Forage Grasses
Whatever you are planting, Elk Mound Seed has an answer. With 10 different forage grasses and five different grass seed mixes EMS has everything to accomplish your planting goals.
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Grass Mixes
Grass Pasture Mix – 25# / $59.95
- Suitable for horses, beef cattle, and dry cows
- Once established, it is extremely traffic tolerant
- Seeding rate – 25lbs/acre
- 35% Kentucky Bluegrass, 15% Alfalfa, 25% Perennial Ryegrass, 10% Orchardgrass, 15% Timothy
The Stockmaster Mix – 25# / $54.95
- The top varieties combined in this grass mix are selected for vigorous growth, digestibility and persistence
- Expect good production under less ideal conditions
- Can be considered as a hayfield when established
- Seeding rate – 25-30 lbs/acre
- 45% Endyophyte-Free Tall Fescue, 20% Late Orchardgrass, 25% Perennial Ryegrass, 10% Festulolium
EMS Waterway Mix – 25# / $59.95
- Quick to establish
- Special order larger quantities only
- Suitable for ditches, abandoned roadways and field roads with waterways
- Seeding rate – 30 lbs/acre
- 25% Annual Ryegrass, 20% Smooth Bromegrass, 18% Endophyte-Free Tall Fescue, 10% Timothy, 9% Kentucky Bluegrass, 8% Perennial Ryegrass, 5% Reed Canarygrass, 5% Orchardgrass
EMS Reclaimers Mix – 25# / $64.95
- Incorporate with winter damaged alfalfa for quick and palatable grasses
- Dairy, beef, and sheep all benefit from these grasses
- Seeding rate – 30 lbs/acre
- 40% Meadow Bromegrass, 30% Italian Ryegrass, 30% Festulolium
Grasses
Fawn Tall Fescue – 50# / $84
- Hard, sod-forming grass
- Great for terraces, waterways, roadsides, feed lots and other areas where a coarse, vigorous sod is needed
- Tolerant to intense animal grazing
- Requires minimal maintenance
- Endophyte-free
Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass – 50# / $99
- Produces a more open growth (less ground cover)
- A high percentage of sugars in its forage
- Highly digestible by animals and great for grazing
- Large leaves, but fewer, larger tillers
- TECH SHEET (PDF)
Festulolium – 50# / $89
- Derived from hybrids Italian ryegrass and meadow fescue
- Has the winter hardiness and disease resistance of meadow fescue
- High nutritive value and seaon-long productiviy
- Seed at 15-20 lbs/acre in mixes or 25/30 lbs/acre alone
Smooth Bromegrass – 50# / $175
- Extremely hardy, long-lived and a well adapted grass
- Can be grazed and cut for hay or silage
- Forms solid sod – suitable for roadways and waterways
- Capable of higher yields under extreme heat and drought
Meadow Bromegrass – 50# / $139
- Bunch like, long-lived perennial grass
- No, or very little, rhizomes
- Becomes ready for grazing 7-10 days before smooth brome grass
- Productivity does not decline after several cuttings
Orchardgrass – 50# / $89
- Moderately hardy, bunch-type grass
- Regrows quickly and is commonly mixed with alfalfa
- Performs well with smooth bromegrass and reed canarygrass
Late Orchardgrass- 50# / $99
- A later maturing variety
- Makes a more palatable forage when used for hay
- Leafy and high quality with good summer production
- Low lignin variety
- Seed at 4-8 lbs/acre when seeded with legumes or 10-15 lbs/acre alone
Feast II Italian Ryegrass- 50# / $82.50
- A perennial under the right conditions
- Excellent spring, summer and fall productivity
- Great seedling vigor
- It is reccomended to plant only late maturing varieties
- TECH SHEET (PDF)
Kentucky Bluegrass – 50# / $89
- Very hardy, sod-forming grass
- Tolerates short grazing
- Well adapted to cool temperatures and grows well in northern states
- Most common pasture species in continually grazed pastures
Timothy – 50# / $98
- Very hardy, bunch-type grass
- Primarily mixed with red clover
- Best adapted to cooler climates
- Has good disease resistance