Forage

Forage your fields with our Brassica Rapa Purple Top Turnip seeds. Ideal for food plots and cover crops, our turnip seeds produce nutrient-rich greens and robust roots, offering excellent forage for deer and other wildlife. Perfect for no-till food plot seed, our seeds enhance soil quality and support wildlife.

Cover Crops

Cover your soil with Outsidepride's Purple Top Turnip seeds. Perfect as cover crop, our turnip seeds improve soil quality by reducing erosion and enhancing soil nutrients. Optimize your planting strategy with our high-yield turnip seeds for effective cover cropping, ideal for soil enhancement and wildlife support.

High Nutrient Content

Brassica Rapa seeds have many great uses such as putting nutrients back into the soil as well as providing a food source for wildlife and livestock. They are a good source of vitamin C, folate, iron, and calcium. The leafy tops are particularly loaded with carotenoids, B-complex vitamins, and vitamin K.

Whitetail Deer Food Plots

Purple top turnip seeds grow into a root bulb that can range in diameter from 2-5 inches. Smaller size turnips remain sweet and tender and are therefore a desirable food source for whitetail deer. Because they provide a high-protein and high-energy food source, purple top turnips are one of the most popular food plot plants.

Purple Top Turnip (Brassica Rapa) - An easy to grow plant from purple top turnip seeds used for forage and cover crops. This turnip is white and purple that has smooth, globe roots take about 55 days to reach maturity. This plant has many great uses such as putting nutrients back into the soil as well as providing a food source for wildlife and livestock. They grow rapidly and are an excellent choice for fall grazing livestock and used widespread for deer food plots. This dual-purpose plant produces a large purple top spherical root and leafy foliage that can both be grazed. Because they provide a high-protein and high-energy food source, purple top turnips are one of the most popular food plot plants for whitetail deer as well as a general purpose cover crop.

Smaller size turnips remain sweet and tender and are therefore a desirable food source for deer. Cool temperatures also help enhance the taste of the turnip making them great for hunting season food plots that can be planted in mid to late summer and provide forage into the winter months. Deer will graze on the greens and leave the turnip underground untouched as a sort of food reserve and will return once the greens are gone and even after snow fall and will dig through the snow and dig up and eat the purple top turnip providing an important high energy winter food source.  Turnips are an annual plant growing in USDA Zones 2 - 9 and usually reach a height of 24 inches.

Livestock Forage Option

Our winter-hardy Bayou Kale seeds for planting outdoors provides nutrient-rich forage for livestock and grows in cooler weather, giving cattle and sheep a highly digestible and palatable food. Its smooth, large leaves and high leaf-to-stem ratio ensure efficient grazing throughout the season.

Nutrient-Rich Green Manure

Bayou Kale seeds for garden offers soil enrichment with its nutrient-rich crops. Its deep taproots aerate and break up compacted soil, improving water retention. As a cover crop seed and plant, it helps prevent erosion and adds nutrient-rich properties to your soil for future seed planting seasons.

Large Volume of Leafy Growth

With its robust leafy growth, our Bayou Kale Seed is suitable for attracting wildlife to food plots. Its large, sweet-tasting leaves are nutrient-rich, providing a valuable food source for deer, cattle and other animals during the colder months, suitable for rotational grazing.

Cold Hardy & Drought Tolerant

Bayou Kale is highly cold-hardy and drought-tolerant, making it a resilient choice for tough climates. Its ability to grow in both cold and dry conditions allows it to provide long-lasting forage. Our kale mix variety continuously grow even in the harsh weather, benefiting wildlife and livestock.

Bayou Kale (Brassica oleracea) - is a winter hardy member of the Brassica family that is highly digestible.  It is known for its large, palatable leaves. and can provide up to 25% protein. High digestible forage for deer that is ideal for extended grazing in wildlife food plots providing quality winter forage. Kale has the highest cold tolerance of all the Brassicas, good winter hardiness and a high leaf to stem ratio. It may be grown both as a spring and early fall crop for winter grazing. Kale grows best in cooler weather with cold days and nights which will sweeten the leaves especially if subjected to a fall frost. Remember that Kale grows large leaves and may over shade other plants in your food plot. Kale prefers a pH of 5.5 to 7.0.

