2004 Buy Pure Alfalfa If you want the Real Thing, you probably have to pay for it, whether it's a Coke or a pure alfalfa variety. But alfalfa marketers, like the soft-drink industry, offer consumers a multitude of options, usually at less cost than the real thing. Are alfalfa brands or blends usually tempting alternatives to the higher-priced alfalfa varieties safe to buy? It depends, says Dan Undersander,
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2004 Buy Pure Alfalfa
If you want the “Real Thing,” you probably have to pay for it, whether it's a Coke or a pure alfalfa variety.
But alfalfa marketers, like the soft-drink industry, offer consumers a multitude of options, usually at less cost than the real thing.
Are alfalfa brands or blends — usually tempting alternatives to the higher-priced alfalfa varieties — safe to buy?
It depends, says Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin extension forage specialist. And that's the trouble.
“You basically don't have any idea what you're getting. It may be very good material or it may be floor sweepings. Brands and blends can change from year to year while varieties remain constant,” he says.
A brand is a non-certifiable lot of seed that can be a blend, or mixture, of several varieties. Or it could be a single variety. “There are no requirements to maintain genetic continuity of either a blend or a brand,” he adds.
Universities won't test brands or blends for that reason. “We would run into too many situations where I would get the seed, plant it and the next year when I have data, what's being sold is a different germplasm. I wouldn't want to put out any data regarding it because there is no assurance that it is the same stuff I planted the previous year.”
Known varieties, on the other hand, are “made certifiable.” Pure alfalfas are grown and inspected for certification by one of three certification entities: the National Alfalfa Variety Review Board, the U.S. Plant Variety Protection Office or a state crop improvement association.
“There are two parts to certification: One is that it is the variety it is stated to be, with no contaminants in it. The other is that it is certified as free of certain weeds.”
Sometimes, Undersander adds, alfalfa companies make the seed certifiable but don't actually certify it state by state. That way they can legally sell it under the variety name and also mix lots of the same variety from seed growers from other states.
“If you buy varieties, you get top genetics and well-known germplasm,” he advises. “Blends and brands are cheaper, but you're taking the risk in that it may be good material or it may not.”
The following pages list pure alfalfa varieties — with pertinent disease and insect information — that companies are actively marketing. New alfalfas for the 2004 planting season are highlighted in green. Information was gathered with help from the University of Wisconsin, alfalfa breeders and the National Alfalfa Alliance.
2004 Alfalfa Variety Guide
| Top Alfalfa Variety | Marketer | Fall Dormancy (1-11) | Winterhardiness (1-6) | Disease Rating Index (1-30) | Bacterial Wilt | Verticillium Wilt | Fusarium Wilt | Anthracnose | Phytophthora Root Rot | Spotted Alfalfa Aphid | Pea Aphid | Blue Alfalfa Aphid | Stem Nematode | Aphanomyces Race 1 | Aphanomyces Race 2 | Southern Root Knot Nematode | Northern Root Knot Nematode | Potato Leafhopper Resistant | Multileaflet Expression (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 620 | Garst/AgriPro/Interstate | 2 | 2.6 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | MR | R | ||||||||
| ABT 205 | LaCrosse Forage/Farm Science | 2 | 1.9 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | MR | R | ||||||||
| Alfagraze | America's Alfalfa/Mershman | 2 | 15 | R | S | R | MR | LR | R | R | S | R | |||||||
| Alpine II | Oasis Seed Cooperative | 2 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| AmeriStand 201 +Z | America's Alfalfa | 2 | 2.0 | 28 | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | R | ||||||||
| Arrowhead | Bio-Plant Research/Tri-West | 2 | 2.0 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | MR | R | MR | |||||
| Avalanche +Z | America's Alfalfa | 2 | 2.4 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | ||||||||
| Defiant | Agripro Seeds | 2 | 2.5 | 28 | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | R | ||||||||
| Dynamic | Grassland Central | 2 | 2.0 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | MR | HR | R | 87 | |||||
