Plant Type: Warm Season Grass

Mycorrhizal Dependent: Yes

Water Use: Low

Why In The Blend? The most valuable plant species in the blend. Sorghum Sudan is C4 grass which allows for rapid biomass production in hot summer conditions. Sorghum Sudan has the ability to capture sunlight atop the canopy. Reduced lignin content and higher forage digestibility than corn makes it ideal for winter feed.

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Plant Type: Cool Season Grass

Mycorrhizal Dependent: Yes

Water Use: Medium

Why In The Blend? Forage Oats are a great nutrient scavenger due to their dense fibrous root system. One of the most mycorrhizal-dependent cereals. Large leaf surface gives forage oats the upper hand over regular oats when maximizing sunlight capture. (Photosynthesis)

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Plant Type: Cool Season Legume

Mycorrhizal Dependent: Yes

Water Use: Medium

Why In The Blend? Hairy Vetch holds the highest nitrogen fixation capabilities of any legume species we grow in Western Canada. Sunlight opportunist due to its creeping growth characteristics. High protein feed source. Regrowth.

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Plant Type: Cool Season Brassica

Mycorrhizal Dependent: No

Water Use: High

Why In The Blend? Highly nutritious brassica (digestibility & protein). Tuber scavenges nitrogen and other nutrients for slow-release decomposition the following year.

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Plant Type: Cool Season Grass

Mycorrhizal Dependent: Yes

Water Use: Low

Why In The Blend? We swapped Forage Barley out for Soft White Wheat for 2025 for the increased palatability. (Awns from the barley)

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Plant Type: Warm Season Legume

Mycorrhizal Dependent: Yes

Water Use: Low

Comments: FenuGreek is a fast-establishing annual warm-season legume that provides nitrogen fixation to the system when conditions are hot and dry.

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Plant Type: Warm Season Broadleaf

Mycorrhizal Dependent: No

Water Use: Low

Why In The Blend? Due to its non-mycorrhizal association, root exudates are very good at solubilizing unavailable phosphorus. Flowers attract an array of pollinators.

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Plant Type: Warm Season Grass

Mycorrhizal Dependent: Yes

Water Use: Low

Why In The Blend? German Millet is a longer growing season than most millets (Pearl, Proso, etc.) which means no volunteers the following year. Extremely vegetative. This C4 grass has a waxy leaf surface to decrease evapotranspiration in high temperatures.

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Plant Type: Cool Season Grass

Mycorrhizal Dependent: Yes

Water Use: Medium

Why In The Blend? Italian Rye Grass is highly digestible with vigorous regrowth potential. IRG will be less likely to over-winter, unlike annual ryegrass. A fibrous root system is great for compaction.

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Plant Type: Cool Season Grass

Mycorrhizal Dependent: Yes

Water Use: Medium

Why In The Blend? Spring Triticale does well in a wide range of soil conditions, including lighter soils or areas with moderate levels of salinity. Provides increased diversity of root exudates from the cool season grass family to feed soil biology.

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Plant Type: Cool Season Legume

Mycorrhizal Dependent: Yes

Water Use: Medium

Why In The Blend? Forage pea varieties focus on smaller seed & increased biomass rather than grain yield. Rapid spring growth. The “leaky root” characteristic allows this plant to share nitrogen with other plant species.

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Plant Type: Warm Season Broadleaf

Mycorrhizal Dependent: Yes

Water Use: High

Why In The Blend? Sunflowers are a palatable feed when taken early with good drought tolerance. Deep rooting characteristics allow this plant to access minerals deep in the soil profile (specifically, Zinc). C3 plant with C4 growth characteristics. Early maturing.

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Plant Type: Cool Season Broadleaf (Linum)

Mycorrhizal Dependent: Yes

Water Use: Medium

Why In The Blend? Flax is the highest mycorrhizal fungi-dependent plant. Having a small percentage in the blend helps promote the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi network. (The network that allows all plant species in the blend to share minerals & water)

Plant Type: Cool Season Brassica

Mycorrhizal Dependent: No

Water Use: High

Why In The Blend? Highly nutritious brassica (digestibility & protein) with rapid cool-season growth characteristics. Taproot for soil compaction and nutrient scavenging.

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