Bayou kale is a mid-maturing forage brassica with a smooth leaf, and a nutty flavor that is sweet to human taste. This kale variety has a smaller stem but can grow up to 3 feet tall. Bayou has excellent regrowth when rotationally grazed, and the stems are more palatable than forage rapes for cattle and sheep. Used in food plots for deer as well as upland game birds, animals will eat the Bayou first when planted beside other food plots.

When planted in late summer or early fall, it is considerably more winter-hardy than radishes and helps control erosion. The spring green-up of Bayou kale is similar to forage rapes, while its seed size and crop management are similar to other brassicas, like turnips. Seed should be planted at 6 - 10 lbs/ac when planted as a single specie and 2 - 3 lbs/ac when mixed with other crops. Recommended planting time for Northern Regions is summer when night time temperatures are consistently below 65 degrees. Planting should occur July - September for the Midwest and September - October for the South.

Forage Kale has show to help in opening up the soil because of its tap roots. As a cover crop kale can be planted in late summer or early fall; using it as a winter crop helps protect the soil longer from erosion.

Product Specifications:

• Excellent regrowth
• Forage brassica
• Good winter hardiness
• Great for food deer food plots
• Protects soil from erosion
• Use for: pasture, food plot, cattle forage, livestock grazing, cover crop

Soil Improvement

Sunn hemp is a powerhouse for soil improvement, thriving in various conditions and fixing nitrogen to boost soil health. Ideal for hemp seeds for growing, cover crop seed mix, and ground cover seeds, sunn hemp adapts well to hot summers and various soil types, producing impressive growth and improving soil fertility.

Abundant Biomass

Boost your biomass production with sunn hemp! This legume not only enriches your soil with nitrogen but also creates dense biomass, ideal for cover crop seeds and hemp seeds for growing. Its rapid growth make it perfect for erosion control. Sunn hemp thrives in diverse soil and environmental conditions, ensuring lush, productive growth throughout the season.

Nitrogen Fixer

Revitalize your soil with sunn hemp, a nitrogen-fixing legume that enhances soil fertility. Perfect for cover crop seed mix, sunn hemp thrives in hot, dry conditions and improves soil health. With its deep root systems and nitrogen fixation, it’s an essential addition for sustainable farming and soil improvement.

Flowers Produce 15,000 Tiny Seeds

Experience the power of sunn hemp's deep-yellow flowers, producing over 15,000 tiny seeds per pound! Ideal for cover crop seeds and ground cover seeds, sunn hemp enriches soil and thrives in various conditions. It has been utilized as a green manure, livestock feed and as a non-wood fiber crop.

Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) - is a legume commonly used as a cover crop for southern and sub-tropical and tropical farming systems. It has recently been more adopted in the Midwestern United States cropping systems. Sunn hemp has high rates of biomass production — over 20 percent greater than crimson clover and hairy vetch in research trials.  In as little as 60 to 90 days it can produce 120 pounds of nitrogen per acre and can suppress weeds up to 90 percent.

Sunn Hemp is adapted to a wide variety of soil and environmental conditions, thriving through hot, dry summers and continuing to grow until the first frost. But sunn hemp isn’t just a soil builder — it also offers benefits as a forage producer.  Sunn hemp is easy to grow and amazingly productive. 

Because plants can reach 3 to 9 feet in height, wide spacing between rows (6 inches is recommended) may make plants susceptible to lodging. With adequate moisture, temperature and fertility, researchers have recorded a growth rate of 1 foot per week. Plants can return to or exceed this growth rate if slowed by temporary drought.

