2022 SORGHUM | SMALL GRAINS | GRASSES | FORAGE MIXES | COVER CROPS
SORGHUM In the United States and other countries across the globe, sorghum grain is primarily used for livestock feed and ethanol production but it is becoming popular in the consumer food industry and other emerging markets. Traditionally, nearly one-third of the U.S. sorghum crop is used for renewable fuel production. In fact, sorghum produces the same amount of ethanol per bushel as comparable feedstocks while using up to one-third less water.
FOOD FEED FUEL
Legend Seeds is proud to offer a full lineup of grain sorghum, sorghum-sudangrass, and forage sorghum. 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 greater 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!
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ALL SORGHUM PRODUCTS ARE TREATED WITH
Concep® III seed safener protects sorghum crops from herbicide injury and allows preemergence 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 long lasting 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 preemergent grass and broadleaf weed control. Concep® is a registered trademark of a Syngenta Group Company.
FORAGE SORGHUM
GRAIN SORGHUM
LFS 7021 BMR
Grain Sorghum
• Relative Maturity: 85-90 Day • Ultra early maturity red grain sorghum with excellent standability • Short height and easy to harvest • Excellent Anthracnose resistance • Good tolerance for Sugarcane Aphid • No tannins
LGS 5508W
Forage Sorghum
• Days to Harvest 90-95 • Brachytic Dwarf BMR forage sorghum increases leaf to stem ratio and provides excellent standability • Lower stem lignin concentration, improved digestibility and palatability equaling milk production of corn • Excellent Anthracnose resistance • Moderately tolerant to Sugarcane Aphid • 100% LDP Eligible
Grain Sorghum
LFS 9521 BMR
• Relative Maturity: 92-95 Day • Early food grade white sorghum • Excellent yield potential • Very good standability • Very good tolerance to Anthracnose and good resistance to Sugarcane Aphid
Forage Sorghum
LFS 7022 BMR
Grain Sorghum
Forage Sorghum
NEW • Days to Harvest 90-95 • Early BMR silage hybrid that makes a big grain head • Excellent disease tolerance coming from both parent lines and has great standability • Works really well in areas with short growing seasons, low rainfall, or limited irrigation and also works great in double cropping systems • 100% LDP Eligible
NEW • Relative Maturity: 105-110 Day • Medium-early red with excellent standability, very good tolerance to Anthracnose, and good resistance to Sugarcane Aphid • Outstanding yield under dryland or limited irrigation practices • The semi-open panicle has good exertion and is easy threshing • Leaf quality is very good and shows staygreen and excellent resistance to drought • Standability is very good because of its stiff stalk and strong deep root system
SORGHUM AGRONOMICS Days to 1/2 Bloom
Standability
MDMV Tolerance
Downy Mildew Tolerance
SO
42-48"
9
50-52
9
9
9
LGS 5508W
CONCEP III
White
SO
40-45"
9
58-62
9
9
8
LGS 6321
CONCEP III
Red
SO
45"
8
63-65
9
9
9
Head Type
Days to 1/2 Bloom
Standability
Tiller & Regrowth
Red
Sudan
Normal 7-8 ft
90-95
9
9
LSS 438 BMR
CONCEP III
Red
Sudan
Brown
6-8 ft
70-75
9
8
70-75
Midrib Type
CONCEP III
Head Type
LSS 418
Grain Color
NEW
Treatment
GRAIN SORGHUM
SORGHUM-SUDANGRASS
Sorghum-Sudangrass
• Medium-early BMR sorghum-sudangrass • Excellent standability and regrowth • Very good Anthracnose tolerance and good resistance to Sugarcane Aphid • Extraordinary palatability for grazing or haying • 80% LDP Eligible
Plant Height
Red
Grain Color
CONCEP III
Treatment
LGS 5002
Brand Name
Sorghum-Sudangrass
Brand Name
LSS 438 BMR
Head Exertion
SORGHUM-SUDANGRASS
• Late maturing multi-purpose non-BMR forage with excellent tillering, regrowth, and recovery • Higher protein and digestibility over conventional hybrids • Superior drought tolerance • Excellent standability and tolerance to Sugarcane Aphid and good tolerance to Anthracnose • High green leaf retention • Ideal for grazing or haying
NEW
• Late BMR Male Sterile forage sorghum • Very good yield and standability • Excellent tolerance to Anthracnose and Sugarcane Aphid • Higher yielding and better standability than 701 BMR
Plant Height
LGS 6321
LSS 418
SORGHUM
LGS 5002
FORAGE SORGHUM LFS 7021 BMR
CONCEP III
Red
Grain
BMR
5-6 ft
9
4
NEW LFS 9521 BMR
CONCEP III
Red
Grain
BMR
8-9 ft 100-105
9
8
NEW LFS 7022 BMR
CONCEP III
Red
Grain
BMR
6-7 ft
9
6
70-75
RATING SCALE: 10-1; 10 = Superior, 5 = Average, 1 = Poor HEAD TYPE: SC = Semi-Compact; SO = Semi-Open
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LA CROSSE SEED PARTNERSHIP 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 complete 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.
