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Kernel Counter

Kernel Counter is an ideal mix that provides fast growth in the fall, nitrogen fixation, and limited or no spring growth. This blend works perfectly into a corn/soybean rotation as it gives your soil completely different species with a cool...
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Thin or Winter Killed Alfalfa: What Are My Options?

As spring arrives, you may notice your alfalfa stand is thinner than ideal. As you work to determine the best steps for a successful haying season, consider these questions: If you have questions or would like additional information, please reach...
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FAQs: Nurse Crops

Planting a nurse crop (sometimes called a companion crop) with your perennial mixes can give you that beautiful green look and a great start for a perennial system.
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Solar Pollinator Buffer Mix

Our Solar Pollinator Buffer Mix is an extremely diverse blend of legumes, native forbs, and grasses that will be an aesthetically pleasing addition to your solar project. With more freedom in height limitations, we can include species with different structures,...
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FAQs: Alternative Forage Options for Livestock

We’ve spent more than three decades serving farmers and ranchers. In this time, we’ve found that some questions are universal. No matter the type of farm or ranch you run, you’re sure to experience similar roadblocks and hurdles as others...
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A Guide to Selecting the Best Oat Variety

What is your goal? Oats are a versatile crop that can use those cooler season growing days to produce grain, hay, or oatlage. Before selecting a variety, consider: are you taking the crop all the way to a finished grain,...
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Grass Max

Grass Max is the most versatile grass blend on the market! It is an easy establishing mix of high yielding, high quality, persistent perennials that will grow in various soil types. If you are seeding down a grass hay field,...
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Boost Your Forage Supply with a Spring Annual Small Grain

The three main spring annual forages include oats, forage barley, and spring triticale. All three are a great option when you need to add additional forage within one growing season. These spring forages are versatile when it comes to planting...
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Three Factors to Consider for Next Year’s Forage Plan

As winter draws on, many livestock producers (myself included) take a look at the forage stockpile for the coming months, and “hope” we have enough to make it through the winter. Even if you have enough forage for winter, there...
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Creating an Annual Forage System

The winter season is a great time to make a plan for your annual forage systems next year. We mapped out an example of what this could look like on two different fields, so you always have grazing area available...
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What’s Next After Small Grain Harvest? Cover Crops

Small grain harvest is well underway in the Midwest, which means now is a great time to plant a cover crop. Why? Cover crops help to: Break down compaction Provide grazing opportunity this fall/spring Foster better soil health Planting after...
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From the Field: Seed Harvest

Have you ever wondered what goes into a cover crop or how Millborn Seeds gets the seed to the customer? Here at Millborn Seeds, we take the right steps in order to deliver a high-quality product to the high-quality grower....
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