Pure Cowpea Seeds

Our pure cowpeas seeds offer high-quality options ideal for enhancing soil nitrogen levels because they are carefully selected and tested to ensure superior germination rates and robust growth. These cowpeas are carefully selected to ensure a rich, productive crop, perfect for gardeners and farmers aiming to improve soil health.

GMO-Free

Our Cowpeas for planting are proudly GMO-free, ensuring a natural growth process without genetic modifications. This commitment to purity means you can plant with confidence, knowing your crops are cultivated from seeds that adhere to the highest standards of natural farming. Enjoy the benefits of robust, healthy plants and productive agricultural practice.

USDA Zones 5-10 Adaptive

Adaptable to USDA Zones 5-10, our cowpeas, seeds for planting, thrive in a wide range of climates, making them a versatile choice for various regions. These cowpea seeds are designed to perform well in different soil types and weather conditions. Whether you're in a cooler northern region or a warmer southern zone, our cowpeas seeds will adapt and flourish.

Fresh and Viable Product

Our cowpea seeds for planting are fresh and viable, ensuring high germination rates for successful planting. Each batch is tested for quality, offering you the best chance for a bountiful harvest. By choosing our cowpeas, seeds for planting, you are investing in a product that promises vigorous growth and robust plants.

Cowpeas (Vigna Unguiculata) - Cowpeas grow 24 - 36 inches tall and are very heat and drought tolerant. They are very hardy, making them an excellent choice for food plots in the southern United States. Deer, pheasant, turkey, quail and other wildlife eagerly seek out the foliage and grain produced by cowpeas as they grow to maturity.  Other animals such as: cattle, hogs, poultry, goats and other upland game birds will also enjoy feeding on cowpeas.

Cowpeas are the most heat loving legume found in the United States. They thrive in hot, moist climates, but are also very drought tolerant. Adapted to a wide range of soil types.   Commonly used by farmers for silage and as a cover crop, but also widely planted as a high protein forage. Cowpeas are adapted to a wide range of soils, but prefers well drained soils with a pH between 6.0 - 7.0.  Like all cowpeas, they can be consumed by humans in the form of snap beans and dry beans.

Cowpeas are perennial in USDA Zones 7 - 10, but are often grown in the midwest as an annual in USDA Zone 5 and 6.

Seeding Rate: 30 - 90 lbs per acre
Planting Depth: 1/2 - 1 inch deep

Nitrogen Fixation

White Cloud is adapted to any region where crimson clover is used for cover crops, whether spring or fall sown. Its high dry matter yield and the ability of annual clovers to fix nitrogen makes White Cloud a great choice for cover crop or rotation/green manure applications.

Versatile Use

Use this unique crimson clover for hay, pasture, silage, livestock, forage, wildlife food plots, cover crops, green manure crops, crop rotations, nitrogen fixator, and for a ground cover. Our white cloud crimson clover seed that has been coated with an inoculant for better establishment.

Forage Quality

White Cloud Crimson Clover is a high-protein, palatable forage choice for livestock. Its rich taste attracts grazers for greener pasture management. Though not statistically quantified, anecdotal evidence have shown that White Cloud is preferred by livestock and wildlife over other palatable forage.

Pollinator Attraction

White Cloud Crimson Clover’s striking blooms attract pollinators, enhancing biodiversity. These blooms are especially appealing to bees, butterflies, and other pollinators looking for rich food sources. The long blooming period of crimson clover provides a consistent supply of nectar, supporting pollinators over an extended season.

White Cloud Crimson Clover (Trifolium Incarnatum) - White Cloud crimson clover is the only white flowered Trifolium incarnatum cultivar in the US. White Cloud is truly white with white seeds. With a lack of red coloration, there are lower levels of bitter anthocyanins thus making it a sweeter clover so palatability and intake should be higher. Though not statistically quantified, anecdotal evidence have shown that White Cloud is preferred by livestock and wildlife over other palatable forage.

