Legend Seeds 2019 Specialty Products by Legend Seeds

SPECIALTY PRODUCTS SORGHUM

LA CROSSE SEED PARTNERSHIP

Legend Seeds is proud to offer a full lineup of grain sorghum, forage sorghum, and sorghum sudangrass. Read below to determine which type of sorghum would best fit your operation: Grain Sorghum can take many shapes, sizes, and various colors. Legend Seeds offers two red and one white grain sorghum varieties. Red sorghum is traditionally grown and used in all segments of the sorghum industry while white sorghum is typically made into flour for the food industry. Sorghum-Sudangrass is a cross between sorghum and sudangrass and is typically used for grazing, haying, and haylage. It is a finer-stemmed, warm season, annual grass that will regrow after each harvest. Sorghum sudangrass can grow up to 15 feet tall and typically has small seed heads with leaves that are similar to corn but are shorter and sometimes wider. Varieties with the BMR gene have significantly improved digestibility and palatability. Forage Sorghum typically grows 8-15 feet tall and is most popular for use as silage for feeding livestock. Depending on which species and variety selected, forage sorghum can be used for grazing pasture, hay production, silage, and green-chop. Talk to your Legend Seeds representative today to determine which sorghum would be best for your operation!

As Your Regional Seed Leader we’re dedicated to providing you with consistent producing, top quality products. To ensure that, we’ve partnered with La Crosse Seed to provide you more options and choices to fit your operation. Through this partnership, we are able to offer you a lineup of small grains, grasses, forage mixes, and cover crops. You’ll plant with confidence knowing that two regional seed suppliers are here to help you achieve your success. Small Grains: Legend Seeds is proud to offer you a lineup of high performing oat and wheat varieties for all your small grain needs. Grasses & Forage Mixes: Walk into a field planted with Forage First® forage seed and you’ll instantly notice lush, productive fields. That means healthy gains for your animals and land that lives up to its potential. Cover Crops: Adding cover crops to your rotation can provide numerous benefits and these practices have been on the rise in recent years across the Legend Seeds territory.

SORGHUM SORGHUM

LGS 5001

LGS 5508W

Grain Sorghum

• Relative Maturity: 80-85 Day • Short height • Very early maturity • Very good standability • Easy to harvest • No tannin • Sugarcane aphid tolerant

Grain Sorghum

• Relative Maturity: 92-95 Day • Food grade sorghum • Excellent yield potential • Very good option for late season planting or dual-cropping systems • Anthracnose tolerant

LGS 5808

Grain Sorghum

• Relative Maturity: 92-95 Day • Excellent yields • Short, strong stalks with great head exertion • Very good option for late season planting or dual cropping systems • Great Head Smut resistance

Product

Grain Color

Head Type

Head Exertion

Plant Height

Days to 1/2 Bloom

Standability

MDMV Tolerance

Downy Mildew Tolerance

LGS 5001

Red

30-36”

48-51

LGS 5508W

White

40-45”

58-62

LGS 5808

Red

40-45”

56-60

All sorghum products are treated with:

Concep® III seed safener protects sorghum crops from herbicide injury and allows pre-emergence applications of herbicides containing S-metolachlor for ultimate grass and broadleaf weed control. Introduced in 1979, Concep III was the first proven seed safener marketed for sorghum, controlling the phytotoxic effects of S-metolachlor herbicide for longlasting weed control. Advantages: • Unique seed safener for sorghum • Protects grain and forage sorghum from herbicide injury • Allows the use of Dual® and Bicep® brand herbicides for pre-emergent grass and broadleaf weed control. Concep® is a registered trademark of a Syngenta Group Company.

LFS 501

LFS 701 BMR

Forage Sorghum

LSS 418

• Brown Midrib • Exceptional sweetness • Large stems with excellent resistance to lodging • Partially sterile

Sorghum-Sudangrass

NEW!

