PERENNIAL MIXES
King’s AgriSeeds, in conjunction with our dealer network and comments from many of you, has developed several premium perennial forage mixtures adapted to the Middle Atlantic and Northeast. All of these mixtures have great potential to make high quality forage. Selecting the best fit for your farm is primarily based on soil type and harvest methods. However, livestock needs, fertility inputs and other factors should also be considered.
It is also possible to blend some of our mixtures together to increase species diversity. Just make sure your selections are adapted to both your soils and harvest system. For example, if you have variable soils and you intend to machine harvest, combining our Performance Maxand Lowland Hay would be a good choice. For seeding, just layer the two mixtures and hand mix in the large box as you fill the drill. Larger orders can be custom mixed by Kings. Note: Contents of our mixtures may vary due to variety availability. Percentages are by weight and do not account for impurities. We suggest that you save your seed tags for precise contents of your seedings.
Best Performance on Good-to-Drier Soils
NORTH STAR MIXTURE
This mixture contains strong alfalfa varieties with modest amounts of later maturing grass added for improved nutrition. It's designed primarily for central PA and North, where the grasses will provide consistent yield and quality for several years.
| Best uses: | Haylage, baleage and dry hay | |
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| Seeding Rate: | 18 to 25 lbs/A | |
| Product Formula: | 42% Kingfisher Enhancer II Alfalfa 42% Kingfisher Traffic Pro Alfalfa 8% Kora Tall Fescue 8% Fojtan Festulolium |
Alfamate
Alfamate is an all grass mix that can be seeded alone or seeded with legumes such as alfalfa. This mix makes a very soft palatable hay.
| Best uses: | Dry Hay, baleage & haylage |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 to 35 lbs/A w/out legumes 5 to 10 lbs/A w/ legumes |
| Product Formula: | 52% Hakari Alaska Brome 38% Late heading Orchardgrass 10% Barfleo Timothy |
Hillside
A highly palatable mixture of mostly drought tolerant species and varieties that tolerate managed grazing well. Contains 3 varieties of orchardgrass, meadow brome, and a touch of perennial ryegrass to act as a nurse crop as slower, more drought tolerant species establish. Also has lots of grazing tolerant ladino clover and improved red clover.
| Best uses: | Managed grazing and baleage & haylage |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 50% Palatable Orchardgrasses 22% Fleet Meadow Brome 18% Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass 5% Freedom! Red Clover 5% Regalgraze Ladino Clover |
ORGANIC HAYBOSS
A well balanced easy to dry alfalfa grass mixture. The grasses in this mixture are not only very digestible, but also reduce potato leaf hopper pressure and help keep weeds from invading the stand. Makes a nice hay to feed on the farm or to sell on the hay market. Best on soils that are productive for alfalfa.
| Best uses: | Grazing, baleage/haylage, dry hay |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 to 30 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 60% KingFisher Organic Alfalfa (2 varieties) 30% Niva Orchardgrass 10% Dolina Timothy |
King’s Haymaster
A well balanced mixture of leafy late heading grasses and traffic tolerant alfalfa that makes soft hay that livestock, calves and horses love. Add it to dairy rations for a great source of high quality effective fiber to slow down rate of passage without sacrificing quality. The hay from this mixture dries very easily.
| Best uses: | Dry hay, baleage, haylage & managed grazing |
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| Seeding Rate: | 20 to 30 lb/A |
| Product Formula: | 17.5% KingFisher 444 17.5% Kingfisher Traffic Pro 35% Late Heading Orchardgrasses 20% Hakari Alaska Brome 10% Barfleo Timothy or Tenho Timothy |
Highland Hay CT
An alfalfa grass mix that will handle heat and drought better than Haymaster and is a little more diverse than Performance Max. An excellent Mid-Atlantic mix but will also work very well in northern climates. Will make a very nice mixed auction hay that will feed quite well.
| Best uses: | Dry hay, baleage & haylage |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 lb/A |
| Product Formula: | 30% Kingfisher 525 30% Kingfisher Enhancer II 25% STF and Kora Tall Fescue 15% Niva Orchardgrass |
SALE TOPPER
This new all grass mix is primarily designed to be seeded as a stand alone crop to be fed to horses, dry cows, heifers or even milking cows. Also a great complement for new alfalfa and/or clover seedings. Includes: 2 premium late heading orchardgrasses, and one early timothy along with a late timothy to throw a few timothy heads over multiple cuttings for hay marketing purposes. Put your legume in the small box and seed this grass mix in the large box.
