CASINO

Excellent standability
Quick maturity
Excellent Test weight

Gehl « Canadian rice »

* Good standability
* Exceptionnal grain quality
* No Trichomes

Idaho

* Excellent performance in all areas
*Excellent crop quality
*Early maturity

SHADOW

* Very good standability
* High test weight

Turcotte

* Exceptional yiel
* Contained in oil of more than 10%
* The earliest of all hulless oats

CDC HAYMAKER

* High yield forage potential
* Good grain quality
* Heavy grain

Nelson Maxi-Pré

* Oats specially selected for its large leaves and its excellent performance in forage
* Outperforms other conventional oats for forage production

Island

* Excellent yield
* Quality of grain without equal
* Best side for tolerance to Fusarium head blighti

Newport

* Exceptional yield
*Good standability
* Excellent tolerance to Fusarium head blight

OAC BELWOOD

* Suited for all growing areas in Ontario
* Excellent lodging resistance
* Good kernel weight

Tradition

*Good yield
*Excellent specific weight

Bentley

*Excellent yield
*Big grain
* Adapts well to all types of soil

Newdale

* Excellent yield in all areas
*Excellent straw yield
* Excellent tolerance to Fusarium head blight

AAC SCOTIA

* Very good fusarium tolerance
* Tall variety
* Big grain

Easton

* High yield potential

* Good resistance to Fusarium
* Good straw volume

Furano

*Excellent yield
*High plant
*Good resistance to lodging
*Excellent tolerance to Fusarium head blight
*High protein

KINGSEY

* Excellent yield
* Very good fusarium tolerance
* Big Grains

Wilkin

*Very good yield
*Short plant
*Very good lodging resistance
* Good tolerance to Fusarium head blight

Hard Red

Gallus

*Top Yield
*Excellent winter survivability
*Short variety – Great standability
*Responds well to high management*Excellent winter survival

Princeton

*Excellent yield
*Medium hight
*Stands well
* Good tolerance to Fusarium

Soft Red

CM614

*Excellent yield
*Medium to tall height
*Stands well
* Good tolerance to Fusarium
*Excellent winter survival

Drew

* It Stand and it yields
* Great winter survival
* Performs well across multiple soil types

WB425

*Excellent yield
*Medium height
*Stands well

AC Hazlet

*Good yield
*Medium height
*Stands good
*Excellent winter survival

Danko

*Excellent yield
*Stands well
*Excellent disease resistance

ROCKET

* Early
* Great Yield
* Excellent test weight

CDC Bethune

*Excellent yield
*Stands very well
*Medium height
*Rust resistance
*Good fusarium resistance

AC Manisoba

*Medium height plant
*Bigger grain than average
*Very good yield potential

Proghorn

*Good resistance to leaf rust
*Good potential yield for silage

Clear Hilium

OAC STRIVE – 2650 HU

New variety with higher performance and protein. Adapts well to all types of soil. Best results at 7’’and 15’’.

Gray Hilium

OAC PRESCOTT – 2725 HU

New complementary variety to OAC Wallace with higher yield and protein levels. Great choice for the NON-GMO market. Does well in all soil types.

MAHONY R2 – 2350 HU

* Early maturity
* Bushy plant
* Adapts well to all soil types

ALTITUDE R2 – 2725 HU

* Hightest yielding for its maturity
* Adapts well to all soil types and row spacing

OAC CHALLENGER R2 – 2775 HU

* Excellent lineup developed with Guelph University
* High formation of pods
* Adapts well to all soil types and row spacing

EXCURSION R2X – 2650 HU

* Variety combining early maturity, yield and agronomic qualities
* Tall plant
* Adapts well to all soil types and row spacing
* Great disease resistance

EXPEDITION R2X – 2700 HU

* Above average white mold tolerance
* Medium height
* Narrow rows, light soil

Oriental mustard
Oilseed radish
Tillage radish
Forrage turnip

VITALI-T LINE

MIX INTER -1

* Pure red clover
* Seeding rate 6 to 7 lbs/ac

MIX INTER - 2

* Red clover + Huia white clover
* Seeding rate 6 to 7 lbs/ac

MIX INTER – 3

* Red clover and Alsike Clover
* Seeding rate 6 to 7 lbs/ac

MIX INTER – 4

* Alsike Clover and Berseem Clover
* Seeding rate 6 to 7 lbs/ac

MIX INTER – 5

* Red Clover & Alsike Clover & Annual Alfalfa
* Seeding rate 6 to 7 lbs/ac

MIX INTER – 6

* Fabio Ryegrass and red clover
* Seeding rate 16 to 18 lbs/ac

MILK BOOSTER

Mix of Triticale, climbing forage peas and a forage type 6 row barley

SEM-2

* This is an excellent fit for poorly drained or variable soils with the branch rooted trait od the alfalfa ensuring an uniform stand and an ability to adapt to varying soil conditions with excellent resistance to winter heaving.
* 70% 2010 BR Alfalfa + 20% Ovation Timothy + 10% Ac Killarney Ochardgrass

