Forages
We’ve figured out when and where to use the right species to achieve a forage goal. Much of this comes from having the opportunity to learn from so many different scenarios that are unique to an operation. We’ll continue to listen and fine-tune. And we’re always here to help you to get exactly what you want from your forage projects.
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Optigraze | Renovo Seed
Optigraze is a blend of cool-season grasses and brassicas that have been developed as a season-long grazing cover crop. The forage oats in the mix provide the first initial flush of growth for the first grazing pass of the season. The other species in the blend will begin to take over once the oa...
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OptiHarv | Renovo Seed
This forage mix makes baleage that’s “thicker than snot”, as our trial growers say. It produces immense tonnage for bales, or you can hay it or graze it, too. This eight-species combination of millets, peas, barley, mung beans, and brassicas will give you season-long growth for multiple harvests ...
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Premium Graze | Renovo Seed
Premium Graze is a blend of warm season grasses and forage brassicas that has been developed as a summer annual grazing system. It is also commonly used as a cover crop following early harvest of a small grain or spring forage. Premium Graze can be planted early in the summer and used as a rotati...
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SorMax 85 | Renovo Seed
SorMax 85 BMR Forage Sorghum can reach heights of over 10 feet at full maturity. SorMax 85 BMR forage sorghum is commonly used as a single harvest silage crop. It will display better drought and heat tolerance than corn and can outperform corn in terms of dry matter yield in a limited moisture en...
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Raptor | Renovo Seed
This photoperiod sensitive BMR sorghum-sudangrass has extremely high yield potential and water efficiency. Use it for haying, grazing, or chopping. In any scenario, it’ll produce great results.
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SorMax 100 | Renovo Seed
SorMax 100 Forage Sorghum is a 100 day maturity BMR forage sorghum with excellent yield. With a 5-7 ton potential for dry matter yield, you can count on SorMax 100 to perform.
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White Wonder vs. German Millet | Renovo Seed
Hear Renovo Seed Product Expert Justin Fruechte discuss the differences between White Wonder and German millet.
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Titan | Renovo Seed
SorMax Titan Forage Sorghum is a late maturing hybrid forage sorghum option. It is very tall and high-yielding, leading to high overall biomass production. The Titan is a drought tolerant sorghum option with high sugar content, giving it a sweet taste for your livestock.
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Pea Barley | Renovo Seed
Our 60/40 Pea/Barley blend is a popular spring forage that will exceed other common options in forage quality. Forage Peas are very high in crude protein and digestibility and have good yield when blended with a small grain such as barley. Using a beardless forage variety of barley in the blend p...
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Pea/Triticale Mix | Renovo Seed
Our 60/40 Pea/Triticale blend is an alternative spring forage option to the other commonly used mixtures of forage peas and small grains such as oats or barley. Spring triticale has advantages in yield while maintaining excellent forage quality. Forage Peas are very high in crude protein and dige...
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Pea/Oat Mix | Renovo Seed
Our 60/40 Pea/Oat blend is a commonly used spring forage option for livestock producers looking to increase tonnage and quality in their annual hay or haylage crops. Forage peas are very high in digestibility and crude protein and do not sacrifice yield. Using a taller variety of oat in the blend...
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Millborn Seeds - Optigraze
Optigraze is a blend of cool-season grasses and brassicas that have been developed as a season-long grazing cover crop. If planted in the spring, Optigraze can provide grazing throughout the summer and well into the fall season.
The forage oats in the mix provide the first initial flush of growt...
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Millborn Seeds - Dual Threat
Dual Threat is a blend of two top-performing varieties of oat seed developed for use as spring hay or haylage crop. Dual Threat combines a true forage oat variety with a dual-purpose oat variety in a unique mixture for forage production. The Everleaf forage oats are very late maturing and have an...
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Millborn Seeds - White Proso Millet
White Proso Millet is a warm-season annual grass that produces large amounts of grain. It performs well in mixes for wildlife cover and is popular for dove, quail, turkey and duck fields. Proso Millet should be planted in warm weather.
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Millborn Seeds - Winter Triticale
Winter Triticale is a winter annual grain developed through a cross between winter wheat and winter rye. It is commonly planted for forage production and displays desirable traits from each of its parent species. Winter Triticale is extremely winter hardy like cereal rye but produces high quality...
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Millborn Seeds - White Wonder Millet
White Wonder Millet is a foxtail-type millet primarily grown for hay. White Wonder millet will grow rapidly in warm weather and is adapted to a variety of soil types. This species is fast-growing, producing high forage yields, and can be harvested as quickly as 60-70 days after planting. White Wo...
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Millborn Seeds - Teff Grass
Teff Grass is a warm-season annual grass that is commonly used for hay production or grazing. Teff has gained popularity due to its excellent forage quality and fast growth which allows for multiple cuttings during the growing season. Teff Grass is very fine stemmed and fine-bladed. This makes it...
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Millborn Seeds - Spring Triticale
Spring Triticale is a spring planted version of the hybrid cross between cereal rye and wheat. It is commonly planted as a hay or haylage crop and can produce high levels of dry matter under challenging conditions. It is later maturing than oats or barley and will maintain its forage quality for ...
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Millborn Seeds - Siberian Millet
Siberian Millet is a warm-season annual grass and a foxtail type millet. It is a shorter variety that is commonly planted as a single-cut hay millet. Siberian Millet is the fastest maturing hay millet and will reach maturity about a week earlier than German or White Wonder Millet. It works well g...
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Millborn Seeds - Piper Sudangrass
Piper sudangrass is a warm-season annual, commonly grown for forage. With finer stems and leaves than sorghum-sudangrass, Piper Sudangrass can be used for hay or grazing. Piper is known for its rapid growth and lower prussic acid content than sorghum sudangrass. It produces large amounts of organ...
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Millborn Seeds - Pearl Millet
Pearl Millet is a warm-season annual grass commonly used for grazing as well as hay and silage production. Pearl Millet is desirable as forage due to its high leaf to stem ratio and high yield potential. It can reach heights of over 6’ tall at full maturity, making it more comparable to sorghum-s...
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Millborn Seeds - Pea/Triticale
Our 60/40 Pea/Triticale blend is an alternative spring forage option to the other commonly used mixtures of forage peas and small grains such as oats or barley. Spring triticale has advantages in yield while maintaining excellent forage quality. Forage Peas are very high in crude protein and dige...
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Millborn Seeds - Pea/Barley
Our 60/40 Pea/Barley blend is a popular spring forage that will exceed other common options in forage quality. Forage Peas are very high in crude protein and digestibility and have good yield when blended with a small grain such as barley. Using a beardless forage variety of barley in the blend p...
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Millborn Seeds - Optigraze
Optigraze is a blend of cool-season grasses and brassicas that have been developed as a season-long grazing cover crop. If planted in the spring, Optigraze can provide grazing throughout the summer and well into the fall season.
The forage oats in the mix provide the first initial flush of growt...