Wildlife Seed Mixtures

Agassiz Seed offers several mixtures that cover a broad spectrum of wildlife.

Bighorn Deer™ Mix

(5 lb. bags. Planted at 10 lbs./Acre.)

A blend of selected legumes and grasses designed to provide optimum forage quality for deer. It should improve health and production of deer populations, improve winter survival rates, attract deer to an area, and allow for better spring condition of deer.

Bighorn Deer Mix
Dwarf Essex Rape Seed 25%
Ladino Clover 20%
Medium Red Clover 20%
Vernal Alfalfa 15%
Frosty Berseem Clover 10%
Alsike Clover 5%
Forage Chicory 5%

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Dwarf Essex Rape Seed (25%)
This is a member of the cabbage and brassica family. It has excellent heat and cold tolerance, good salt tolerance and provides excellent forage qualities, especially during summer stress.

Ladino Clover (20%)
Ladino is a giant white clover with plants growing to 14 inches tall or more in a prostate growth habit. Ladino recovers quickly from grazing or clipping as new leaf and flower buds are continually developing on the running stems. It does best on medium to heavy soils with good moisture however it tolerates poor conditions better than most other clovers. It is commonly grown in mixtures with grasses and ranks high in feed value an palatability.

Medium Red Clover (20%)
A biennial legume, 12 to 15 inches in height. It is well suited in short rotations and generally used in a hay or pasture setting. Rapid spring growth, to allow for multiple cuttings and grazing. Produces excellent forage quality with above average yield. Shade tolerance allows for use as a cover crop in silage corn. Excellent winter hardiness

Vernal Alfalfa (15%)
Vernal has been the standard of the industry for many years. It exhibits good winter hardiness, has moderate re-growth after cutting, is fine stemmed and has dark green leaves. Vernal is used mostly for hay production in medium rotation applications. Vernal was developed by the University of Wisconsin and released in 1953.

Frosty Berseem Clover (10%)
This cool season, annual legume can be used in mixtures with other legumes and grasses in pasture or hay situations. A non-bloating legume, it improves the quality and yield of forage. It creates substantial quantities of nitrogen to improve soil and subsequent crops. IT'S approximately 45 days later in maturity than crimson clover, allowing for multiple cuttings and grazing. Crude protein levels have been measured from 16.5 percent  to 22.1 percent with RFV measured as high as 182.

Alsike Clover (10%)
An introduced, short-lived perennial legume that reaches heights up to 15-30 inches. Prefers wet soils and has tolerance to higher acidic and salinity soils. Typically planted with grasses, most commonly timothy, orchardgrass, and brome. Normally a one cutting clover

Forage Chicory (5%)
Chicory is a biennial/perennial forb that was introduced to the US in the late 1700s. Its succulent leaves are valued for forage and its prominent tap roots are sometimes harvested for their fructo-oligosaccharide content or for use as a coffee additive. Chicory is well adapted to temperate environments and tolerates a wide range of soil conditions. It performs best on moderately drained, deep soils with medium to high fertility. The persistence of chicory is similar to that of alfalfa. Good stands can last for five years or more with good management. Chicory performs well not only by itself, but also in mixtures with other cool-season forages. When induced to flower, it "bolts" and produces stems with sparse foliage and purple-blue flowers.


Wildlife Brassica Mix

(5 lb. bags. Planted at 5 lbs./Acre.)

Formulated for late season forage as leaves taste bitter until the 1st or 2nd heavy frost. Then the leaves become sweet and very desirable to the animal. They will consume the leaves until early winter and then graze on the bulbs.

Wildlife Brassica Mix
Rut-King Hybrid Brassica 40%
Purple Top Turnip 25%
Forage King Brand Rape Seed 20%
Forage Radish 15%

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Rut-King Hybrid Brassica (40%)
Early maturing (50-70 days) hybrid forage brassica. It has been bred for rapid growth with a high leaf to tuber ratio. It has excellent regrowth ability and will provide good leafy summer feed. 

Purple Top Turnip (25%)
Turnip is a fast growing crop that reaches near maximum production 80 to 90 days after seeding. Turnip germinates quickly, and can be planted to provide summer, fall and winter grazing. Turnip can be green chopped but most often is grazed with roots, stems and leaves all being grazed. 

Forage King Brand Rape Seed (20%)
Rape seed is a member of the cabbage and brassica family and has excellent heat and cold tolerance, good salt tolerance and provides excellent forage qualities.

Forage Radish (15%)
Forage radish is a cool season annual brassica that is excellent for grazing mixes. The tops will be grazed first, while the tuber, which can grow to 12-18 inches long, will be grazed after the first or second frost makes it more palatable.


