2021 Specialty Product Guide

SPECIALTY 2021 PRODUCT GUIDE

SORGHUM | SMALL GRAINS | GRASSES | FORAGE MIXES | COVER CROPS

FOOD | FEED | FUEL In the United States and other countries across the globe, sorghum grain is primarily used for livestock feed and ethanol production but it is becoming popular in the consumer food industry and other emerging markets. Traditionally, nearly one-third of the U.S. sorghum crop is used for renewable fuel production. In fact, sorghum produces the same amount of ethanol per bushel as comparable feedstocks while using up to one-third less water.

Legend Seeds is proud to offer a full lineup of grain sorghum, forage sorghum, and sorghum-sudangrass. Read below to determine which type of sorghum would best fit your operation: GRAIN SORGHUM can take many shapes, sizes, and various colors. Legend Seeds offers three red and one white grain sorghum varieties. Red sorghum is traditionally grown and used in all segments of the sorghum industry while white sorghum is typically made into flour for the food industry.

SORGHUM-SUDANGRASS is a cross between sorghum and sudangrass and is typically used for grazing, haying, and haylage. It is a finer stemmed, warm season, annual grass that will regrow after each harvest. Sorghum-sudangrass can grow up to 15 feet tall and typically has small seed heads with leaves that are similar to corn but are shorter and sometimes wider. Varieties with the BMR gene have significantly greater digestibility and palatability.

FORAGE SORGHUM typically grows 8-15 feet tall and is most popular for use as silage for feeding livestock. Depending on which species and variety selected, forage sorghum can be used for grazing pasture, hay production, silage, and green-chop.

Talk to your Legend Seeds representative today to determine which sorghum would be best for your operation!

ALL SORGHUM PRODUCTS ARE TREATED WITH:

Concep® III seed safener protects sorghum crops from herbicide injury and allows pre-emergence applications of herbicides containing S-metolachlor for ultimate grass and broadleaf weed control. Introduced in 1979, Concep® III was the first proven seed safener marketed for sorghum, controlling the phytotoxic effects of S-metolachlor herbicide for long lasting weed control.

Advantages: • Unique seed safener for sorghum • Protects grain and forage sorghum from herbicide injury • Allows the use of Dual® and Bicep® brand herbicides for pre-emergent grass and broadleaf weed control.

Concep® is a registered trademark of a Syngenta Group Company.

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GRAIN SORGHUM Grain Sorghum

• Relative Maturity: 85-90 Day • Short height • Very early maturity • Very good standability • Easy to harvest • No tannin • Good tolerance for sugarcane aphid • Excellent Anthracnose Resistance

LSS 418

Sorghum-Sudangrass

• Multi-purpose forage • Superior drought resistance • Late maturing with excellent tillering, regrowth, and recovery • Higher protein and digestibility over conventional hybrids • High green leaf retention

LSS 438 BMR LGS 5508W

Grain Sorghum

• Relative Maturity: 92-95 Day • Food grade sorghum • Excellent yield potential • Very good option for late season planting or dual-cropping systems • Anthracnose tolerant

LGS 5808

SORGHUM

LGS 5002

SORGHUM-SUDANGRASS

Sorghum-Sudangrass

• Brown Midrib Sorghum-Sudangrass • Good regrowth and recovery • Extraordinary palatability for grazing or hay • High grain without tannin • Qualifies for 80% LDP

Grain Sorghum

• Relative Maturity: 92-95 Day • Excellent yields • Short, strong stalks with great head exertion • Very good option for late season planting or dual-cropping systems • Great Head Smut resistance

Days to 1/2 Bloom

Standability

MDMV Tolerance

Downy Mildew Tolerance

SO

42-48"

8

50-52

9

8

9

LGS 5508W

CONCEP III

White

SO

40-45"

8

58-62

9

9

9

LGS 5808

CONCEP III

Red

SC

40-45"

