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FOR MAXIMUM MILK PRODUCTION IT MEANS HIGH PROTEIN PASTURES AND HAY.
GOOD QUALITY HAY STARTS WITH THE RIGHT FORAGES AND HELP FROM MOTHER NATURE!
Plowdown means working in plant material into the soil which releases nitrogen from the nodules on the roots which are home to the nitrogen fixing bacteria who capture the nitrogen from the air. The plant itself is also high in nitrogen and trace minerals needed by the next crop grown. Intercroping with legumes, which all fix nitrogen, with cereals or grasses will give them some benefit from their nitrogen fixing ability.
Organic growers must use sweet or red clover or alfalfa for their nitrogen sources.
Annual crops like crimson clover, Berseem clover are also used.
Turnips and radishes break up the hard pan as do the roots of all plants especially the clovers and alfalfas. Tap root alfalfas are more drought tolerant as the roots go down many meters.
Sainfoin and Cicer milkvetch are both non bloat legumes and can be pastured as pure stands.
Sailine ares are due to high sodium levels and poor drainage so grasses like Tall Wheatgrass, Slender Wheatgrass or Intermediate wheatgrass work here. Sweet clover and tap root alfalfas also are somewhat tolerant to salinity. The key is to keep growing crops and remove the salts by their uptake of salts within the plants.
It all starts with good clean seed with high germination.
All our seed is cleaned using 6 machines to achieve the best purity.
Seed is stored in our rodent free warehouse .
Inside our processing plant and warehouse
For maximum gains on pasture the proper forage species must be chosen. High protein with low bloat species work best. Sainfoin and cider milk vetch are bloat free and high in protein. Meadow Brome (moist conditions) and smooth brome (drier, sandier land prone to drying out) are the top yielding grasses. Alfalfa in the pasture at under 2 lbs is also fairly safe from bloat when combined with grasses.
ALL LEGUMES ARE INOCULATED WITH NITRIGIN GOLD AND THE PRICES INCLUDE THAT.
WE ALSO INCLUDE FREE DELIVERY!
WE GUARANTEE THE LOWEST PRICE FOR COMPARABLE QUALITY.