Annual Food™ Mix

(25 lb. bags. Planted at 25 lbs./Acre.)

These species of annual crops provide a high quality food source for various types of wildlife.

Annual Food Mix
Hybrid Grain Sorghum 50%
Hybrid Sorghum Sudangrass 35%
Foxtail Millet 10%
Proso Millet 5%

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Hybrid Grain Sorghum (50%)
A grass similar to corn in vegetative appearance, but sorghum has more tillers and more finely branched roots than corn, growing 2 to 4 feet. The grain is highly palatable to livestock. Sorghum is more tolerant of wet soils and flooding than most of the grain crops—an interesting phenomenon in relation to its drought tolerance.

Hybrid Sorghum Sudangrass (35%)
Hybrid sorghum sudangrass is a fast growing, highly palatable species. It is adapted to a wide range of growing conditions and will produce good quality forage under most conditions. It is well suited for green-chop, haylage or silage and is an excellent cover crop.

Foxtail Millet (10%)
Foxtail millets are warm season grasses, extremely drought tolerant and will produce good quality forage within 55-70 days after planting. Foxtail millets will also provide good cover for wildlife once mature. Foxtail millets are not recommended for horses after heading.

Proso Millet (5%)
Proso millets are warm season grasses grown commonly around the world. Proso millets will provide feed for all types of wildlife. Proso millets mature around 65-75 days and produce best on well drained soils.


Upland Game™ Mix

(25 lb. bags. Planted at 15-20 lbs./Acre.)

This habitat mixture is a special selection of grasses and legumes designed to provide excellent cover for pheasants and other upland game bird species. For the serious sportsman or individual who enjoys feeding or watching wildlife, this is an excellent combination of seed.

Upland Game Mix
Tall Wheatgrass 60%
Intermediate Wheatgrass 25%
Alfalfa 10%
Sweetclover 5%

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Tall Wheatgrass (60%)
Tall Wheatgrass is a hardy, drought tolerant perennial bunch type grass with coarse foliage. It is quite alkali tolerant and best adapted to low marshy and high water table areas. Tall wheatgrass is used widely in nesting mixtures and to a lesser degree in reclamation work.

Intermediate Wheatgrass (25%)
A cool season, tall, perennial, sod-forming grass with a vigorous root system similar to that of bromegrass. It is easy to establish. Growth starts in early spring. Though usually dormant during the dry hot summer months, it resumes growth in fall. A high yielding grass generally adapted to the northern Great Plains.

Alfalfa (10%)
Vernal has been the standard of the industry for many years. It exhibits good winter hardiness, has moderate re-growth after cutting, is fine stemmed and has dark green leaves. Vernal is used mostly for hay production in medium rotation applications. Vernal was developed by the University of Wisconsin and released in 1953.

Sweetclover (5%)
This biennial sweet clover is well known for its efficiency as a soil builder.
A vigorous tap root penetrates heavy soils to improve soil drainage and is
excellent for nutrient scavenging. An abundant biomass producer, and excellent N-source as green-manure crop. It is unpalatable to some livestock due to coarse stem and bitter taste. Not recommended for livestock feed and forage.


chicory plus wildlife mix

(5lb. bags. Planted at 5 lbs./Acre.)

This full season food plot mixture contains high protein and has excellent antler growing nutrition.

CHICKORY PLUS WILDLIFE MIX

Forage Chicory

80%

Medium Red Clover

10%

Vernal Alfalfa

10%

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Forage Chicory (80%)
Chicory is a biennial/perennial forb that was introduced to the US in the late 1700s. Its succulent leaves are valued for forage and its prominent tap roots are sometimes harvested for their fructo-oligosaccharide content or for use as a coffee additive. Chicory is well adapted to temperate environments and tolerates a wide range of soil conditions. It performs best on moderately drained, deep soils with medium to high fertility. The persistence of chicory is similar to that of alfalfa. Good stands can last for five years or more with good management. Chicory performs well not only by itself, but also in mixtures with other cool-season forages. When induced to flower, it "bolts" and produces stems with sparse foliage and purple-blue flowers.

Medium Red Clover (10%)
A biennial legume, 12 to 15 inches in height. It is well suited in short rotations and generally used in a hay or pasture setting. Rapid spring growth, to allow for multiple cuttings and grazing. Produces excellent forage quality with above average yield. Shade tolerance allows for use as a cover crop in silage corn. Excellent winter hardiness.

Vernal Alfalfa (10%)
Vernal has been the standard of the industry for many years. It exhibits good winter hardiness, has moderate re-growth after cutting, is fine stemmed and has dark green leaves. Vernal is used mostly for hay production in medium rotation applications. Vernal was developed by the University of Wisconsin and released in 1953.

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