SEM-3

* A perfect hay choice for the dairy producer who demands the best quality in feed and consistent optimum yields. The festulolium ensures season long energy with excellent early middle and late season performance
* 70% Stronghold HQ Alfalfa + 15% Ovation Timothy + 12% Perun Festulolium + 3% California Ladino Clover

SEM-40

* Dependable forage under poor conditions. Unlike alfalfa the quality of Bruce Trefoils does not decline at flowering
* 80% Costed Bruce Trefoil + 20% Ovation Timothy

SEM-45

* Makes excellent haylage in areas where Alfalfa winterkill is a problem, red clover better tolerates imperfect drainage and lower pH levels, and can be grown in fields that are too wet or acidic for alfalfa.
* 40% Santa Fe Double cut red clover + 45% Summeergraze Timothy + 10% Perun Festulolium + 5% California Ladino Clover

MAXI-SILE

* 50% avoine Nelson fourragère et 50% pois fourrager
* Taux de protéine supérieur à l’avoine fourragère Nelson seule
* L’ajout de poids permet de maintenir la qualité si la récolte est retardé
* Taux de semis
* Culture intercalaire: 90lbs/acre
* Seul: 145 lbs/acre

MS TRIPPER

* 50% pois fourrager et 50% Triticale
* Taux de semis
* Pure : 145 lbs/acre
* Plante abri : 90 lbs/acre

SEMI 262

* 20% Avoine Canmore + 60% Blé AAC Scotia + 20% Pois Meadow
* Taux de semis
* Pure : 175 lbs/acre
* Plante abri : 145 lbs/acre

SEMI 25

* 25% Orge Tradition + 25% Pois Meadow + 25% Avoine Canmore + 25% Blé AAC Scotia
* Taux de semis
* Pure : 165 lbs/acre
* Plante abri : 130 lbs/acre

SEMI 525

* 50% Blé AAC Scotia + 25% Avoine Turcotte + 25% Avoine Canmore
* Taux de semis
* Pure : 145 lbs/acre
* Plante abri : 115 lbs/acre

SEMI 640

* 60 % Blé AAC Scotia + 40 % Avoine Canmore
* Taux de semis
* Pure : 155 lbs/acre
* Plante abri : 125 lbs/acre

SPECIES

Single-cut red clover – Double-cut red clover
Red Clover is a popular specie in intercropping.  It offers an appealing fall cover.  It generally doesn’t affect cereals but might be risky during a wet year.
Concerning the choice of mixtures, you will have to choose your type of red clover based on your situation.
Since the single-cut red clover is less aggressive at first, it will be used in less competitive crops such as barley and mixed grain or in fall crop whose survival in the spring will be medium.
On the other hand, double-cut red clover, whose establishment is rapid, will be used in oats and wheat crops or in a fall crop with an excellent recovery.
Being winterhardy, special attention to its destruction should be ensured.  In conventional form, glyphosate alone won’t always be strong enough to destroy it completely.  If the next crop is soybean, it should be completely destroyed in the fall.  In organic management, the soil preparation in the fall should be aggressive; tillage should ensure its destruction.

Fabio Ryegrass
The Italian Ryegrass with its abundant root system will contribute to improve your soil structure and the bearing capacity of your agriculture machinery.  It will also reduce the loss by leaching by recuperation excess nutrients.  Being non winterhardy, the ryegrass can sometimes survive and may need to be destroyed in the spring.  Preferring cool and humid conditions, the planting during hot and dry summer is risky.

Huia Clover
Huia clover is a white clover which, unlike ladino, stays small in size.  Once it is firmly seeded, it can withstand drought.  It reproduces through stolons, a soil preparation to bring them to the surface should be enough to destroy them.

Alsike Clover
Alsike clover has height situated between the previous two varieties, red and white clover.  Its taproot is less deep than those of the red clover.

Berseem clover
Berseem clover is relatively new on the market thought it’s now more accessible in Canada.  Annual specie with a fast growth, it differentiates itself by its capacity to be destroyed.  During a wet year. Its size can be as tall as cereals.

Annual Ryegrass
Annual alfalfa is not frequently used.  Being annual, its destruction will be simpler than with a perennial variety.  Its taproot is deeper than those of the red clover, which gives it drought resistance.  Its mineralization speed could also be different, but more studies should be made.

Establishment procedures and times

Spring cereals :
The seeding is done at the same time as the cereals.  A Seeding done at heading time is also possible.  The seeding can be done in a small grain box or mixed with cereals via the filling auger.  Note that we don’t systematically recommend to broadcast.  If possible, a light soil preparation is strongly recommended to ensure establishment.  The seeding rate should be increased 15%.

Fall Cereals :
Cover crops can be planted in the form of overseeding early in the season with a 4 wheeler.  This method will help with uniform filling due to winter.

Corn:
For conventional management, the seeding is done after the last herbicide application.  It is important to consider the chosen herbicide, which can affect the clover establishment.

Destroying the cover crop

It is strongly recommended to destroy the cover crop in the fall.  This will facilitate a more equal seedbed in the spring and reduce nitrogen loss due to its mineralization.  A spring destruction could also cause late mineralization in clay.