Pasture Mixes

Horse Pasture Forage Seed Mix

Elk Mound Seed's Horse Pasture Mix is specifically designed to meet the needs of horse pastures. This blend features a higher level of Kentucky Bluegrass, known for its ability to handle foot traffic while producing high-quality forage. This mix is carefully balanced to provide optimal nutrition and durability, ensuring a lush and resilient pasture that can withstand the demands of active horses.Recommended Use: Specifically designed for horse pastures Suitable for beef cattle and dry cows Seeding Rates:Seed this mix at 25 lbs/acrePlanting Range:Spring, late summerMixture Contains: 35% Kentucky Bluegrass: Offers exceptional durability and high nutritional value, ideal for withstanding foot traffic. It forms a dense turf that recovers well from grazing. 25% Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass: Provides rapid establishment, high yields, and excellent forage quality. It is highly digestible and palatable for horses. 15% Alfalfa: Adds high protein content and supports overall pasture quality. It is beneficial for horses due to its high nutrient density and ability to enhance soil fertility by fixing nitrogen. 15% Timothy: Enhances the mix with its high palatability and nutritional profile, making it a preferred forage for horses. 10% Orchardgrass: Adds resilience and improves growth in various conditions, contributing to the mix’s overall durability and forage quality. Benefits for Horses: This Horse Pasture Mix is designed to provide a balanced diet for horses, ensuring they receive essential nutrients such as protein, calcium, and energy from both grasses and legumes. Kentucky Bluegrass and Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass offer high palatability and digestibility, which are crucial for horses' dietary preferences and health. Alfalfa and Timothy contribute to the nutritional profile, providing necessary vitamins and minerals. The mix is also designed to be traffic-tolerant, making it ideal for pastures that experience frequent use by active horses.This Horse Pasture Mix ensures a productive and sustainable solution for horse pastures, offering high-quality forage, reliable growth, and exceptional durability.

Stockmaster Forage Grass Mix

The Stockmaster Mix is expertly formulated for vigorous growth, exceptional digestibility, and persistence, even in less-than-ideal conditions. This mix is perfect for creating a productive hay field once established, featuring a balanced combination of grasses that ensure robust forage production. The endophyte-free tall fescue included in the mix enhances its suitability for grazing livestock.Recommended Use: Expect excellent production in less-than-ideal growing conditions. This mix can be considered a hay field when established and will have exceptional digestibility, vigorous growth, and persistence.Seeding Rates:Seed this mix at 25-30 lbs/acre.Planting Range:Spring, late summerMixture Characteristics: Drought Tolerance: Good Grazing Quality: Excellent Winter Survivability: Good Yield Potential: Good Traffic Tolerance: Fair Mixture Contains: 35% Festulolium: Combines the rapid regrowth and high forage quality of ryegrass with the drought tolerance and persistence of fescue.  35% Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass: Offers higher yields and better digestibility, known for its rapid establishment and high-quality forage 15% Tall Fescue (endophyte-free): Known for its tolerance to intensive grazing and heavy animal traffic, providing resilience to the mix  15% Late Orchardgrass: Matures later, making it more suitable to seed down with legumes, especially alfalfa. Drydown Quality: The Stockmaster Mix has good drydown qualities, facilitated by the rapid regrowth and high forage quality of Festulolium and Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass. The presence of Tall Fescue and Orchardgrass adds to the mix's resilience and adaptability, ensuring a balanced and effective drying process for high-quality hay production.This Stockmaster Mix ensures a productive and sustainable pasture, meeting the diverse needs of your farm with high-quality forage and reliable growth.

Grass Pasture Forage Seed Mix

Elk Mound Seed's Grass Pasture Mix is designed for optimal growth, digestibility, and persistence. This mix includes a variety of grasses that are selected for their vigorous growth and adaptability to less-than-ideal conditions, making it a reliable choice for farmers looking to establish a high-quality pasture. The mix is suitable for early spring and late summer planting, ensuring flexibility for your planting schedule.Benefits: Vigorous Growth: Selected for its ability to thrive in various conditions, ensuring robust pasture development. High Digestibility: Provides excellent nutritional value for grazing animals, enhancing overall livestock health. Persistence: Designed to maintain productivity and quality over time, even under challenging conditions. Ideal for Hay Production: This mix can be considered a hay field when established, offering versatility for both grazing and haying purposes. Planting Instructions: Planting Range: Early spring, late summer Seeding Rate: 25-30 lbs/acre Mixture Contains: 35% Kentucky Bluegrass: Known for its durability and high nutritional value. 25% Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass: Offers higher yields and better digestibility. 15% Alfalfa: Provides adequate protein and supports overall pasture quality. 15% Timothy: Hardy grass that enhances the mix's forage quality. 10% Orchardgrass: Adds resilience and improves growth in various conditions. Drydown Quality: The Grass Pasture Mix has good drydown qualities due to the presence of Kentucky Bluegrass, Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass, and Orchardgrass, which provide high forage quality and effective drying. Alfalfa and Timothy contribute to the mix's nutritional profile and enhance its overall performance. Together, these components ensure a balanced drydown process, making the mix suitable for high-quality hay production under proper management practices.This Grass Pasture Mix ensures a productive and sustainable pasture, meeting the diverse needs of your farm.