8

56-60

9

9

9

FORAGE SORGHUM

Head Type

Tiller & Regrowth

CONCEP III

Red

Grain

Brown

5-6 ft

70-75

9

4

LFS 701 BMR

CONCEP III

White

SC

Brown

8-9 ft 85-100

9

8

Midrib Type

NEW LFS 7021 BMR

Head Type

Standability

Forage Sorghum

Grain Color

Days to 1/2 Bloom

• Brown Midrib • Exceptional sweetness • Large stems with excellent resistance to lodging • Partially sterile

NEW

Plant Height

LFS 701 BMR

Forage Sorghum

Treatment

• Brown Midrib • Early maturity • Excellent standability • High grain to stover ration • Excellent Anthracnose Resistance • Moderately tolerant to Sugarcane Aphids

GRAIN SORGHUM

Brand Name

LFS 7021 BMR

Plant Height

Red

Grain Color

CONCEP III

Treatment

LGS 5002

Brand Name

Head Exertion

SORGHUM AGRONOMICS

FORAGE SORGHUM

SORGHUM-SUDANGRASS LSS 418

CONCEP III

Red

Sudan

Normal 7-8 ft

90-95

9

9

LSS 438 BMR

CONCEP III

Red

Sudan

Brown

70-75

9

8

6-8 ft

RATING SCALE: 10-1; 10 = Superior, 5 = Average, 1 = Poor HEAD TYPE: SC = Semi-Compact; SO = Semi-Open

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LA CROSSE SEED PARTNERSHIP As Your Regional Seed Leader we’re dedicated to providing you with consistent producing, top quality products. To ensure that, we’ve partnered with La Crosse Seed to provide you more options and choices to fit your operation. Through this partnership, we are able to offer you a complete lineup of small grains, grasses, forage mixes, and cover crops. You’ll plant with confidence knowing that two regional seed suppliers are here to help you achieve your success.

Small Grains: Legend Seeds is proud to offer you a lineup of high performing oat and wheat varieties for all your small grain needs.

Grasses & Forage Mixes: Walk into a field planted with Forage First® forage seed and you’ll instantly notice lush, productive fields. That means healthy weight gain for your animals and land that lives up to its potential.

Cover Crops: Adding cover crops to your rotation can provide numerous benefits and these practices have been on the rise in recent years across the Legend Seeds territory.

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OATS

SPRING WHEAT Oats

Oats

• Tall, late maturing oat variety • Great straw strength, with yellow hull • Good test weight and high protein • Moderate resistance to stem rust, resistant to smut and crown rust

Defender 265 Brand

Spring Wheat

• Semi-dwarf variety with good straw strength • Early maturing spring wheat • Moderate resistance to bacterial leaf streak, fusarium head blight and leaf rust • Adequate milling and baking characteristics, with average protein

• White-hulled oat • Late maturity • Excellent grain and forage oat • Excellent resistance to crown rust, BYDV, stem rust, and smut • Excellent straw strength • Plant on high fertility soils

Certified Deon

Certified Surpass

Certified Bolles

SMALL GRAINS

Certified Goliath

Spring Wheat

• Awned, semi-dwarf variety • Early maturing spring wheat • Good straw strength plus excellent protein • Resistant to prevalent races of leaf rust • High baking quality

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Oats

• Versatile blend of medium maturing oat varieties • Reputable choice: affordable, consistent, trusted • Convenient 50 lb bags and 2,000 lb totes • Establishes quickly to defend the soil against erosion and to control weeds • Provides consistently high grain yield potential with high quality straw Not available for sale in all states, check with your La Crosse Seed representative.

The varieties listed above are subject to change based on availability.

TREATMENT OFFERING Benefits/Use** • Convenient premix is formulated with four proven actives

Salient™ TMI deploys four actives to suppress and treat seed and soil-borne disease while controlling early-season seedling injury due to insect pressure. Three Salient TMI actives control challenging broad-spectrum diseases, including Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, seed rots, dwarf bunt, smut, barley stripe, Pythium and root rots. Meanwhile, Salient TMI’s imidacloprid helps prevent light to moderate early-season wireworm pressure. Salient TMI is an excellent seed treatment choice for barley, oats, triticale and wheat.

