Species Seeding Rate, Pure Stand - Hay/Silage (lbs/acres) Seeding Rate, Pure Stand - Grazing (lbs/acres)

Grasses

Annual Ryegrass
25-30 30-35
Brome, Smooth 15-20 20-25
Brome, Meadow 15-20 20
Festulolium 25-30 30-35
Kentucky Bluegrass 10-15 15
Orchardgrass 15 15-20
Perennial Ryegrass 25-30 30-35
Reed Canarygrass 10 10-12
Tall Fescue 25-30 30-35
Teff 8 10
Timothy 15 15
Wheatgrass, Crested 6-12 6-12
Wheatgrass, Intermediate 10-12 10-12
Wheatgrass, Pubescent 10-12 10-12
Wheatgrass, Slender 6-12 6-12
Wheatgrass, Tall 6-12 6-12
Wheatgrass, Western 6-15 6-15

Legumes

   
Alfalfa 14-18 18
Alsike Clover 8-10 10
Annual Beans and Peas 40 50
Birdsfoot Trefoil 8-10 10
Crown Vetch 10 10-15
Hairy Vetch 20-30 30-40
Red Clover 15 15
White/Ladino Clover 6 6
Yellow Sweet Clover 10 10-12

Sorghums and Millets

Forage Sorghum (dryland)
4-6  
Forage Sorghum (high precipitation or irrigated) 6-10  
Sorghum x Sudan (BMR, dryland) 15-20 15-20
Sorghum x Sudan (BMR, high precipitation or irrigated) 30-35 35-40
Sorghum x Sudan (conventional, dryland) 15-20 15-20
Sorghum x Sudan (conventional, high precipitation or irrigated) 40-50 50
Sudangrass 40-50 50
German Foxtail Millet (dryland) 10-15 10-15
German Foxtail Millet  (high precipitation or irrigated) 20-30 20-30
Hybrid Pearl Millet (dryland) 5-10 10-15
Hybrid Pearl Millet (high precipitation or irrigated) 15-20 20-25
Siberian Foxtail Millet (dryland) 20 20
Siberian Foxtail Millet (high precipitation or irrigated) 10-15 10-15

Cereal Grains

Barley, Oats, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
80-120 120-150

Brassicas and Other Forages

Forage Turnips
4 4
Forage Rape 4 4
Chicory 4 4