| Evolution | Mycogen Seed | 2 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| Lactator | Elk Mound Seed | 2 | 3.1 | 28 | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | ||||||||
| Mariner | Allied Seed | 2 | 23 | R | MR | HR | MR | HR | HR | MR | |||||||||
| Mariner II | Allied Seed | 2 | 2.0 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | |||||||||
| Runner II | Geertson Seed | 2 | R | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| Spredor 4 | Syngenta Seeds | 2 | 2.1 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | ||||||||
| Sterling | Mycogen Seed | 2 | 2.0 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | X | |||||||
| TMF 421 | Mycogen Seed | 2 | 29 | HR | HR | R | HR | HR | MR | HR | MR | HR | |||||||
| UltraLac | Elk Mound Seed | 2 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | 74 | |||||||
| Viking 1 | Syngenta Seeds | 2 | 3.6 | 23 | R | HR | HR | R | R | MR | S | ||||||||
| Winterstar | Wensman Seed | 2 | 2.6 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | 83 | |||||||
| WL 232 HQ | FS Growmark/Olds Seed Sol. | 2 | 2.9 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | ||||||||
| WL 319HQ Alfalfa | Olds Seed Solutions | 3 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | MR | HR | X | |||||||
| 329 | D&D Seeds | 3 | 2 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | R | S | 77 | ||||
| 6310 | Garst Seed | 3 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | ||||||||
| 6325 | Garst Seed | 3 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | HR | |||||||
| 9326 | LG Seeds | 3 | 1.8 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | HR | R | 87 | |||||||
| 645-II | Garst Seed | 3 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| A 30-06 | PGI Alfalfa | 3 | 1.8 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | HR | R | |||||||
| A-395 | PGI Alfalfa | 3 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | |||||||||
| Abacus | Brett-Young Seeds | 3 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | S | 74 | |||||||
| Abound | Monsanto | 3 | 2.5 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | 84 | |||||||
| ABT 350 | LaCrosse Forage/Farm Science | 3 | 2.9 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | ||||||||
| Agri-Boss | UAP/Great Lakes | 3 | 24 | HR | MR | HR | HR | HR | HR | S | |||||||||
| AmeriGuard 301 | America's Alfalfa | 3 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | MR | ||||||||
| Arapaho | Tri-West | 3 | 2.2 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | MR | R | R | HR | ||||||
| Arrow | ABI Alfalfa | 3 | 20 | HR | R | HR | MR | HR | R | MR | |||||||||
| Baralfa 32 IQ | Barenbrug USA | 3 | 2.9 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | ||||||||
| Blazer XL | Croplan Genetics | 3 | 27 | R | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| Champ | Union Seed Co. | 3 | 23 | HR | HR | R | R | R | R | R | |||||||||
| Class | UAP/Great Lakes/Union Seed | 3 | 27 | HR | R | R | HR | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| Columbo | PGI Alfalfa | 3 | 24 | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | S | |||||||||
| Complete | Arrow Seed/Fontanelle | 3 | 3.1 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | ||||||||
| Dart | Agripro Seeds | 3 | 3.4 | 24 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | S | ||||||||
| Demand | Agripro Seeds | 3 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| DK 124 | Monsanto | 3 | 2.8 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | X | |||||||
| DK 127 | Monsanto | 3 | 2.9 | 28 | HR | R | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | X | |||||||
| DK134 | Monsanto | 3 | 2.6 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | X | |||||||
| Extreme | LG Seeds/AgReliant/Wensman | 3 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | MR | 97 | ||||||
| Feast +EV | Agripro Seeds/Garst Seed | 3 | 2.2 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | MR | HR | ||||||||
| Forecast 3001 | Dairyland Seed | 3 | 1.8 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | MR | R | MR | R | R | R | ||||
| FQ 314 | Mycogen Seed | 3 | 3.0 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | ||||||||
| FSG 408DP | LaCrosse Forage/Farm Science | 3 | 1.9 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | MR | R | R | ||||||
| GH 711 | Golden Seed/JC Robinson. | 3 | 1.7 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | X | ||||||||
| GH 788 | Golden Harvest/Sommer/Thorp | 3 | 3.6 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | ||||||||
| GH766 | Golden Harvest/JC Robinson | 3 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | R | |||||||