• Preventive and curative broad-spectrum disease control • Controls soil-borne diseases and prevents seed decay • Early-season control of typical wireworm infestation

Packaging: • 2 x 2.5 gal • 30 gal • 250 gal • for custom blend a.i.% • tebuconazole (4.1 g/l) • metalaxyl (19.1 g/l) • difenoconazole (37.3 g/l) • imidacloprid (60 g/l)

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GRASSES

Echelon Orchardgrass

Haymate XL Orchardgrass

• Extremely late maturing; maintains forage quality longer between harvests

Haymate XL is a blend of improved mid-late maturing varieties best-suited as a companion crop to alfalfa or other legumes where seed heading dates are important. The maturity of Haymate XL parallels alfalfa, so harvesting with alfalfa in the 1/10 bloom stage can maximize yield and quality of both components.

• Superior leaf disease resistance • Increased palatability & stand persistence • Perfect companion for alfalfa or clover mixes • Well adapted, suited for hay, silage or grazing • Excellent persistence & vigor

• Medium-late maturity blend • Great companion for alfalfa • Maturity allows for more flexibility in the spring • Excellent stem rust resistance

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 15-25 Mixes: 3-10

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 15-25 Mixes: 3-10

Big Ton XL Smooth Bromegrass

Reprieve® XL Teff Grass

• Vigorous, long-lived sod forming perennial grass

• Excellent palatability and forage quality

• Excellent drought resistance

• Ideal for horses and other livestock

• Improved leaf disease and seedling blight resistance

• Well adapted for dry climates

• Very compatible with alfalfa in mixed stands

• Great rotational crop when replacing alfalfa or perennial grass stands

• Exceptionally versatile, well-suited to grazing and haying

• High forage yields during a short growing season

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 15-25 Mixes: 5-10

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 8-10

Richmond Timothy

Tetrabana XL Italian Ryegrass

• Elite variety with early maturity • Very good winter hardiness • Excellent early spring vigor • Pairs best with alfalfa and grass mixes

• Tetraploid blend with high palatability

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 8-15 Mixes: 2-6

• High leaf to stem ratio: higher digestibility • Good drought and heat tolerance, able to persist into late summer in second year • Excellent for high-traffic or wet pastures • High yielding and top feed qualities • Rapid establishment - ideal for intensive grazing, renovating pastures and frost seeding Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 20-40 Mixes: 5-10

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VersaGrass™

• Endophyte-free tall Fescue and Orchardgrass perform well in less-thanideal summer conditions

VersaGrass™ derives its name from its ability to be used for nearly any application or to serve any purpose. It is excellent at handling a wide range of soil types and weather conditions.

• Ryegrasses provide early forage production

• Excellent for waterways and terraces

• Good choice for grazing, green-chop, or hay production • Performs well across a variety of soil and climatic conditions, including the Southern Midwest and Transition Zone Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 30-40

• Excellent for ditches, banks, and headlands • Excellent companion for alfalfa and clovers • Works great for permanent pastures • Improved varieties for better forage

FORAGE MIXES

Grass Master Pasture Mix

• Easier to establish than straight bromegrass

Overseed: 10-20 Haymate XL Orchardgrass

35%

StarGrazer XL Tall Fescue

35%

Fusion XL Festulolium

10%

Diploid Perennial Ryegrass

10%

Endo-Graze XL Tetra. Per. Ryegrass

10%

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 25-30 Overseed: 10-20 Top Tim XL Timothy

25%

Big Ton XL Smooth Bromegrass

25%

Endo-Graze XL Tetra Per. Ryegrass

25%

Haymate XL Orchardgrass

25%

Alfalfa - Based Forage Mix

BLM #4 Pasture Mix

• Especially suited for high quality forage environments • Sound management will ensure this mix persists for 3-5 years

BLM #4 Pasture Mix is a quick starting mix for use around farm buildings, drylots and pastures. This mix produces quality forage and will hold up well under heavy traffic.

