Crabgrass is a high quality summer annual forage that is well adapted to the southern U.S. Although most often regarded as a weed, it is a valuable source of forage in many grazing and haying systems. ‘Red River’ was developed from a hairy crabgrass species Digitaria ciliaris at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore, OK. ‘Red River’ was selected and released based on its improved forage production and forage quality.
TAMTBO is a forage-type annual ryegrass developed for high forage production in East Texas, the Deep South and Mid South of the USA. It can be over-seeded on warm season perennial pastures, or drilled into prepared seedbeds in the autumn.
A quick-growing, non-spreading bunch grass, annual ryegrass is a reliable, versatile performer almost anywhere.
Western Wheatgrass is a cool-season, native, perennial grass that has coarse blue-green leaves and ranges in height from 1 to 2 feet.
WW-B.Dahl’ (jointly released in 1994 by Texas Tech, TAEX, and the Soil Conservation Service in 1994) the most recent release of Old World Bluestems and originated in India. It is typically more productive, has broader leaves, slightly more palatable,, and matures later than other cultivars. Cold tolerance is not as good as the other cultivars and best adapted to southern Oklahoma and Texas.
Matua Prairie brome (Bromus wildenowii Kunth) is a very widely adapted prairie bromegrass. It has a great track record as a grazing species under irrigation in the arid Southern USA. Further north it does well as a grass companion in hay fields. More recently, its role in wastewater management has been proven. Matua seed is treated to prevent headsmut and processed to ensure free flowing seed at time of planting. Certified Matua is easily recognized by its pink color.
Smooth brome, is a leafy, sod-forming, perennial, cool season grass that spreads by rhizomes. This species is both native and introduced.
Elbon Rye is a cereal rye. It is best adapted to the Southern and Central United States. It was developed and released from the Oklahoma Agricultural Station. Elbon Rye has excellent winter forage production and early maturity. It has large, soft stems and upright growth habit.
Rye is a very popular cereal grain for cover crops or forage through late fall and early spring.
Fridge Triticale is a hybrid of cereal rye and durum wheat, combining the best qualities of both. It is later maturing than other small grains, has high protein content, high lysene content and provides excellent biomass production.
P-919 is a beardless forage type barley.
Goliath is a tall, late maturing multipurpose oat that can be used for grain production, forage or straw. It is a high yielding oat with good feed value. Golaith has an excellent disease resistance package.