• Conventional sorghum / forage sorghum • High yields with juicy, sweet, fine stems • Good regrowth and recovery • Good foliar disease resistance

Forage Sorghum

• Multi-purpose forage • Superior drought resistance • Late maturing with excellent tillering, regrowth, and recovery • Higher protein and digestibility over conventional hybrids • High green leaf retention

LSS 438 BMR

SORGHUM

Sorghum-Sudangrass

• Brown Midrib Sorghum-Sudangrass • Good regrowth and recovery • Extraordinary palatability for grazing or hay • High grain without tannin • Qualifies for 80% LDP

Product

Grain Color

Head Type

Midrib Type

Plant Height

Days to 1/2 Bloom

Standability

Tiller & Regrowth

Harvested Grain Tannin

LFS 501

Brown

Kafir

Normal

6-8 ft

75-80

Yes

LFS 701 BMR

White

Brown

8-9 ft

85-100

LSS 418

Red

Sudan

Normal

7-8 ft

90-95

LSS 438 BMR

Red

Sudan

Brown

6-8 ft

70-75

None

I love the high quality feed and the efficient cost of production I get from LFS 701 BMR forage sorghum. 146 relative feed value and 8.2% protein make for great cattle feed! Del Ray Edelman - Menno, SD

RATING SCALE: 10-1; 10 = Superior, 5 = Average, 1 = poor | HEAD TYPE: SC = Semi-Compact; SO = Semi-Open

SMALL GRAINS SMALL GRAINS

Certified Goliath

Oats

• White-hulled oat • Late maturity • Excellent grain and forage oat • Excellent resistance to crown rust, BYDV, stem rust, and smut • Excellent straw strength • Plant on high fertility soils

Certified Horsepower

Oats

• Medium-early maturity • High yield potential • Strong straw strength • Short plant height and average test weight • Moderate resistance to crown rust, smut, and BYDV • Moderately susceptible to stem rust • White-hulled spring grain oat • Developed in South Dakota

Certified Badger

Oats

Certified Esker

• In MN trials, Badger was the highest yielding early variety over the past three years • Yellow oat with very good test weight • Good crown rust rating and resistance to smut

• Medium-early maturity • Consistently high grain yields in Wisconsin tests • Plant height is medium-tall with a yellow seed • BYDV tolerant and good resistance to crown rust

Certified Prosper

Certified RB07

Spring Wheat

• Prosper has very high grain yield potential, and performs well in Eastern ND and SD as well as Western MN • Semi dwarf-conventional height; medium-early maturity • Excellent disease resistance package, moderate resistant / moderate susceptible to scab • Resistant to leaf and stem rusts • Average protein and test weight • Good milling qualities and good baking properties

Oats

Spring Wheat

• RB07 is an early, semi-dwarf spring wheat • Average in height with moderate straw strength • Average test weight with above average protein • Moderately resistant to Fusarium head blight, stripe rust, stem rust, and leaf rust • Resistant to pre-harvest sprouting with good falling numbers and medium-high baking qualities

Yield Protector Pro: Cereal Treatment • Excellent systemic control of the main seedling diseases, including: Pythium, Fusarium, and Rhizoctonia. • Three fungicides along with one insecticide for total protection. • Protects young plants against insects and diseases for a strong healthy stand; leading to greater yield potential.

Yield Protector Basic: Cereal Treatment • Excellent control of seedling diseases. Including: Pythium, Fusarium, and Rhizoctonia. • Proactive protection against seed borne diseases.

Extend Orchardgrass

Haymate XL Orchardgrass

Extend is a late maturing orchardgrass that offers superior yield and great palatability. It is perfect for alfalfa or clover mixtures.

Haymate XL is a blend of improved mid-late maturing varieties best-suited as a companion crop to alfalfa or other legumes where seed heading dates are important. The maturity of Haymate XL parallels alfalfa, so harvesting with alfalfa in the 1/10 bloom stage can maximize yield and quality of both components.

• Late maturity variety • Perfect for alfalfa or clover mixes

• Medium-late maturity blend

• Resistant to stem rust

• Great companion for alfalfa

• Increased palatability and stand persistence

• Maturity allows for more flexibility in the spring

• Bred for both dryland and irrigated environments

• Excellent stem rust resistance

Big Ton XL Smooth Bromegrass

Crest Timothy

• Vigorous, long-lived sod forming perennial grass

Crest is a later maturing timothy with a heading date similar to Climax, but with a substantial yield advantage. Crest is excellent in mixtures with legumes and for ground where later hay harvests are required due to wet soil conditions.