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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 weight gain 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.
The Legend Seeds Specialty Products lineup can be found in the Legend Seeds Specialty Product Guide. To review the Legend Seeds Specialty Product Guide, visit LegendSeeds.net or to request a copy, please contact your local Legend Seeds Representative or email info@legendseeds.net. P.O. Box 241 • De Smet, SD 57231 • 800.678.3346 • legendseeds.net
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OATS
SPRING WHEAT Oats
Oats
• Newer, white-hulled Oat from the University of Minnesota • Very tall, medium-late maturing Oat with very high yield potential • Moderate resistance to Crown Rust, and good lodging resistance. • Good test weight and high protein.
Defender 265 Brand
Spring Wheat
• Newer Hard Red Spring Wheat from the University of Minnesota • Combines straw strength, yield, and disease resistance • Medium maturity variety with very good lodging resistance • Good ratings for Bacterial Leaf Streak and Fusarium Head Blight, and excellent ratings for leaf rust and stripe rust. • Contains the bdv2 gene for resistance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV)
• White-hulled oat • Late maturity • Excellent multi-purpose oat – great for grain and forage • Excellent resistance to Crown Rust, BYDV, stem rust, and smut • Excellent straw strength • Should not be planted on very high fertility soils
Certified MN - Pearl
Certified MN-Washburn
Prosper
SMALL GRAINS
Certified Goliath
Spring Wheat
• Hard Red Spring Wheat developed in conjunction with NDSU and UMN. • Very high grain yield, with medium straw strength. • Early to medium-early maturity • Average protein content, with good milling and baking qualities • Excellent disease package – moderately resistant to scab and excellent resistance to leaf and stem rusts.
NOTES
Oats
• Versatile blend of medium maturing oat varieties • Reputable choice: affordable, consistent, trusted • Convenient 50 lb bags and 2,000 lb totes • Establishes quickly to defend the soil against erosion and to control weeds • Provides consistently high grain yield potential with high quality straw Not available for sale in all states, check with your La Crosse Seed representative.
The varieties listed above are subject to change based on availability.
TREATMENT OFFERING Benefits/Use** • Convenient premix is formulated with four proven actives
Salient™ TMI deploys four actives to suppress and treat seed and soil-borne disease while controlling early-season seedling injury due to insect pressure. Three Salient TMI actives control challenging broad-spectrum diseases, including Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, seed rots, dwarf bunt, smut, barley stripe, Pythium and root rots. Meanwhile, Salient TMI’s imidacloprid helps prevent light to moderate early-season wireworm pressure. Salient TMI is an excellent seed treatment choice for barley, oats, triticale and wheat.
• Preventive and curative broad-spectrum disease control • Controls soil-borne diseases and prevents seed decay • Early-season control of typical wireworm infestation
Packaging: • 2 x 2.5 gal • 30 gal • 250 gal • for custom blend a.i.% • tebuconazole (4.1 g/l) • metalaxyl (19.1 g/l) • difenoconazole (37.3 g/l) • imidacloprid (60 g/l)
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GRASSES
Echelon Orchardgrass
Haymate XL Orchardgrass
• Extremely late maturing; maintains forage quality longer between harvests
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.