Alf-Grass Forage Mix

Elk Mound Seed's Alf-Grass Mix combines high-quality Megaleaf Alfalfa with Timothy to create an ideal blend for producing excellent hay for dry cows, beef cattle, or horses. This mix ensures timely drydown and superior forage quality, offering higher yields than alfalfa alone. The grass in alfalfa stands with good fall growth can protect alfalfa crowns from winter injury by trapping more snow within the stand.Recommended Use:Makes great hay for dry cows, beef cattle, or horsesSeeding Rates:Seed this mix at 15-18 lbs/acrePlanting Range:Spring, late summerMixture Contains: 70% Megaleaf Alfalfa: Provides high yield and exceptional forage quality, ensuring robust and nutritious growth. 30% Timothy: Enhances the mix with its high palatability and nutritional profile, contributing to effective drydown and overall forage quality. Drydown Quality: The Alf-Grass Mix features excellent drydown qualities due to the presence of Megaleaf Alfalfa and Timothy. Alfalfa offers high nutritional value and robustness, while Timothy complements the mix with its high palatability and good drying characteristics. Together, these components ensure a balanced and effective drying process, making the mix suitable for high-quality hay production. Grass in alfalfa stands can also protect the alfalfa crowns from winter injury, adding resilience to the mix.This Alf-Grass Mix ensures a productive and sustainable solution for producing high-quality hay, meeting the diverse needs of your livestock with reliable growth and superior forage.

Clover-Grass Forage Seed Mix

Elk Mound Seed's Clover Grass Mix has been developed for farmers on heavy ground and modified with grass to make baling an option. This mix ensures excellent winter hardiness with Canadian-produced seed, providing reliable and persistent forage. It can be used for new seeding or interseeding, making it a versatile choice for improving pasture productivity.Recommended Use: Can be used for new seeding or interseeding Excellent option for producers on heavy ground Rapid root growth Can be grazed or baled Maximum forage production and feed quality Seeding Rates:Seed this mix at 12-18 lbs/acrePlanting Range:Spring, late summerMixture Contains: 60% Ojibwa Medium Red Clover: Offers high nutritional value and excellent winter hardiness. 20% Timothy: Enhances the mix with its high palatability and nutritional profile. 20% Alsike Clover: Adds diversity and adaptability to moist soils. Drydown Quality: The Clover Grass Mix features good drydown qualities, aided by the rapid root growth and high forage quality of Medium Red Clover and Timothy. Alsike Clover complements the mix by adding resilience and adaptability to moist soils. Together, these components ensure a balanced and effective drying process, making the mix suitable for high-quality hay production. The inclusion of grasses in the mix improves its suitability for baling, providing flexibility in forage use.This Clover Grass Mix ensures a productive and sustainable solution for pastures on heavy ground, offering high-quality forage and reliable growth.