| Best uses: | Dry hay, baleage and haylage |
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| Seeding Rate: | 15 to 20 lb/A as a stand alone seeding 5 to 10 lb/A with a new seeding of alfalfa and/or clover (reduce legume seeding rate by 25 to 50%) |
| Product Formula: | 40% Athos Premium Orchardgrass 40% Intensiv Premium Orchardgrass 10% Clair Timothy 10% Barfleo Timothy |
Performance Max CT and OC
An alfalfa and endophyte free tall fescue mixture that will excel in both agronomic and nutritional performance. The alfalfa adds drought productivity, protein, and high NSC. The tall fescue adds consistent high fiber digestibility, superb yields, traffic tolerance and wet soil tolerance.
| Best uses: | Baleage, haylage & dry hay |
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| Seeding Rate: | 20 to 25 lb/A |
| Product Formula: | 30% Kingfisher Enhancer II 25% Kingfisher 444 15% Kingfisher 525 30% Kora and STF 43 Tall Fescue |
E2 631
Seeding Rate: 20 to 25 lbs./A
Branch rooted alfalfa, soft leaf tall fescue, and orchardgrass mix. Three varieties complement each other well and provide increased tonnage per acre. Treated with Yellow Jacket coating, which includes Zeba to improve germination.
E2 640
Seeding Rate: 20 to 25 lbs./A
Branch rooted alfalfa and soft leaf tall fescue. Produces consistent, haylage quality forage, that is highly digestible. Treated with Yellow Jacket coating, which includes Zeba to improve germination.
ORGANIC STAR
Organic Star is a well balanced grass clover mixture that is excellent for both grazing and baleage. This mixture will handle soil variability very well, although it is designed more for good-to-drier soils.
| Best uses: | Grazing & Baleage/Haylage |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 to 30 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 39% Niva Orchardgrass 16% Laura Meadow Fescue 16% Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass 11% Premium Diploid Ryegrass 7% Rivendel White Clover 6% Renegade Red Clover 5% Premium Timothy |
Best Production on Good Soils
King’s Grazing Mix
A highly palatable mixture of late heading winter hardy perennial ryegrasses, soft orchardgrasses, clovers and forage chicory. Excellent for high producing livestock including dairy, grass finished beef, and goats. Ideal for good soils that have high fertility. Chicory is included for better mineral nutrition and other animal health benefits.
| Best uses: | Managed Grazing, Baleage & Haylage |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 to 35 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 30% European Ryegrasses 30% Grazing Tolerant Orchardgrasses 25% Meadow Fescue 7% Freedom MR! Red Clover 6% Alice White Clover 2% Chicory |
Best Production on Wetter-to-Good soils
CreekSide
A very palatable mixture of varieties and species designed for wetter soils and colder climates. Will form a nice sod to handle hoof traffic. Its quality will also hold well if conditions are too wet to graze or harvest. This mix is based on meadow fescue which is of both high quality and palatability. Meadow fescue does not have detrimental endophytes.
| Best uses: | Managed grazing, baleage & haylage |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 40% HDR Meadow Fescue 32% BG 34 Perennial Ryegrass 11% Barfleo Timothy 8% Balin Kentucky Bluegrass 5% Alice White Clover 4% RegalGraze Ladino Clover |
ORGANIC DAIRY GREEN
Superior winter hardiness along with high palatability and quality describe this mix that will perform well on heavier soils. An excellent mix for soils that tend to be on the wetter side but will also tolerate drought well.
| Best uses: | Grazing & baleage/haylage |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 to 35 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 42% Laura Meadow Fescue 31% Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass 13% Premium Timothy 8% Renegade Red Clover 6% Rivendale White Clover |
GREENFAST
A fast starting mix that is of very high quality. This mix can be used for wet hay and/or managed grazing. The main components Perun and/or Lofa festulolium are very fast starting, high yielding and of excellent forage quality but are short lived (typically 3 years). Plant this mix and expect performance. Also contains longer lived species. Can be used to thicken weak alfalfa stands and thin pastures. Best used north of the Mason Dixon Line.