• Excellent drought resistance • Improved leaf disease and seedling blight resistance

• Medium-late maturity variety

• Very compatible with alfalfa in mixed stands

• Strong summer regrowth after cutting

• Exceptionally versatile, well suited to grazing and haying

• Very winter hardy and palatable

Enhancer Italian Annual Ryegrass

Reprieve® XL Teff Grass

Enhancer Italian Ryegrass was developed for both hay and silage production and grazing. Enhancer has excellent forage quality. During seven years of research at the University of Kentucky, Enhancer demonstrated extremely good forage production.

• Excellent palatability and forage quality

GRASSES

• Ideal for horses and other livestock • Well adapted for dry climates

• High yielding and top feed qualities

• Great rotational crop when replacing alfalfa or perennial grass stands

• High leaf to stem ratio: higher digestibility

• High forage yields during a short growing season

• Good drought and heat tolerance, able to persist into late summer in second year • Diploid type

Defiant XL Reed Canarygrass still available. Contact your Legend Seeds representative for more information.

FORAGE MIXES FORAGE MIXES

Grass Master Pasture Mix

Range Master Pasture Mix

• Endophyte-free tall Fescue and Orchardgrass perform well in less-than-ideal summer conditions

• Grass based mix works in all soil environments (north to south)

• Ryegrasses provide early forage production • Good choice for grazing, green-chop, or hay production

• Improved tolerance to heat and drought, while performing the best in areas of mild temperatures and increased rainfall / irrigation

•P erforms well across a variety of soil and climatic conditions, including the Southern Midwest and Transition Zone

• Given timely fertilization, Range Master can provide high yield potentials with good palatability

PLANTING RATE: New Pastures: 30-40 lbs / acre

• Alsike clover added to speed up establishment and aid in tolerance to grazing and wet feet

Overseed: 10-20 lbs / acre

PLANTING RATE: New Pastures: 30-40 lbs / acre Haymate XL Orchardgrass

35%

StarGrazer XL Tall Fescue

30%

StarGrazer XL Tall Fescue

35%

Top Tim XL Timothy

27%

Fusion XL Festulolium

10%

Radium XL Alsike Clover

15%

Diploid Perennial Ryegrass

10%

Haymate XL Orchardgrass

14%

Endo-Graze XL Tetra. Per. Ryegrass

10%

Endo-Graze XL Perennial Ryegrass

Ginger Kentucky Bluegrass

Alfalfa - Based Forage Mix

Beef Bank

• Especially suited for high quality forage environments

•B eef Bank is an excellent mix of High-Sugar Grasses, legumes, and other grasses formulated for cattle operations

• Sound management will ensure this mix persists for 3-5 years

• High sugar grass beef mix

• Clover will succeed in poorly drained environments

PLANTING RATE: New Pastures: 25 lbs / acre

• Timothy maturity in this mix matches the management needed for the alfalfa PLANTING RATE: New Pastures: 18-20 lbs / acre

FF 42.A2 Alfalfa

50%

Aber HSG Perennial Ryegrass

52%

Top Tim XL Timothy

20%

AberEve HSG Tetraploid Intermediate Ryegrass

26%

Red Carpet XL Red Clover

20%

Quickdraw Orchardgrass

12%

Radium XL Alsike Clover

FIXatioN Balansa Clover

Orion XL Ladino Clover

Medium Red Clover

Ladino White Clover

Mare & Foal Pasture Mix

Beef Pasture (formerly LC Beef Pasture)