• Superior leaf disease resistance • Increased palatability & stand persistence • Perfect companion for alfalfa or clover mixes • Well adapted, suited for hay, silage or grazing • Excellent persistence & vigor
• Medium-late maturity blend • Great companion for alfalfa • Maturity allows for more flexibility in the spring • Excellent stem rust resistance
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 15-25 Mixes: 3-10
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 15-25 Mixes: 3-10
Big Ton XL Smooth Bromegrass
Reprieve® XL Teff Grass
• Vigorous, long-lived sod forming perennial grass
• Excellent palatability and forage quality
• Excellent drought resistance
• Ideal for horses and other livestock
• Improved leaf disease and seedling blight resistance
• Well adapted for dry climates
• Very compatible with alfalfa in mixed stands
• Great rotational crop when replacing alfalfa or perennial grass stands
• Exceptionally versatile, well-suited to grazing and haying
• High forage yields during a short growing season
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 15-25 Mixes: 5-10
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 8-10
Richmond Timothy
Tetrabana XL Italian Ryegrass
• Elite variety with early maturity • Very good winter hardiness • Excellent early spring vigor • Pairs best with alfalfa and grass mixes
• Tetraploid blend with high palatability
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 8-15 Mixes: 2-6
• High leaf to stem ratio: higher digestibility • Good drought and heat tolerance, able to persist into late summer in second year • Excellent for high-traffic or wet pastures • High yielding and top feed qualities • Rapid establishment - ideal for intensive grazing, renovating pastures and frost seeding Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 20-40 Mixes: 5-10
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VersaGrass™
• Endophyte-free tall Fescue and Orchardgrass perform well in less-thanideal summer conditions
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.
• Ryegrasses provide early forage production
• Excellent for waterways and terraces
• Good choice for grazing, green-chop, or hay production • Performs well across a variety of soil and climatic conditions, including the Southern Midwest and Transition Zone Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 30-40
• Excellent for ditches, banks, and headlands • Excellent companion for alfalfa and clovers • Works great for permanent pastures • Improved varieties for better forage
FORAGE MIXES
Grass Master Pasture Mix
• Easier to establish than straight bromegrass
Overseed: 10-20 Haymate XL Orchardgrass
35%
StarGrazer XL Tall Fescue
35%
Fusion XL Festulolium
15%
Endo-Graze XL Tetra. Per. Ryegrass
15%
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 25-30 Overseed: 10-20 Top Tim XL Timothy
25%
Big Ton XL Smooth Bromegrass
25%
Endo-Graze XL Tetra Per. Ryegrass
25%
Haymate XL Orchardgrass
25%
Alfalfa - Based Forage Mix
BLM #4 Pasture Mix
• Especially suited for high quality forage environments • Sound management will ensure this mix persists for 3-5 years
BLM #4 Pasture Mix is a quick starting mix for use around farm buildings, drylots and pastures. This mix produces quality forage and will hold up well under heavy traffic.
• Clover will succeed in poorly drained environments
• Very versatile mix that establishes quickly
• Timothy maturity in this mix matches the management needed for the alfalfa
• Endophyte-free tall fescue extends productivity into the hot, dry summer months
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 18-20
• Kentucky bluegrass provides sod-forming capability to help maintain a healthy stand
FF 42.A2 Alfalfa
50%
Top Tim XL Timothy
20%
Red Carpet XL Red Clover
20%
Radium XL Alsike Clover Orion XL Ladino Clover
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 30-40 Endo-Graze XL Perennial Ryegrass
30%
8%
Tetrabana XL Italian Ryegrass
20%
2%
Stargrazer XL Tall Fescue
20%
Balin/Ginger Kentucky Bluegrass
15%
Top Tim XL Timothy
15%
The mix percentages listed are in bulk % and not pure live seed.
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FORAGE MIXES
Mare & Foal Pasture Mix
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
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 30-40
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 30-40 Overseed: 10-20
Endo-Graze XL Tetra. Per. Ryegrass
35%
FF Premium Alfalfa
20%
Haymate XL Orchardgrass
50%
Big Ton XL Smooth Bromegrass
15%
Top Tim XL Timothy
25%
StarGrazer XL Tall Fescue
15%
Fusion XL Festulolium
15%
Tetrabana XL Italian Ryegrass
10%
Ginger Kentucky Bluegrass
10%
Top Tim XL Timothy
Special Waterway
Clover-Based Forage Mix
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.
• F ormulated for wetter soils with a history of disease and fertility problems
• Performs well in hay systems
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 16-18
• Big Ton XL smooth bromegrass provides better quality than common types
• Use in soils with low pH (below 6.5) • Provides strong nitrogen build up in soil
• Mixed with endophyte-free tall fescue, persistence of this mix retains quality for many years
Red Carpet XL Clover
63%
• Handles a wide range of soil types
Top Tim XL Timothy
25%
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 25-30
Radium XL Alsike Clover
10%
Orion XL Ladino Clover
2%
Overseed: 15-20 Big Ton XL Smooth Bromegrass
65%
StarGrazer XL Tall Fescue
20%
Endo-Graze XL Tetra Per. Ryegrass
15%
The mix percentages listed are in bulk % and not pure live seed.
