Other Spring Grains
Albert Lea Seed carries a wide variety of spring grains for forage, grain, and cover cropping. Triticale is a cross between rye and wheat and has the best forage quality of any small grain. Succotash is a mixture of oats, wheat, and barley that is excellent for feed or forage. Flax is an early season broadleaf, which yields seed high in Omega-3 fatty acids. Buckwheat is a broadleaf most commonly raised as a late spring cover crop.
Triticale Agronomic Basics
Buckwheat Agronomic Basics
Spring Triticale*
Use for Forage or Feed Grain
- Triticale is a cross between Wheat and Rye
- Dual purpose for grain or forage
- Good drought tolerance and lodging resistance
- Provides a higher-yielding alternative to spring oats or barley forage
- * = Variety Not Stated
Buckwheat*
Excellent Cover Crop
- Broadleaved summer annual most often used as a green manure crop
- Fast establishment, thrives in poorer soils
- An excellent weed suppressor and soil builder
- Can produce 2-3 tons DM/acre in 6-8 weeks
- Grain matures in 10-12 weeks and can yield 800-1500 lbs/acre
- Not frost tolerant
- Seed 75-100 lbs/acre after last frost date
- * = Variety Not Stated
Brown Flax
Excellent Livestock Feed Supplement
- Flax is an annual broadleaf grown for food, feed, oil & fiber
- Best performance in the drier climates of western MN & the Dakotas
- Tolerates light frost
- Drilling in narrow rows provides better competition against weeds
- Seed 50-70 lbs/acre into a firm seedbed in early spring
Golden Flax
Excellent Livestock Feed Supplement
- Flax is an annual broadleaf grown for food, feed, oil & fiber
- Best performance in the drier climates of western MN & the Dakotas
- Tolerates light frost
- Drilling in narrow rows provides better competition against weeds
- Seed 50-70 lbs/acre into a firm seedbed in early spring
Succotash*
Great for grain or forage
- Our succotash is a mixture of about 40% oats, 30% spring wheat & 30% barley
- Three-species mix improves yield for both hay & grain
- Higher protein feed than straight oats
- Good standing
- We recommend swathing before combining
- * = Variety Not Stated