• Non-Fescue blend of highly palatable grasses

• Six-way mix aimed at increasing palatability and performance

• Ability to be productive under rotational grazing

• Excellent drought tolerance and winter hardiness

• High-quality hay production

• High protein for maximum daily gain

• Tolerance to heavy traffic

• Strong persistence and regrowth that withstands grazing pressure

• Excellent regrowth PLANTING RATE: New Pastures: 30-40 lbs / acre

FORAGE MIXES

Overseed: 10-20 lbs / acre

PLANTING RATE: New Pastures: 30-40 lbs / acre

Ginger Kentucky Bluegrass

10%

Top Tim XL Timothy

Fusion XL Festulolium

15%

ColdSnap™ Annual Ryegrass

10%

Top Tim XL Timothy

25%

StarGrazer XL Tall Fescue

15%

Haymate XL Orchardgrass

50%

Big Ton XL Smooth Bromegrass

15%

FF Premium Alfalfa

20%

Endo-Graze XL Tetra. Per. Ryegrass

35%

Clover-Based Forage Mix • Formulated for wetter soils with a history of disease and fertility problems • Use in soils with low pH (below 6.5) • Provides strong Nitrogen build up in soil. PLANTING RATE: New Pastures: 16-18 lbs / acre

Orion XL Ladino Clover

Radium XL Alsike Clover

10%

Top Tim XL Timothy

25%

Red Carpet XL Clover

63%

FORAGE MIXES FORAGE MIXES

Tripper Maxx

Sprint Maxx

Tripper Maxx is a high value pea / triticale mixture consisting of 50% LC6040 Peas and 50% Elevator Triticale. Tripper Maxx produces high quality forages for dairy and beef herds throughout northern US and Eastern Canada and is commonly used to establish other forages such as alfalfa.

Sprint Maxx is a high value pea/oat mixture consisting of 50% LC6040 Peas and 50% Haywire Oats. Sprint Maxx is an ideal forage to seed after Winter Wheat or Sweet Corn in the first two weeks of August. Sprint Maxx is known to produce excellent volumes of good quality forage in approximately 60 days making it ideal for quick forage production in the northern US and Eastern Canada.

Silobuster Pea Mixes

Red Carpet® XL 3-YR Red Clover

Silobuster Mixtures offer an elite combination of quality forage peas and forage oats / barley / triticale. These proprietary mixtures are ideal as nurse crops or for straight forage. Silobuster mixtures can be planted in early spring to serve as a nurse crop or early fall to fulfill forage needs.

Red Carpet® Brand Red Clover is a dual-purpose blend of improved red clover varieties fit for both haying and grazing. It has demonstrated increased yields over Arlington, Marathon, and Kenland red clovers.

Silobuster Pea & Oat Mix 60% LC6040 Forage Peas & 40% Calibre Forage Oats Silobuster Pea & Triticale Mix 60% LC6040 Forage Peas & 40% Galaxy Triticale

• Rapid spring growth • May produce three cuttings on second-year stands • Works well in rotational grazing programs • Increased disease resistance

Silobuster Pea & Barley Mix 60% LC6040 Forage Peas & 40% Top Ton Spring Barley

VersaGrass™

Special Waterway

VersaGrass™ derives its name from its ability to be used for nearly any application or to serve any purpose. It is excellent at handling a wide range of soil types and weather conditions.

Special Waterway Mix was initially created to meet the specifications for the Iowa Conservation Division. It is an excellent choice for waterways, right-of-way ditch banks, and critical seeding areas throughout Iowa and the surrounding states.

• Excellent for waterways and terraces • Excellent for ditches, banks, and headlands

• Performs well in hay systems

• Excellent companion for alfalfa and clovers

• Big Ton XL smooth bromegrass provides better quality than common types

• Works great for permanent pastures

• Mixed with endophyte-free tall fescue, persistence of this mix retains quality for many years

• Improved varieties for better forage • Easier to establish than straight bromegrass PLANTING RATE: New Pastures: 25-30 lbs / acre