| Best uses: | Baleage/haylage and managed grazing |
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| Seeding Rate: | 30 to 40 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 37% Perseus Festulolium 27% Niva Orchardgrass 22% Premium Perennial Ryegrass 9% Freedom! MR Red Clover 4% Barblanca Clover |
ORGANIC GREENFAST
Organic GreenFast Mix is very similar to our standard Greenfast mix with the exception that Storm intermediate ryegrass is used as the quick high yielding component of the mix. This mix is very high yielding but shorter lived making it ideal for 2 to 3 year rotations.
| Best uses: | Baleage/haylage and managed grazing |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 to 35 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 35% Storm Intermediate Ryegrass 25% Niva Orchardgrass 15% Laura Meadow Fescue 12% Tivoli Perennial Ryegrass 8% Renegade Red Clover 5% Dolina Timothy |
Tri-Star Grass Mix
This new all grass mix is primarily designed to be seeded into established alfalfa and clover stands where more yield and more digestible fiber is desired. Also a great complement for new alfalfa and/or clover seedings. The Perun is a very aggressive starter with very high quality; whereas the premium tall fescues and orchardgrasses are very shade tolerant. Put your legume in the small box and this grass mix in the large box.
| Best uses: | Baleage and haylage |
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| Seeding Rate: | 10 to 20 lb/A into Established Alfalfa (late summer seeding is ideal) 7 to 10 lb/A with a new seeding of alfalfa and/or clover (reduce legume seeding rate by 25 to 50%) 25 to 30 lb/A as an all grass mixture. |
| Product Formula: | 40% Kora and STF43 Tall Fescues 34% Perseus Festulolium 26% Premium Orchardgrass |
Hydromaster
Seeding Rate: 25 to 35 lbs./A
Solid mix of red clover, tall fescue and timothy. Very similar to our Lowland Hay, but with only Barenbrug products. Treated with Yellow Jacket coating, which includes Zeba to improve germination.
Best Production on Variable Soils
VERSA GRASS MIX
An all grass mixture with very good drought and heat tolerance. Featuring Fojtan Festulolium; maintains the durability of fescue, but is much higher in nutritional quality.
| Best uses: | Dry hay, baleage and haylage | |
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| Seeding Rate: | 15 to 30 lbs/A straight seeding 2 to 10 lbs/A with legumes |
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| Product Formula: | 60% Fojtan Festulolium 20% Niva Orchardgrass 20% Endurance Orchardgrass |
GrazeAll
An all grass long lived mixture designed for grazing of multiple species. If legumes are desired choose from our selection that meets your needs.
| Best uses: | Grazing |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 30% Kentaur Perennial Ryegrass 30% Laura Meadow Fescue 25% Endurance Orchardgrass 15% Balin Kentucky Bluegrass |
Organic GrazeAll
An all grass long lived mixture designed for grazing of multiple species. If legumes are desired choose from our selection that meets your needs.
| Best uses: | Grazing |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 30% Kentaur Perennial Ryegrass 30% Laura Meadow Fescue 25% Niva Orchardgrass 15% Balin Ky Bluegrass |
GrassPro
An easy to dry all grass mix that is great for stored forage. This new mix is similar to our popular Alfamate but is based on premium endophyte free tall fescues as the dominate grass. Can be seeded alone or with the legume of your choice. Will work very well on most soils, including fields with lots of variability. Compatible with nurse crops.
| Best uses: | Baleage, haylage and dry hay |
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| Seeding Rate: | 20 to 30 lbs/A without a legume 3 to 8 lbs/A with legumes. NOTE: Reduce legume seeding rate by 25 to 50% from pure stand. |
| Product Formula: | 50% Kora and STF43 Tall Fescue 38% Premium Late Heading Orchardgrass 12% Barfleo Timothy |
Clean & Green
This mix is primarily designed for conservation, but at the same time can be used for forage. Clean & Green will typically contain two durable endophyte free tall fescue varieties and Marshall annual ryegrass to give it quick cover while the tall fescue establishes.