| GoldLeaf | Bio-Plant Research | 3 | 2.3 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | MR | R | R | HR | ||||
| Ignite | Jung Seed Genetics | 3 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | X | ||||||||
| Imperial | ABI Alfalfa | 3 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | |||||||||
| Innovator +Z | America's Alfalfa | 3 | 2.2 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | |||||||
| Interceptor | Agripro Seeds | 3 | 2.1 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | R | R | HR | MR | |||
| Ladak+ | LandMark Seed | 3 | 22 | HR | MR | HR | LR | R | MR | R | MR | HR | |||||||
| LeafMaster | Union Seed | 3 | 27 | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | MR | MR | X | |||||
| Legend Gold | Legend Seeds | 3 | 2.6 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | 85 | ||||||
| Legendairy 2.0 | Croplan Genetics | 3 | 3.2 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | X | |||||||
| Legendairy YPQ | Croplan Genetics | 3 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | X | |||||||||
| MagnaGraze | Dairyland Seed/D&D Seeds | 3 | 2.4 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | MR | MR | LR | R | |||||
| Magnum III-Wet | Dairyland Seed/D&D Seeds | 3 | 2.3 | 21 | R | MR | R | MR | R | MR | HR | MR | MR | R | MR | ||||
| Magnum V-Wet | Dairyland Seed/D&D Seeds | 3 | 1.9 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | R | R | HR | |||||
| Maximum I | Johnson Seeds | 3 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | 83 | |||||||||
| Monument | Geertson Seed | 3 | R | LR | HR | S | MR | HR | LR | ||||||||||
| Monument II | Geertson Seed | 3 | 3.0 | 15 | R | LR | HR | S | R | R | S | ||||||||
| MP 2000 | Croplan Genetics | 3 | 3.4 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | X | |||||||
| Multiplier 3 | Mycogen Seed | 3 | 2.7 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | X | ||||||||
| Nemesis | Renk Seed | 3 | 29 | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | HR | 86 | ||||||
| Pacesetter | Legend Seeds | 3 | 24 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | MR | R | X | ||||||||
| Paragon BR | Bio-Plant Research | 3 | 1.6 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | MR | HR | R | HR | |||||
| Paramount | Chemgro Seeds | 3 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | |||||||||
| Pointer | Dahlco Seeds/Bio Gene | 3 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | 86 | |||||
| Prolific | Spangler Seedtech/Doeblers | 3 | 2.4 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | R | R | HR | |||||
| Rainier | Syngenta Seeds | 3 | 3.2 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | X | |||||||
| Reliance | FS Growmark | 3 | 2.2 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | X | |||||||
| Renegade | Geertson Seed | 3 | R | LR | R | R | R | ||||||||||||
| Rhino | Geertson Seed | 3 | 25 | HR | R | R | R | R | HR | R | |||||||||
| Rugged | Target Seed/Grassland Central | 3 | 2.0 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | ||||||||
| Samurai | ABI Alfalfa | 3 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| Setter | Dahlco Seeds | 3 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | MR | HR | R | |||||||
| Somerset | Syngenta Seeds | 3 | 2.4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | X | |||||||
| Sparta | Union Seed | 3 | 20 | R | HR | MR | R | MR | R | R | |||||||||
| Spartan | Allied Seed | 3 | 27 | R | R | HR | HR | HR | R | X | |||||||||
| Spirit | PGI Alfalfa | 3 | 26 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | MR | |||||||||
| Sprint | Specialty Seeds | 3 | 3.0 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | 89 | ||||
| Stampede | Allied Seed | 3 | HR | R | R | R | HR | HR | R | R | R | ||||||||
| Surpass | Andrews Seed | 3 | 22 | HR | R | HR | MR | HR | |||||||||||
| Target II Plus | Producers Hybrids | 3 | 2.7 | 26 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | MR | R | MR | R | MR | MR | ||||
| Total +Z | America's Alfalfa | 3 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| Triple Crown | Allied Seed | 3 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | |||||||||
| VIP | Research Seeds | 3 | 22 | HR | R | R | R | R | HR | S | X | ||||||||
| Vitro | North-Gro Seeds/Eureka Seed | 3 | 2.7 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | ||||||||
| Vitro II | North-Gro Seeds | 3 | 1.8 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | X | ||||||||
| Winter Crown | Ampac Seed/Delong | 3 | 3.0 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | MR | R | MR | ||||||
