to livestock; remove livestock at sunn hemp flowering • Inoculate with: Exceed Cowpea/Sunn Hemp

Planting Date

May 30 – Aug. 15 after risk of frost has passed.

Seeding

40-50 lbs/acre at ½” deep. Drill for best results.

Pounds Conventional Organic

1-299 $1.16/lb $1.34/lb 300-1,999 $1.06/lb $1.22lb 2,000+ $0.98/lb $1.16/lb

MULTIMAX CC7

Adaptable & Diverse

Very diverse and cost-effective blend of grasses, legumes, and brassicas. Smaller seed size and high seeds/lb. provide premium return for low cost.

Conventional Mix Components

45% Annual Ryegrass 15% Crimson Clover 25% Berseem Clover 4% Ethiopian Cabbage 3% Dwarf Essex Rapeseed 4% TapMaster Radish 4% Purple Top Turnips • Can establish under shade and crop canopy with adequate moisture • Excellent for seeding into standing crops at V4-

V6 or in late summer-early fall (time with rain) • Well adapted to all soil types and conditions • Not good fit after full-season grain corn or soybeans due to shortened growing season • Will likely winterkill in the Upper Midwest • Small-seeded legumes are pre-inoculated

Planting Date

Last cultivation; Aug. 1 – Sept. 15.

Seeding

15-20 lbs/acre at ¼" to ½" deep. Drill, broadcast or aerial apply.

Pounds Conventional

1-299 $1.68/lb 300-1,999 $1.56/lb 2,000+ $1.50/lb

CULTIVATIONMAX CC8

Get Into Corn

Shade-tolerant blend of organic cover crop species specially formulated for seeding at last cultivation in corn (V5-V6 stage).

Organic Mix Components

40% Organic Annual Ryegrass 40% Organic Mammoth Red Clover 10% Organic TapMasterRadish 10% Organic Polish Rapeseed • Small-seeded mix for companion planting with corn at last cultivation • Emerges and stays semi-dormant until corn dies back in fall, will not impede growth or harvest of corn • Not recommended for interseeding into soybeans, as canopy is shady • Best suited for medium- to heavy-textured soils; will likely struggle on sandy soils without irrigation • Best establishment achieved when drilled or incorporated vs broadcast • Small-seeded legumes are pre-inoculated

Planting Date

June 1 – July 5, V5-V6/last cultivation will depend on planting date and corn maturity

Seeding

12-15 lbs/acre at ¼” to ½” deep. Time with rain at seeding. Drill or broadcast.

Pounds

1-299 300-1,999 2,000+

Organic

$2.60/lb $2.48/lb $2.40/lb

PLOWDOWN BLEND CC9

Your Small Grain Companion

Our most popular cover crop legume mixture for underseeding with small grains. Produces abundant biomass and fixes nitrogen for the following cash crop. Positions your fields well for corn the following year.

Organic Mix Components

34% Organic Mammoth Red Clover 33% Organic Yellow Blossom Sweetclover 33% Organic Hardy Alfalfa • Adapted to varying soil types and field conditions • Excellent fit for underseeding spring small grains or frost seeding into winter small grains • Can fix 50-100+ lbs. N/acre: legumes will be at peak N-fixation potential at flowering in the spring following seeding year • Not a good choice for haying due to potential for sweetclover toxicity • Allow to grow into the following spring for maximum N benefit • Small-seeded legumes are pre-inoculated

Planting Date

Feb. – May; Aug. 1 – Aug. 15

Seeding

12-15 lbs/acre at ¼” to ½” deep. Drill or broadcast.

Pounds

1-299 300-1,999 2,000+

Organic

$3.10/lb $2.98/lb $2.90/lb

DIVERSEMAX CC10

Everything But the Kitchen Sink

Our most diverse mix. Maintains vigorous growth over wide range of soils, weather conditions and growing seasons.

