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GRASSES

813 Triticale into June if you don’t mind starting two or three weeks
Triticale is a cross be- later. The disadvantage to triticale is that it tends to be a bit
tween rye and wheat and more susceptible to winter injury than rye, but is similar
has some characteristics to wheat.
of each parent. Compared Our top performing triticale is SY813, which is awnletted
to rye, triticale holds its (very short beards), has excellent fall vigor and growth,
feed value better into late and is tolerant of both rust and wheat streak mosaic virus.
spring. This makes it well It is very well adapted to the Southern and Central Great
suited for hay, silage, or Plains region. This is the go-to winter forage to maximize
stretching grazing well forage production!

Biomass
Drought
Forage
Salinity
Warm Season Grasses Seeds Per Cold Kill Tolerance Production Quality Tolerance Comments
Pound
°F
BMR Grazing Corn 2,500 32 Great value for forage
Sorghum Sudan 18,000 32 High tonnage
BMR Sorghum Sudan 18,000 32 Low lignin
BMR Sorghum Sudan PPS 18,000 32 Photoperiod sensitive
Sudangrass 22,000 32 Fine stemmed
Forage Sorghum 18,000 32 Great for silage
Egyptian Wheat 18,000 32 Super tall sorghum
Wildlife Grain Sorghum 17,000 32 Good for upland birds
Pearl Millet 80,000 32 Highest production millet
Browntop Millet 180,000 32 Great heat tolerance
Japanese Millet 120,000 32 Grows in wet soils
Proso Millet 120,000 32 Grain millet for birds
German Millet 180,000 32 Excellent hay millet
White Wonder Hay Millet 180,000 32 Excellent hay millet
Teff Grass 1,300,000 32 Very fine stemmed

Biomass
Drought
Salinity
Forage
Cool Season Grasses Seeds Per Cold Kill Tolerance Production Quality Tolerance Comments
Pound
Spring Oats (Hayden) 15,000 20 Very versatile
Black Oats (Cosaque) 22,000 10 Great forage, long season
Winter Oats (Bob) 19,000 10 Overwinters in the South
Spring Triticale (Surge) 16,000 5 Awnletted, high spring production
Spring Forage Barley (Lavina) 13,000 20 Beardless and salt tolerant
Winter Barley (P919) 15,000 0 Beardless, decent winter hardy
Cereal Rye (Elbon) 22,000 -30 Best weed suppression
Cereal Rye (Yankee) 20,000 -30 Northern type with bigger, hollow stem
Winter Triticale (SY813) 16,000 -10 Great spring forage
Winter Forage Wheat (Willow Creek) 13,000 -10 Very long season for later graze
Soft Red Winter Wheat (Gore) 13,000 -10 Beardless, good grazer
Italian Ryegrass 190,000 0 Biannual - best for spring planting
Annual Ryegrass 190,000 0 Very deep rooted

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