| Winterking | Wensman Seed | 3 | 2.4 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | 98 | |||||||
| WL 324 | FS Growmark/Olds Seed Sol. | 3 | 3.3 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | ||||||||
| WL 325 HQ | FS Growmark/Olds Seed Sol. | 3 | 3.0 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | ||||||||
| Yielder | Agripro Seeds | 3 | 26 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | MR | |||||||||
| Legendairy 5.0 | Croplan Genetics | 3 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | X | ||||||||
| 4375LH | Mycogen Seed | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | HR | ||||||
| WL 326GZ Alfalfa | Olds Seed Solutions | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | HR | |||||||
| 330 | Union Seed | 4 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | MR | R | X | ||||||
| 630 | Garst Seed | 4 | 2.6 | 19 | HR | MR | R | MR | R | MR | R | MR | R | ||||||
| 631 | Garst Seed | 4 | 2.4 | 26 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | HR | MR | R | MR | |||||
| 6410 | Garst Seed | 4 | 2.7 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | ||||||||
| 6420 | Garst Seed | 4 | 2.6 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | R | R | HR | |||||
| 9429 | LG Seeds | 4 | 2.4 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | 99 | ||||||
| 4 Traffic | Kaltenberg Seed | 4 | 2.4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | |||||||
| 4A421 | Mycogen Seed | 4 | 1.9 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | |||||||||
| 53V08 | Pioneer | 4 | 27 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | LR | HR | |||||||
| 54H91 | Pioneer | 4 | 3.0 | 28 | HR | HR | R | HR | HR | R | R | HR | |||||||
| 54Q25 | Pioneer | 4 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| 54Q53 | Pioneer | 4 | 26 | HR | HR | R | R | HR | MR | HR | MR | HR | |||||||
| 54V46 | Pioneer | 4 | 29 | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | ||||||||
| 54V54 | Pioneer | 4 | 2.7 | 28 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | |||||||||
| 6400HT | Garst Seed | 4 | 2.1 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | ||||||||
| A4230 | United Suppliers | 4 | 2.1 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | 92 | |||||||
| ABT 400 SCL | LaCrosse Forage/Farm Science | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | ||||||||||
| Abundance | Bio-Plant Research/Sharp/Ziller | 4 | 2.2 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | MR | R | R | HR | ||||
| Affinity +Z | America's Alfalfa/Mershman | 4 | 2.7 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | |||||||
| Agrimate | UAP/Great Lakes | 4 | 22 | R | R | HR | R | R | R | S | |||||||||
| Alfastar | Shepherd Seeds | 4 | 2.4 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | MR | 87 | |||||
| Alfastar II | Steyer Seeds | 4 | 2.3 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | MR | 93 | ||||||
| Alliant | Monsanto | 4 | 2.8 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | 99 | |||||||
| AmeriGraze 401 +Z | America's Alfalfa/Mershman | 4 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | ||||||||
| AmeriStand 403T | America's Alfalfa/Mershman | 4 | 2.0 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | R | MR | HR | R | |||||
| AV3420 | Ag Venture | 4 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | ||||||||||
| Baralfa 42 IQ | Barenbrug USA | 4 | 2.0 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | ||||||||
| Big Horn | Mycogen Seed | 4 | 3.1 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | 29 | |||||||
| Bullseye | Target Seed | 4 | 28 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | LR | MR | R | MR | HR | |||||
| C-316 | Lohse Mill | 4 | HR | R | HR | HR | R | R | R | ||||||||||
| Cimarron SR | Great Plains Research | 4 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | MR | ||||||||
| Cimarron3i | Great Plains Research | 4 | HR | R | HR | HR | R | R | R | R | MR | ||||||||
| Columbia 2000 | Kaltenberg Seed Farms | 4 | 3.1 | 17 | R | R | R | LR | LR | MR | S | ||||||||
| Crystal | PGI Alfalfa | 4 | 25 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | LR | |||||||||
| Dakota | Great Plains Research | 4 | 3.3 | R | MR | R | MR | HR | R | ||||||||||
| Depend +EV | Agripro Seeds | 4 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| DK 140 | Monsanto | 4 | 2.8 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | X | ||||||
| DKA37-20 | Monsanto | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | HR | HR | ||||||
| DKA42-15 | Monsanto | 4 | 2.5 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | HR | X | ||||||
