ALFALFA Hoegemeyer partners with America's Alfalfa and Target Seed LLC to offer premier alfalfa seed varieties to our customers.
HIGH RETURN VARIETIES FOR THE WESTERN CORN BELT
AmeriStand 405T RR
• Traffic Tested genetics with Roundup Ready technology
• Very high yielding elite variety that performs across a wide range of soil types
• Roundup Ready trait for easy stand establishment and superior weed control
Roundup Ready Alfalfa offers:
• Ease of use - Simple, unsurpassed weed control and crop safety
• Quality - Fewer weeds, more high quality alfalfa forage
• Quantity - Increased seedling year yields
AmeriStand 404LH
• Ideal variety if you do not scout and spray for Potato Leafhoppers
• Patented genetics deliver high resistance to fight off Potato Leafhoppers
• Number 1 yield in 2005 Iowa State no-spray yield trials
• If you plant a nurse crop (oats) and harvest as grain, this should be your first choice variety in
IA, MO, eastern KS, NE and SD
AmeriStand 403T
• Proven in university and USDA trials
• Proven high yielding variety bred to withstand heavy traffic
• 7.7% average yield advantage over conventional varieties in university traffic trials
• Best manure tolerance in USDA-ARS test
Rugged
• One tough alfalfa with traffic, compaction and grazing tolerance
• Large, broad, deep-set crowns produce more stems for high yield and quality
throughout the life of the stand
• Excellent persistence even under traffic and frequent harvest
• Top choice for fields that will experience grazing pressure
Rebel
• High yields with high quality
• Seedling resistance to Phytophthora and Aphanomyces aid stand establishment
and early growth
• Selected for high stem protein, dark green color and freedom from leaf spots
• Excellent choice for cash hay producers wanting hay with high RFV and eye appeal
ECONOMICAL VARIETIES FOR SHORTER ROTATIONS OR WHEN LOWER COST IS A TOP PRIORITY
Bulldog
• Fall dormancy 4 alfalfa for the western cornbelt
• Very good yield
• Produces quality hay
• Solid disease package
Bandit
• Fall dormancy 5 alfalfa for the high plains
• Full season growth starting in early spring and continuing through the fall
• Fast regrowth
• Selected for KS, OK, southern NE and eastern CO growing conditions