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We strive to keep up with the forage products that are available, to find those that will perform best for the areas we sell into. We keep on hand millets, sorghum/sudan, forage sorghum, other grasses, cereals, and many brassicas and other species as well. If for some reason we don’t have what you are looking for, we can likely locate it for you.

Mixes have consistently shown to have better drought tolerance and usually a better feed value than planting one species only. This has been observed on farm after farm. We can easily blend a three or four species mix or more that will be good for haying and or grazing.

Sorghum
Rye
Triticale
Barley
Oats
Millet
Alfalfa
Clover
Grass

This picture was brought in by one of our producers from the summer of 2011. In the lower left is a 6 species mix seeded into a 10 year no-till field, in the upper right is a neighbors conventional tilled sumac.

Wrangler Bermuda

'Wrangler'; an improved, seeded forage-type bermudagrass with superior cold tolerance,was developed by Johnston Seed Company using breeding lines licensed by Oklahoma State University. 'Wrangler' is the most widely planted true cold tolerant seeded forage...

Annual Ryegrass

This is a quick-growing, non-spreading bunch grass. It is a reliable, versatile performer almost anywhere, assuming adequate moisture and fertility. It does a fine job of holding soil, taking up excess N and outcompeting weeds. It is an excellent choice for...

Orchard Grass

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Brome

Teff

Teff has proven to be a very high quality forage product for our area. It can provide multiple cuttings and is fairly drought tolerant. We are currently handling two varieties Moxie and Bonus. A very good resource for production information...

Fescue

Kauffman seeds handles a variety of Fescue grasses. More information to come.Seed CatalogPrices 2018 Corn Prices 2018 Soybean Prices 2018 Sorghum Prices2018 Cover Crop Prices 2017 Spring Price Sheet Plots 2017 Corn Plots 2017 Soybean Plots 2017 Milo PlotsGive us...

Clover

Kauffman seeds handles a variety of clover, including Sweet Clover, Subterranean Clover, White Clover, Red Clover and Berseem Clover.Sweet Clover These are annual or biennial plants. There are two varieties, yellow and white. They form arbuscular mycorrhizal...

Alfalfa 2nds

Kauffman Seeds has been in the alfalfa seed business for many years both providing seed, and custom cleaning alfalfa seed that growers bring in to us. We purchase most of the alfalfa seed that is cleaned and we sell it as VNS alfalfa or what some customers ask for as...

Public Alfalfa

America’s Alfalfa

We have had very good results with America's Alfalfa varieties. Our customers consistently give us positive feedback about yields and the quality they are getting. One benefit of these varieties is the Traffic Tested breeding and testing that they are put through...

Japanese Millet

Japanese millet is a quick growing grass that provides excellent habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife. It tolerates wet ground and even standing water as long as the plant is above it. Japanese millet is primarily seeded in wetland areas when they are drier in...

Pearl Millet

Pearl millet has low water use and crude protein of the hay might be around 13%. Pearl millet tends to produce higher tonnage than the foxtail millets or Sudan grass on sandy soils. Prussic acid toxicity is not present in pearl millet. Four to six weeks of growth...

German (Foxtail) Millet

German or Foxtail Millet has low water use and crude protein of the hay might be around 15%. We have German "R" strain millet. It can provide a quick hay/forage crop with excellent feed quality when put up in a timely manner. For cover crop uses, some may prefer it...

Soil Saver Black Oats

Black Oat (Avena strigosa) is having a resurgence as a biomass producer for cover crops and as a forage for livestock. Black oats tiller out more and have a very fibrous root mass similar to cereal rye. SoilSaver black oats grow very fast and tiller out very well to...

Spring Oats

Oats are a very good forage for grazing, chopping, as well as hay. Oats generally produce a very high quality feed product. They are also a good fit for producing cover and biomass in the spring for cover crops, or as a nurse crop for alfalfa. There are many spring...

Winter Oats

We have grown Walken oats for several years as a "winter" variety of oat. They have enough cold tolerance to make it through most of our winters, if not all. Walken is an old variety, but it is filling a need till we find anything better. They can produce a large...

Barley

Barley is an excellent choice for forage production for grazing as well as hay and silage. It generally produces good protein as well as very good overall feed value. Many dairies have commented on raising their butterfat levels utilizing barley compared with corn. ...

Triticale

Triticale is very valuable as a forage source. It is a very high quality and very high quantity forage product. It can be grazed heavily, repeatedly, with excellent regrowth in the fall. I can be grazed more in the spring, hayed or chopped for an ensilage product. ...

VNS Rye

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Elbon Rye

Sorghum Silage

We have a few options to fill your forage/silage needs. Most of those are with brown mid-rib traits which provides improved digestibility so your animals can get more of the nutrients out of the feed you are feeding.Seed CatalogPrices 2023 Corn Prices2023 Soybean...

Sorghum Sudangrass

Sorghum-sudangrass hybrids generally provide multiple cuttings of good high quality forage. These varieties have been proven over time to be widely adaptable, and perform well in our conditions. BMR varieties have reduced lignin content which yields higher...