| Best uses: | Exercise lots, waterways, filter strips, around farm structures, bank stabilization, and cow calf operations. Can also be used as a forage. |
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| Seeding Rate: | 30 to 70 lb/A. depending on soil erosion risk. NOTE: Too high of a seeding rate will lower the chances of fescue establishment |
| Product Formula: | 80% Rugged, Endophyte Free Tall Fescue 20% Marshall Ryegrass |
King’s Horse Supreme
If you want a mixture that is productive and palatable enough for dairy cows, but need lots of flexibility in your grazing management, then try Horse Supreme. All varieties in this mix tolerate shorter grazing heights and many have been proven by University of Kentucky as superior under horse grazing. Horse Supreme is also excellent for sheep grazing and all other classes of livestock. Forage type Kentucky Bluegrass gives this mix excellent longevity and dense cover. Paddock meadow brome and grazing tolerant orchardgrass add drought productivity while the diploid ryegrass gives it a quick start and excellent spring and fall production. A touch of white clover has been added for nitrogen production.
| Best uses: | Continuous & managed grazing |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 to 30 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 20% Fleet Meadow Brome 26% Diploid Perennial Ryegrasses 36% Persist and Athos Orchardgrass 15% Slezanka Kentucky Bluegrass 3% Alice White Clover |
Lowland Hay
A late heading mix that tolerates wetter soils and has a wide harvest window. Tall fescue adds consistent high fiber diges ibility, superb yields and traffic tolerance. Barfleo, a very late heading timothy, dries easily and does not absorb high potassium levels. Freedom Red Clover is easier to dry than other red clovers due to very little stem hair. This mix can also be mixed with alfalfa on marginal alfalfa soils.
| Best uses: | Baleage, haylage & dry hay |
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| Seeding Rate: | 20 to 25 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 60% Kora and STF 43 Endophyte Free Tall Fescue 20% Barfleo Timothy 20% Freedom! MR Red Clover |
ORGANIC PARTNER
An all grass mix that will give both high quality forage plus yield across many soils. Can be seeded alone or with the legumes of your choice. Use the large box for the grasses and the small box for the legumes.
| Best uses: | Dry hay, baleage & haylage |
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| Seeding Rate: | 20 to 30 lbs/A without a legume 3 to 8 lbs/A with legumes. NOTE: Reduce legume seeding rate by 25 to 50% from pure stand. |
| Product Formula: | 60% Kora Tall Fescue 25% Niva Orchadgrass 15% Premium Timothy |
Milkway
Seeding Rate: 35 to 40 lbs./A
A blend of soft leaf tall fescue and meadow fescue for high quality, highly digestible forage. Milkway is traffic tolerant and can sustain multiple manure or N applications. Ideal for interplanting with alfalfa, as it will not take over the alfalfa and does not disappear after a couple of years in the alfalfa stand.
Beefmaster
Seeding Rate: 30 to 35 lbs./A
A premium pasture mix that consists of Barenbrug’s best grazing tall fescues, orchardgrass, perennial ryegrass, and Alice white clover. Excellent for beef grazing systems along with dairy heifers and dry cows.
Browsemaster
Seeding Rate: 22 lbs./A
A mixture containing multiple legumes and a large content of forbs. This is a great mix for browsers such as goats.
EQUINEMASTER PASTURE
Seeding Rate: 30 to 35 lb./A
A very hardy pasture mix that will stand up to the abuse of horses. It can also be used for heavy-use livestock and dairy pasture.
EQUINEMASTER EXERCISE PADDOCK
Seeding Rate: 100 lb/A
This mixture is designed specifically for exercise areas as it is rugged and will not get clumpy. EquineMaster is slower growing and is endophyte free.
Southern Beefmaster
Seeding Rate: 30 to 35 lbs/A
Our best grazing mixture for south of the Mason-Dixon line. This new mixture is designed specifically for the south and features 45% Baroptima Plus E34, Barenbrug's very palatable tall fescue with a beneficial endophyte that gives it more tolerance to heat and other stresses. Other Ingredients: Barlemas Orchardgrass, Mara Perennial Ryegrass, Barblanca Ladino Clover and Freedom! MR Red Clover.
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