Legumes

4010 Forage Spring Peas  

• High Tonnage and highly palatable 
• Recommended in a mix with oats, spring barely or triricale to add effective fiber
• White flower for improved taste and digestibility 
• Fast Starting 

Mung Beans

•  A legume used in cover crop mixes for Nitrogen building or forage
•  Warm season annual related to cowpeas
•  Will grow both upright and vine 1’-5’ tall
•  90-120 days to reach full maturity, daylength sensitive
•  15-20 lbs/acre seeding rate with seed sizes around 20,000 seeds/lb

Austrian Winter Peas

• Recommended in a mix with oats, spring barely or triticale to add effective fiber
• Very winterhardy 
• Plant on well-drained soil 
• Versatile as either a forage or a cover crop

Common Vetch 

• Ability to fix large quantities of nitrogen 
• Provides a weed-suppressing mulch for no-till corn and other crops
• Winterhardy 
• Can be toxic to cattle and horses 

Hairy Vetch

• Ability to fix large quantities of nitrogen 
• Provides a weed-suppressing mulch for no-till corn and other crops
• Winterhardy 
• Can be toxic to cattle and horses 

Cowpeas - Red Ripper

• Ability to fix large quantities of nitrogen 
• Provides a weed-suppressing mulch for no-till corn and other crops
• Winterhardy 
• Can be toxic to cattle and horses 

Laredo Soybeans

• Tall bushy full season legume planted May-July
• Used for forage production or Nitrogen building in cover crop mixes
• 30-40 lbs/acre seeding rate with seed size around 8,000 seeds

Sainfoin

• Non bloating legume used for haying, grazing, or in cover crop mixes
• Can be planted spring or fall at .25”-.75” seeding depth
• Does best in low moisture environments growing taller that alfalfa
• Highly palatable to sheep and cattle yielding 20%-30% less than alfalfa
• 15-25 lbs/acre seeding rate with seed sizes around 18,500 seeds/lb

  Sunn Hemp

• Tolerates hot, dry conditions 
• High lignin content and high biomass producer 
• Suppresses weeds and nematodes 
• Can be toxic to livestock in some situations