• Handles a wide range of soil types

Overseed: 10-20 lbs / acre

PLANTING RATE: New Pastures: 25-30 lbs / acre

Overseed: 15-20 lbs / acre

Top Tim XL Timothy

25%

StarGrazer XL Tall Fescue

20%

Big Ton XL Smooth Bromegrass

25%

Big Ton XL Smooth Bromegrass

65%

Endo-Graze XL Tetra Per. Ryegrass

25%

Endo-Graze XL Tetra Per. Ryegrass

15%

Haymate XL Orchardgrass

25%

Cover Crop Mixtures

Mix Components

Seeding Rate drilled

• Low risk, starter mix SF 101 Cover Starter

• Ideal for fall manure applications

Guardian™ Fall Rye + SF Select Radish

30 lbs / acre

Guardian™ Fall Rye + SF Select Radish + Crimson Clover

30 lbs / acre

Spring Oats + SF Select Radish + Fixation Balansa Clover + Peas + Crimson Clover

40 lbs / acre

Winter Triticale + SF Select Radish + Vivant Brassica + Forage Collards + Peas

40 lbs / acre

Crimson Clover + SF Select Radish

15 lbs / acre

Spring Oats + SF Select Radish

30 lbs / acre

ColdSnap™ Annual Ryegrass + Soil First Select Radish

15 lbs / acre

ColdSnap™ Annual Ryegrass + Crimson Clover + SF Select Radish

20 lbs / acre

COVER CROPS

• Winter hardy rye with excess N • Can seed before corn / soybeans SF 102 Cover Starter +

• Good for prevent plant • Ideal for southern corn belt • Relatively low risk mix

SF 125 N-Hancer

• Ideal as fall forage mix • Strong N fixing mix • Position for early seeding

SF 140 Multi-Purpose

• Late fall silage opportunity • Ideal for beef / non-lactating dairy

SF 142 Classic

SF 150 Field Fit

SF 160 Rooting

• Low risk option as minimal spring management is needed • Plant early to maximize production

• Ideal for low spring management • Excellent option for multiple grazing periods in the fall

• Best mix for breaking up compaction and catching leftover nutrients • Perfect in manure systems

SF 175 AccuSpread

• Facilitates more accurate seeding patterns in broadcast applications • Offers best combination alleviation and nutrient scavenging

COVER CROPS COVER CROPS

Guardian™ Brand Fall Rye Grain

HY Octane Winter Triticale

• Screened for purity and cleanliness

• Reduced-awned variety to aid in livestock palatability

• Excellent germination and early vigor (allow for later fall seedings)

• Outstanding grain yield potential

• Strong winter-hardiness • Glyphosate application or crimp at pollination will kill crop SEEDING RATE: 30-50 lbs / acre drilled (varies based on goal) 80-120 lbs / acre for forage

•G ood early season vigor and early heading date than traditional varieties SEEDING RATE: 30-50 lbs / acre drilled (varies based on goal) 80-120 lbs / acre for forage

Soil First™ Select Radish

ColdSnap™ Annual Ryegrass

• Daikon radish with single, long taproot

• S uitable for grazing or chopping for silage in fall or spring (in areas where it overwinters)

• Designed for and evaluated across the Midwest •P erfect option for extending the grazing season well into fall and early winter

• Heavy DM producer with outstanding quality • Great for extending alfalfa or legume stands

• Reduces compaction, improves drainage, and suppresses weeds

• History of outstanding forage production in the Midwest and South

SEEDING RATE: 5-8 lbs / acre for forage 3-8 lbs / acre (mono)

SEEDING RATE: 25-35 lbs / acre for forage 15-30 lbs / acre (mono)

Vivant Hybrid Brassica Vivant Hybrid Brassica is a quick-growing brassica (upright and spreading cool-season annual) with very little bulb development. Vivant is best suited for multiple grazing cycle situations because of its excellent regrowth. It can be used to extend the grazing season in the fall or planted alongside warm season annuals for multiple grazings in the summer. With proper management (first grazing in 40-45 days AND subsequent grazing cycles every 25 - 30 days when grazed no less than 4”), it has the potential to yield over 5 tons of dry matter an acre. • Known for its quick regrowth, even under close grazing • Different than turnips, all the energy of the plant is contained in the leaves • High digestibility - suitable for dairy, beef, and sheep • When fed, brassicas need to be combined with other forages (no more than 1/3 of the total animal diet) to prevent potential livestock disorders

• E xcellent standability - superior to Fridge, Bobcat, Pika in early evaluations