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5%
Silobuster Forage Mixes
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 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.
• Rapid spring growth • May produce three cuttings on second-year stands • Works well in rotational grazing programs
S ilobuster Pea & Oat Mix 60% LC6040 Forage Peas & 40% Forage Oats
• Increased disease resistance
S ilobuster Pea & Triticale Mix 60% LC6040 Forage Peas & 40% Spring Triticale
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 8-12
S ilobuster Pea & Barley Mix 60% LC6040 Forage Peas & 40% Top Ton Spring Barley
Mixes: 4-8
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 100-150
FORAGE MIXES
Red Carpet® XL 3-YR Red Clover
Nurse Crop: 100-120
NOTES
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COVER CROPS
Cover Crop Mixtures
Mix Components
Seeding Rate DRILLED
• Low risk, starter mix SF 101 Cover Starter
• Ideal for fall manure applications
91% Guardian® Winter Rye 9% Tillage Radish®
35 lbs / acre
• Winter hardy rye with excess N
SF 102 Cover Starter +
• Can seed before corn / soybeans
72% Guardian® Winter Rye
• Good for prevent plant
20% Crimson Clover
• Ideal for southern corn belt and beyond
8% Tillage Radish®
• 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
SF 142 Classic
SF 150 Field Fit
SF 160 Rooting
SF 175 AccuSpread
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• Late fall silage opportunity
30% Defender Oats 25% Spring Peas 20% Balansa Clover 5% Tillage Radish® 50% Nitrous® Winter Triticale 38% Winter Peas 6% Tillage Radish® 6% Forage Brassica
• Low risk option as minimal spring management is needed
70% Crimson Clover
• Ideal for low spring management
30% Tillage Radish®
90% Defender Oats
• Excellent option for multiple grazing periods in the fall
10% Tillage Radish®
• Best mix for breaking up compaction and catching leftover nutrients
88% Annual Ryegrass
• Perfect in manure systems
40 lbs / acre
20% Crimson Clover
• Ideal for beef / non-lactating dairy
• Plant early to maximize production
35 lbs / acre
12% Tillage Radish®
• Facilitates more accurate seeding patterns in broadcast applications
80% Annual Ryegrass
• Great compaction alleviation and nutrient scavenging
8% Tillage Radish®
12% Coated Crimson Clover
40 lbs / acre
15 lbs / acre
35 lbs / acre
20 lbs / acre
25 lbs / acre
Nitrous Winter Triticale
• Screened for purity and cleanliness
• Reduced awns for greater palatability
• Excellent germination and early vigor (allow for later fall seedings)
• Characterized by intense blue color
• Strong winter-hardiness
• Quick establishment equals increased tonnage capability
• Glyphosate application or crimp at pollination will kill crop
Seeding Rate (lbs./acre): Drilled: 30-50
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Drilled: 30-50 (varies based on goal) Forage: 80-120
Forage: 80-120
Tillage Radish®
ColdSnap™ Annual Ryegrass
• Reduces compaction and improves drainage and air/water movement (through rapid spring decay) • Soaks up and releases nitrogen and other nutrients in spring • Dense seed makes for easy planting, typically reaching full growth in 6-8 weeks (about 900 GDD) • Shades out winter annuals and suppresses spring annual weeds • Winterkills with temperatures in the teens
• S uitable for grazing or chopping for silage in fall or spring (in areas where it overwinters)
Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Forage: 5-8 Monoculture: 3-8
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, brassica needs to be combined with other forages (no more than 1/3 of the total animal diet) to prevent potential livestock disorders Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Monoculture: 4-6 Mixes: 2-3 Forage: 5-6
COVER CROPS
Guardian™ Winter Rye
• Heavy DM producer with outstanding quality • Great for extending alfalfa or legume stands • History of outstanding forage production in the Midwest and South Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Forage: 25-35 Monoculture: 15-30
Custom Seed Mixes
La Crosse Seed offers custom mixing capabilities to meet any cover crop or conservation needs. Considerations When Creating Custom Seed Mixes: • Think about seed sizes- will the different size and shape of certain seeds prohibit specific application methods? o Aerial: too large of seed might struggle to get adequate seed-to-soil contact o Drilling or Ground Seeding: seed size usually affects seeding depth. Different seeding depths become a real challenge with numerous species all in the same bag • Different cover crops often perform best when planted at different times • Not all crops are beneficial to the next crop in the rotation • Select species carefully, making sure all species are adapted to the field’s soil, drainage, and crop rotation
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