Conventional Mix Components

25% Cover Crop Oats 10% Chickling Vetch 10% Annual Ryegrass 10% Sunn Hemp 10% Berseem Clover 10% Common Vetch 10% Buckwheat 5% Sorghum-Sudangrass 5% Mung Beans 2.5% TapMaster Radish 2.5% Dwarf Essex Rapeseed • Warm & cool season species for versatility • Plant after small grains, peas or sweet corn • Diverse mix for longer planting window • Will likely winterkill in Upper Midwest • Not a good fit after full- season crops • Inoculate with: Exceed Pea/Vetch, Cowpea/

Mung Bean/Sunn Hemp

Planting Date

June 1 – Sept. 1

Seeding

40-50 lbs/acre at ½” to ¾” deep. Drill for best results.

Pounds Conventional

1-299 $1.26/lb 300-1,999 $1.14/lb 2,000+ $1.08/lb

FIXNMAX CC11

Legume-Heavy for N Surge

Maximize nitrogen fixation with this diverse blend! Best fit after small grains harvest; will complement volunteer small grains.

Conventional Mix Components

25% Field Peas 25% Chickling Vetch 15% Hairy Vetch 15% Lentils 15% Faba Beans 5% TapMaster Radish

Organic Mix Components

50% Organic Field Peas 30% Organic Lentils 15% Organic Hairy Vetch 5% Organic TapMaster Radish • Blend of cool season legumes & brassicas for maximum fall N production and retention • Radish for quick establishment & nurse crop • Plant in late summer or early fall following small grains, peas, sweet corn or vegetables • Hairy vetch overwinters; other species will likely winterkill • Inoculate with: Exceed Pea/Vetch

Planting Date

Aug. 1 – Sept. 15

Seeding

60-75 lbs/acre at ½” to ¾” deep. Drill for best results.

Pounds Conventional Organic

1-299 $1.36/lb $1.50/lb 300-1,999 $1.24/lb $1.38/lb 2,000+ $1.18/lb $1.32/lb

CORN BUILDER CC12

Legume Blend Preceding Corn

Three small-seeded legumes with excellent N fixing capabilities.

Conventional Mix Components

60% Nitrogen Brand Alfalfa 20% Medium Red Clover 20% Berseem Clover • Alfalfa and berseem clover will likely winterkill in

Upper Midwest: red clover should over winter • Potential for high quality hay cutting in seeding year plus enough regrowth for fall/ spring plowdown. Potential for two cuttings if small grains harvested for hay • Harvesting for forage crop without enough time/moisture for adequate regrowth will limit nitrogen benefit for following crops • Weather conditions will impact growth rate and height of underseeding mix; don’t delay small grain harvest as alfalfa and berseem clover will continue to grow up into plant canopy • Small-seeded legumes are pre-inoculated

Planting Date

Spring-seeded with a small grain

Seeding

12-15 lbs/acre drilled at 1/4” to 3/8” deep.

Pounds Conventional

1-299 $3.40/lb 300-1,999 $3.28/lb 2,000+ $3.20/lb

POLLINATORMAX CC13

Abundant Floral Resources

Fast establishing annual mixture that will attract beneficial insects. Contains a diverse selection of species that will add a splash of color to your farm, while also supporting pollinators and beneficial predator species.

Conventional Mix Components

20% Oats 20% Buckwheat 15% Cowpeas 15% Field Peas 6% Partridge Peas 5% Flax 5% Radish 3% Berseem Clover 3% Crimson Clover 3% Phacelia 3% Sunflowers 2% Rapeseed • Provides floral resources, habitat and refuge throughout growing season • Drill or broadcast in spring and terminate at end of season • Some species will flower and set seed, requiring management of volunteers in subsequent years • The species included are not known to be invasive, though some (e.g. buckwheat) can become competitive weeds in production fields • For best success, inoculate with Exceed pea vetch, and Exceed Cowpea/Mung Bean/

Sunn Hemp; small-seeded legumes are pre-inoculated • This mix was developed with feedback from the Xerces Society

Planting Date

May 15 - June 15

Seeding

40-50 lbs/acre. Drill or broadcast and incorporate.

Pounds Conventional

1-299 $1.92/lb 300-1,999 $1.80/lb 2,000+ $1.72/lb Albert Lea Seed’s Cover Crop Team (L-R): Matt Helgeson, Elia Romano, Margaret Smith, Theresa Pedretti (team lead), and Matt Leavitt

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