Use this unique crimson clover for hay, pasture, silage, livestock, forage, wildlife food plots, cover crops, green manure crops, crop rotations, nitrogen fixator, and for a ground cover. White Cloud is adapted to any region where crimson clover is used for cover crops, whether spring or fall sown. Its high dry matter yield and the ability of annual clovers to fix nitrogen makes White Cloud a great choice for cover crop or rotation/green manure applications.

Seeding Rate: 20 - 25 lbs per acre for broadcast seeding
 

High Protein Content

Our fava bean seeds offer high protein due to their nitrogen-fixing ability, aided by beneficial bacteria in their roots. This natural process boosts amino acid production, making fava beans a nutritious choice for forage and soil improvement, especially in cool-season climates.

Cover Crop

Outsidepride fava beans make an excellent cover crop, rejuvenating soil and reducing erosion. This is because they grow quickly, and as a legume, they fix nitrogen to enrich the soil, prevent erosion, suppress invasive plants, and improve soil fertility when turned back into the ground.

High Yield Variety

Our high-yield fava bean seeds boost productivity, perfect for forage or harvest. They are high-yielding due to their robust growth, large seed size, and ability to thrive in cooler climates. Their nitrogen-fixing properties enhance soil fertility, supporting healthy plant development and higher pod production.

High Biomass Production

Our fava beans produce rich biomass, enhancing soil moisture and structure. They grow quickly and develop dense, leafy foliage, which contributes significant soil nutrients. Their large root systems help capture nutrients and moisture effectively, supporting lush above-ground growth.

Fava Beans (Vicia Faba) - A relative of vetch, fava beans have erect, coarse stems and large leaves that grow into a bushy plant. This annual legume is also known as broad bean, field bean, horse bean, and Fababean. There are many varieties, even one for human consumption which is called Windsor bean. The cultivation of the bean dates back to early history where it is native to the Mediterranean region, especially Italy and Iran. In North America, Canada is the largest producer of Fava bean since they produce best in cool summer climates.

Our Fava beans are forage quality. They are not for human consumption.

High Forage Yields

Our field pea seeds produce high forage yields, ideal for livestock feed and food plots for deer. Known for vigorous growth, they offer dense yields for grazing across varied climates, making them suitable for spring, summer, and fall planting.

Compatibility with Cereal Grains

Spring peas work well with other cover crop seeds, enhancing soil quality and creating a nutrient-rich forage mix. They can be mixed with oats, barley or triticale. They’re an effective choice for establishing food plots to attract deer and support wildlife.

Green Manure Benefits

Field peas contribute valuable nutrients to the soil after each harvest, improving soil structure and promoting healthier growth for subsequent crops, helping increase productivity over time. The thick foliage breaks down easily and enhances the quality of the soil.

Nitrogen Fixation

With natural nitrogen-fixing abilities, field peas enrich soil by converting atmospheric nitrogen into nutrients, potentially reducing the need for synthetic fertilizers, making them a beneficial choice for many farming setups. It also produce large amounts of quality biomass.

Plant Dundale spring peas as soon as the fields are able to work and expect field peas to grow rapidly in the spring. Seedlings are able to tolerate frost in the low 20s and will produce a new shoot if frost damage does occur. The plants will flowers in approximately 45 days and are ready for harvest in about 60 days.

Field peas can be mixed with oats, barley or triticale and are an excellent source of protein forage. Research has shown that field pea is an excellent protein supplement in pigs, cattle and poultry rations. They are also excellent in wildlife mixes and bird seed mixes.

Spring field peas are also a good source of green manure for the soil. The thick foliage breaks down easily and enhances the quality of the soil. Field peas also fixate nitrogen and can greatly cut down the need to add fertilizers to the soil. Plant pea seed at a depth of 1 - 2 inches.

• High forage yields 
• Mixes well with cereal grains
• Great leaf to stem ratio
• Excellent seedling vigor
• Large amounts of quality biomass

Seeding Rate: 75 to 100 lbs per acre. 5 lbs per 1,000 square feet.