• Clover will succeed in poorly drained environments

• Very versatile mix that establishes quickly

• Timothy maturity in this mix matches the management needed for the alfalfa

• Endophyte-free tall fescue extends productivity into the hot, dry summer months

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 18-20

• Kentucky bluegrass provides sod-forming capability to help maintain a healthy stand

FF 42.A2 Alfalfa

50%

Top Tim XL Timothy

20%

Red Carpet XL Red Clover

20%

Radium XL Alsike Clover Orion XL Ladino Clover

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 30-40 Endo-Graze XL Perennial Ryegrass

30%

8%

Annual Ryegrass

20%

2%

Stargrazer XL Tall Fescue

20%

Balin/Ginger Kentucky Bluegrass

15%

Top Tim XL Timothy

15%

The mix percentages listed are in bulk % and not pure live seed.

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FORAGE MIXES

Mare & Foal Pasture Mix

Beef Pasture

• Non-Fescue blend of highly palatable grasses

• Six-way mix aimed at increasing palatability and performance

• Ability to be productive under rotational grazing

• Excellent drought tolerance and winter hardiness

• High-quality hay production

• High protein for maximum daily gain

• Tolerance to heavy traffic

• Strong persistence and regrowth that withstands grazing pressure

• Excellent regrowth

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 30-40

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 30-40 Overseed: 10-20

Endo-Graze XL Tetra. Per. Ryegrass

35%

FF Premium Alfalfa

20%

Haymate XL Orchardgrass

50%

Big Ton XL Smooth Bromegrass

15%

Top Tim XL Timothy

25%

StarGrazer XL Tall Fescue

15%

Fusion XL Festulolium

15%

Annual Ryegrass

10%

Ginger Kentucky Bluegrass

10%

Top Tim XL Timothy

Special Waterway

Clover-Based Forage Mix

Special Waterway Mix was initially created to meet the specifications for the Iowa Conservation Division. It is an excellent choice for waterways, right-of-way ditch banks, and critical seeding areas throughout Iowa and the surrounding states.

• F ormulated for wetter soils with a history of disease and fertility problems

• Performs well in hay systems

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 16-18

• Big Ton XL smooth bromegrass provides better quality than common types

• Use in soils with low pH (below 6.5) • Provides strong nitrogen build up in soil

• Mixed with endophyte-free tall fescue, persistence of this mix retains quality for many years

Red Carpet XL Clover

63%

• Handles a wide range of soil types

Top Tim XL Timothy

25%

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): New Pastures: 25-30

Radium XL Alsike Clover

10%

Orion XL Ladino Clover

2%

Overseed: 15-20 Big Ton XL Smooth Bromegrass

65%

StarGrazer XL Tall Fescue

20%

Endo-Graze XL Tetra Per. Ryegrass

15%

The mix percentages listed are in bulk % and not pure live seed.

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5%

Silobuster Pea Mixes

Red Carpet® Brand Red Clover is a dual-purpose blend of improved red clover varieties fit for both haying and grazing. It has demonstrated increased yields over Arlington, Marathon, and Kenland red clovers.

Silobuster Mixtures offer an elite combination of quality forage peas and forage oats/barley/triticale. These proprietary mixtures are ideal as nurse crops or for straight forage. Silobuster mixtures can be planted in early spring to serve as a nurse crop or early fall to fulfill forage needs.

• Rapid spring growth • May produce three cuttings on second-year stands • Works well in rotational grazing programs