Waterway Seed Mix

Elk Mound Seed's Waterway Mix is designed for quick establishment and is ideal for ditches, abandoned roadways, field roads, and waterways. This mix ensures robust growth and persistence, making it suitable for areas that require rapid ground cover and stabilization. Available for special order in larger quantities, this mix provides a reliable solution for challenging environments. Recommended Use: Quick to establish Suitable for ditches, abandoned roadways, and field roads with waterways Seeding Rates: Seed this mix at 25-30 lbs/acre Planting Range: Spring, late summer Mixture Contains: 25% Annual Ryegrass: Rapid establishment and excellent nurse crop, providing quick ground cover. 20% Smooth Bromegrass: Known for its drought tolerance and excellent forage quality. 18% Tall Fescue: Adds resilience and adaptability to various soil conditions, endophyte-free variety enhances grazing suitability. 10% Timothy: Enhances the mix with its high palatability and nutritional profile. 9% Kentucky Bluegrass: Provides high durability and nutritional value. 8% Perennial Ryegrass: Offers high yields, rapid establishment, and excellent forage quality. 5% Alsike Clover: Adds diversity and adaptability to moist soils. 5% Orchardgrass: Adds resilience and improves growth in various conditions. 5% Reed Canarygrass: Tolerates wet conditions and provides excellent ground cover. Drydown Quality: The Waterway Mix has good overall drydown qualities, facilitated by the rapid establishment and high forage quality of Annual Ryegrass and Perennial Ryegrass. The presence of Tall Fescue, Smooth Bromegrass, and Orchardgrass enhances the mix's resilience and adaptability, ensuring a balanced and effective drying process for high-quality hay production. This combination ensures that the mix can handle varying moisture conditions while providing reliable ground cover and forage. This Waterway Mix ensures a productive and sustainable solution for stabilizing challenging environments, offering high-quality forage and reliable growth.

Legume Grass Forage Seed Mix

Elk Mound Seed's Legume Grass Mix is a high-producing legume blend designed for growth-responsive and persistent pastures. This mix offers excellent palatability and valuable hay, making it an ideal choice for round balers. You can seed this mix alone or enhance it by adding some of our high-quality grasses.Recommended Use: High producing legume mix Seed alone or add some of our grasses for enhanced pasture performance Seeding Rates:Use a seeding rate of 15-18 lbs/acrePlanting Range:Spring, late summerMixture Contains: 60% Megaleaf Alfalfa: Provides a high yield and exceptional forage quality, ensuring robust and nutritious growth. 20% Timothy: Adds resilience and improves the forage's nutritional profile. 15% Medium Red Clover: Enhances the mix with its excellent nitrogen-fixing capabilities and high palatability. 5% Alsike Clover: Adds diversity and adaptability to various soil conditions. Drydown Quality: The Legume Grass Mix has good overall drydown qualities, thanks to the excellent drying characteristics of Megaleaf Alfalfa, which anchors the mix. While Timothy and Medium Red Clover may dry more slowly, they contribute to the high nutritional value and palatability of the forage. Alsike Clover, though less drought-tolerant, complements the mix by adapting well to moist soils. Together, these components ensure a balanced drydown process, making the mix suitable for high-quality hay production under proper management practices.This Legume Grass Mix is designed to create a productive and sustainable pasture, offering high-quality forage and reliable growth.

Reclaimers Forage Seed Mix

Elk Mound Seed's Reclaimers Mix is the perfect solution for extending the life of a weak hay stand. This mix is designed to integrate seamlessly with winter-damaged alfalfa, resulting in quick-establishing and highly palatable grasses. It's an excellent option for dairy, beef, and sheep pastures, providing nutritional forage and enhancing overall pasture productivity.Recommended Use: Incorporate this mix with winter-damaged alfalfa to achieve quick establishment and palatable grasses, extending the productive life of your pasture.Seeding Rates:Seed this mix at 30 lbs/acre.Planting Range:Spring, late summerMixture Characteristics: Drought Tolerance: Good Grazing Quality: Excellent Winter Survivability: Good Yield Potential: Good Traffic Tolerance: Fair Mixture Contains: 40% Italian Ryegrass: Known for its rapid establishment, high dry matter production, and excellent forage quality. Italian ryegrass is highly digestible and provides high yields, although it has moderate winter hardiness. 40% Festulolium: This hybrid grass combines the qualities of fescue and ryegrass, offering good drought tolerance, rapid establishment, and high forage quality. It performs well under grazing and provides a balanced mix of persistence and productivity. 10% Meadow Brome: Provides resilience and improves growth in various conditions. Meadow Brome has good winter hardiness and recovers quickly after grazing, making it a reliable component of the mix. 10% Orchardgrass: Adds to the mix's versatility with its high yield, drought tolerance, and winter hardiness. Orchardgrass is suitable for both hay and pasture, and its late maturity fits well with legumes like alfalfa and clover. Drydown Quality: The Reclaimers Mix has good overall drydown qualities. Italian ryegrass and Festulolium contribute to rapid regrowth and high forage quality, ensuring quick drying and excellent hay production. Meadow Brome and Orchardgrass add resilience and adaptability, enhancing the mix's performance under various conditions. Together, these components ensure a balanced drydown process, making the mix suitable for high-quality hay production under proper management practices.This Reclaimers Mix is designed to provide a robust and sustainable pasture, ensuring high-quality forage for your livestock and extending the productive life of your hay stands.