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
 

Persian Clover (Trifolium resupinatum) - eNhance Persian Clover is an annual legume that originated in the eastern Mediterranean area. It has a semi-upright growth habit. Persian clover will perform well on a wide range of soils and will tolerate poorly drained soils. It works well in grazing situations, but care should be taken as it can cause bloat. eNhance Persian Clover is possibly the most fragrant of all the clover species with a pleasantly sweet scent that may attract wildlife and livestock alike.

eNhance Persian Clover features improved root development speed, which in turn makes it more suitable for sandy soils than the typical persian clover. eNhance prefers soils that are slightly alkaline but is suitable for use in soils with a pH between 5.0 and 8.0. It has a moderate tolerance to salinity and  a notable root development speed that is similar to that of Daikon Radish making it highly suitable for sandier soils.

Improved seedling vigor allows eNhance to establish at a rate similar to Cereal Rye. The low C:N ratio makes it a good choice to mix with Cereal Rye as the contrasting ratios provide balance and help reduce the yield drag often experienced in corn following a cereal rye crop

Regrowth - eNhance Persian Clover has high forage yield and excellent regrowth following grazing or cutting. eNhance can be cut 2 to 3 times, but not closer than 4 inches to allow for vigorous regrowth. In irrigated fields the optimum cutting interval is approximately 6 weeks in the growing season, allowing dry matter yields of 5-6.5 tons an acre.

Grazing - eNhance is a very palatable and nutritious clover that works well in close grazing situations, but care should be taken as it may cause bloat. Sowing eNhance in a mixture with things like ryegrass or oats may reduce this risk. In trials, eNhance performed incredibly well, generating over 3,000 lbs. of dry matter per acre.

Wildlife Plots - eNhance Persian Clover is known to be highly digestible with excellent forage yield and feed value with crude protein levels ranging from 18-24%. . With high protein levels, the ability to regrow when grazed, and abundant flowers, eNhance is a great addition to food plots and wildlife habitat

Versatality - eNhance Persian Clover can be used as a cover crop for nitrogen production and weed control or as a forage in mixtures with other legumes and grasses.

Moisture Requirements - eNhance Persian Clover is best adapted to areas receiving 17+ inches of precipitation. eNhance is also tolerant of moderate periods of waterlogged soils.

Fertilizer & Establishment - eNhance is adapted to a wide range of soils from clay loams to heavy clay soils and tolerates poor drainage. The best growth is on alkaline soils, but it will grow well with a pH range of 5.0 to 8.0.

Later Maturity - eNhance Persian Clover matures approximately 21 days later than Dixie Crimson Clover, while still producing greater overall growth throughout the growing cycle. This later maturity allows for multiple cuttings or grazing.

Cold Tolerance - While most Persian clovers are not very cold tolerant, eNhance Persian Clover was bred to endure low temperatures and harsh conditions. In trials at our Southern Iowa Research Farm, eNhance performed exceptionally well, enduring temperatures as low as -15° F.

Sugar Beets (Brassica vulgaris) - Not only do the roots of sugar beets supply a good shard of the U.S. table sugar, but they also make great annual deer food plots. Deer relish both the foliage and the large, sugar laden root. Sugar beets can be a very useful cover crop, especially on salty soils where few other plants succeed. Sugar beets can be finicky to establish, requiring very good seed to soil contact to germinate. This can be accomplished with good planting eqipment, such as seed firmers, on the planter or drill. Pure stand seeding rate is 10 - 15 lbs per acre, and seeding depth is 1/4 - 1/2 inch. Planting date for cover crop or deer forage can range from late spring through August, with earlier plantings giving higher yields.  Mature plant heights range from 1 to 2 feet and grow best in full sun.

Sugar beets are increasingly used as a late summer planted, winter killed cover crop to manage soil compaction, help to suppress weeds, and fixate nitrogen.  Their deep taproots penetrate hard or clay compacted soils making them ideal for aerating and improving soil structure before planting new crops. They provide high-quality forage for livestock and wildlife and thrive when planted in late summer, with a minimum germination temp of 40F for planting and a cold kill temp around 25F.

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.

Non-Bloating Forage

This outstanding legume offers a naturally safer alternative to alfalfa, ensuring healthy digestion and significantly reducing the risk of bloating in cattle, sheep, goats, and other grazing animals. Support optimal animal health and well-being with Outsidepride Sainfoin.

Cold Hardy

Ensure a consistent and nutritious food source for your animals, even during the harshest winter months! These extremely cold-hardy Sainfoin seeds ensure a strong and lasting pasture through winter, giving livestock access to quality forage year-round, regardless of the climate.

Drought-Tolerant

These high-yield perennial Sainfoin deer food plot seeds are the great choice! Known for their exceptional drought tolerance, these seeds can thrive even in arid conditions, ensuring your livestock has a reliable food source while conserving precious water resources.

Nitrogen-Fixing

These incredible forage with Sainfoin seeds can bring transformative beauty and health to your soil, creating a thriving environment. These forage increases soil health for the best and optimal results, reducing the need for costly and harmful synthetic fertilizers.

Sainfoin (Onobrychis Viciifolia) - A deep rooted perennial legume similar to alfalfa, but usually cut once a year. The hay is very desirable to many animals. It can be grazed or pastured and Sainfoin is relished by wildlife, especially deer and elk.  A prolific flower producer that is excellent for nectar and honey production and pollinators generally. With its extended flowering period and the fact that sainfoin produces more honey than any other legume makes it invaluable to pollinators, attracting a wide range of bumble and honey bees, butterflies and many other invertebrates. Bees feeding on sainfoin produce higher yields of honey.

Sainfoin grows taller than alfalfa, its stem is hollow, there are many leaflets (like a vetch) and its flowers, which are pink, are borne on a raceme. The "seed" used to establish this crop is, in fact, a pod which contains a single seed. Even without the pod, the true seed is large (for a legume); there are only 28,000 seeds per pound.

Sainfoin has good drought resistance and grows well on a variety of soils, it does especially well on high lime, well-drained soils of high fertility. However it does not do well on soils which are wet or have a high water table. It has a low tolerance to flooding, waterlogging or even high water table. It’s intolerant of acidity and salinity; however, it has good drought tolerance and winter hardiness.

Sainfoin is very palatable and is grazed by livestock in preference to alfalfa. It is relished by deer and elk. Although very coarse, the herbage is highly nutritious. Compared with alfalfa, forage dry-matter yields of sainfoin are about 20 percent lower under dryland conditions, and may be 30 percent or more lower in irrigated areas. Onobrychis species have never been known to cause bloat nor is it attacked by alfalfa weevil. It is highly palatable to both sheep and cattle, being preferred over alfalfa. It may be grazed or used for hay, either alone or in mixtures with grasses.

Sainfoin is a natural nitrogen fixator, so Rhizobia in root nodules of sainfoin fix nitrogen and boost soil nitrogen. The roots penetrate to great depths and pull nutrients up from the subsoil. Sainfoin has been found to increase the sequestration of nutrients such as phosphate. It is the ideal crop to sow ahead of cereals or brassicas in the rotation. It takes a year to get established so ideally in the first year it must not be grazed, or if necessary lightly grazed in autumn, and left ungrazed through winter.

Seeding Rate: 30 - 40 lbs per acre
Great For: Cattle, hogs, poultry, sheep, goats, deer, elk, bees/pollinators
Primary Usage: Hay, pasture, wildlife, pollinators

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