S ilobuster Pea & Oat Mix 60% LC6040 Forage Peas & 40% Forage Oats

• Increased disease resistance

S ilobuster Pea & Triticale Mix 60% LC6040 Forage Peas & 40% Spring Triticale

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 8-12

S ilobuster Pea & Barley Mix 60% LC6040 Forage Peas & 40% Top Ton Spring Barley

Mixes: 4-8

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Alone: 100-150

FORAGE MIXES

Red Carpet® XL 3-YR Red Clover

Nurse Crop: 100-120

NOTES

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COVER CROPS

Cover Crop Mixtures

Mix Components

Seeding Rate DRILLED

• Low risk, starter mix SF 101 Cover Starter

• Ideal for fall manure applications

91% Guardian® Winter Rye 9% Tillage Radish®

35 lbs / acre

• Winter hardy rye with excess N

SF 102 Cover Starter +

• Can seed before corn / soybeans

72% Guardian® Winter Rye

• Good for prevent plant

20% Crimson Clover

• Ideal for southern corn belt and beyond

8% Tillage Radish®

• Relatively low risk mix SF 125 N-Hancer

• Ideal as fall forage mix • Strong N fixing mix • Position for early seeding

SF 140 Multi-Purpose

SF 142 Classic

SF 150 Field Fit

SF 160 Rooting

SF 175 AccuSpread

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• Late fall silage opportunity

30% Defender Oats 25% Spring Peas 20% Balansa Clover 5% Tillage Radish® 50% Nitrous® Winter Triticale 38% Winter Peas 6% Tillage Radish® 6% Forage Brassica

• Low risk option as minimal spring management is needed

70% Crimson Clover

• Ideal for low spring management

30% Tillage Radish®

90% Defender Oats

• Excellent option for multiple grazing periods in the fall

10% Tillage Radish®

• Best mix for breaking up compaction and catching leftover nutrients

88% Annual Ryegrass

• Perfect in manure systems

40 lbs / acre

20% Crimson Clover

• Ideal for beef / non-lactating dairy

• Plant early to maximize production

35 lbs / acre

12% Tillage Radish®

• Facilitates more accurate seeding patterns in broadcast applications

80% Annual Ryegrass

• Great compaction alleviation and nutrient scavenging

8% Tillage Radish®

12% Coated Crimson Clover

40 lbs / acre

15 lbs / acre

35 lbs / acre

20 lbs / acre

25 lbs / acre

Nitrous Winter Triticale

• Screened for purity and cleanliness

• Reduced awns for greater palatability

• Excellent germination and early vigor (allow for later fall seedings)

• Characterized by intense blue color

• Strong winter-hardiness

• Quick establishment equals increased tonnage capability

• Glyphosate application or crimp at pollination will kill crop

Seeding Rate (lbs./acre): Drilled: 30-50

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Drilled: 30-50 (varies based on goal) Forage: 80-120

Forage: 80-120

Tillage Radish®

ColdSnap™ Annual Ryegrass

• Reduces compaction and improves drainage and air/water movement (through rapid spring decay) • Soaks up and releases nitrogen and other nutrients in spring • Dense seed makes for easy planting, typically reaching full growth in 6-8 weeks (about 900 GDD) • Shades out winter annuals and suppresses spring annual weeds • Winterkills with temperatures in the teens

• S uitable for grazing or chopping for silage in fall or spring (in areas where it overwinters)

Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Forage: 5-8 Monoculture: 3-8

COVER CROPS

Guardian™ Winter Rye

• Heavy DM producer with outstanding quality • Great for extending alfalfa or legume stands • History of outstanding forage production in the Midwest and South Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Forage: 25-35 Monoculture: 15-30

Vivant Hybrid Brassica Vivant Hybrid Brassica is a quick-growing brassica (upright and spreading cool-season annual) with very little bulb development. Vivant is best suited for multiple grazing cycle situations because of its excellent regrowth. It can be used to extend the grazing season in the fall or planted alongside warm season annuals for multiple grazings in the summer. With proper management (first grazing in 40-45 days and subsequent grazing cycles every 25-30 days when grazed no less than 4”), it has the potential to yield over 5 tons of dry matter an acre.

• Known for its quick regrowth, even under close grazing • Different than turnips, all the energy of the plant is contained in the leaves • High digestibility - suitable for dairy, beef, and sheep • When fed, brassicas need to be combined with other forages (no more than 1/3 of the total animal diet) to prevent potential livestock disorders Seeding rate (lbs./acre): Monoculture: 4-6 Mixes: 2-3 Forage: 5-6

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