| Dominator | Agripro Seeds | 4 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| DuraGreen | Renk Seed | 4 | 2.1 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | ||||||||
| Emperor | ABI Alfalfa | 4 | 2.6 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | ||||||||
| Enhancer | Fontanelle/Sharp/Lemke Seed | 4 | 2.3 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | MR | MR | MR | MR | ||||
| Evergreen 2 | Syngenta Seeds | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | ||||||||
| Extend | Spangler Seedtech | 4 | 3.3 | 27 | HR | R | R | HR | HR | HR | R | X | |||||||
| Focus | J.R. Simplot | 4 | 25 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | X | ||||||
| Forecast 1001 | Dairyland Seed | 4 | 1.7 | 26 | HR | R | R | R | HR | MR | R | MR | R | R | HR | ||||
| FSG 300 LH | LaCrosse Forage/Farm Science | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | ||||||||
| FSG 351 | LaCrosse Forage/Farm Science | 4 | 2.4 | 26 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | R | MR | ||||
| FSG 406 | LaCrosse Forage/Farm Science | 4 | 2.0 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | X | |||||||
| Geneva | Syngenta Seeds | 4 | 2.8 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | X | |||||||
| GH 700 | Golden Seed | 4 | 2.8 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | 97 | |||||||
| GH 744 | Golden Harvest/Sommer/Thorp | 4 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | X | ||||||||
| GH 757 | Golden Harvest/Golden Seed | 4 | 3.2 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | HR | 88 | ||||||
| GH717 | Golden Harvest/Golden Seed | 4 | 2.1 | 26 | HR | R | HR | R | R | R | R | MR | R | LR | 66 | ||||
| GH750 | Golden Harvest/JC Robinson | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | MR | HR | |||||||
| Gold Plus | PGI Alfalfa | 4 | 3.0 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | 81 | |||||||
| Good as Gold II | Johnston Seed | 4 | 2.4 | 26 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | MR | MR | MR | HR | ||||
| Harvestar 812HY | Fielder's Choice Direct | 4 | 2.2 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | |||||||||
| HayMaker II | Kussmaul Seeds | 4 | 2.2 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | 80 | |||||||
| Hi-Guard | Renk Seed | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | HR | HR | ||||||
| Hunter | Ramy International | 4 | 1.7 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | 88 | ||||||
| HybriForce-4001 | Dairyland Seed/D&D Seeds | 4 | 1.9 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | HR | R | MR | R | MR | HR | ||||
| HybriForce-420/Wet1 | Dairyland Seed/D&D Seeds | 4 | 1.6 | 26 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | HR | ||||||
| Intrigue | Deer Creek Seed | 4 | 2.5 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | X | |||||||
| Jade II | NC+ Hybrids | 4 | 2.7 | 26 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | MR | R | MR | |||||
| Journey Brand 2041 | Arrow Seed/Fontanelle Hybrids | 4 | 2.4 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | R | HR | |||||
| Key | Great Plains Research | 4 | 26 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | S | |||||||||
| Lightning II | Jung Seed Gen./Preferred Seed | 4 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | MR | HR | X | ||||||||
| Macon | Allied Seed | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | MR | MR | X | ||||||
| Magnum III | Dairyland Seed/D&D Seeds | 4 | 2.3 | 20 | R | MR | R | MR | R | MR | R | MR | MR | LR | |||||
| Magnum IV | Dairyland Seed/D&D Seeds | 4 | 2.4 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | MR | R | MR | R | MR | MR | ||||
| Magnum V | Dairyland Seed/D&D Seeds | 4 | 2.0 | 26 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | HR | R | HR | |||||
| Masterpiece | J.R. Simplot | 4 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | R | R | X | |||||
| Maximizer | J.R. Simplot | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | X | |||||||
| Millennia | Union Seed | 4 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | R | MR | X | |||||
| Monument 2 | Geertson Seed | 4 | R | LR | HR | S | R | R | |||||||||||
| Mountaineer 2.0 | Croplan Genetics | 4 | 25 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | X | ||||||
| Oneida Ultra | LaCrosse Forage/Farm Science | 4 | 24 | HR | HR | HR | R | R | S | ||||||||||
| Pegasus | FS Growmark | 4 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | |||||||||
| Perfect | Grassland Central | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | HR | MR | 98 | |||||
| Persist | Kaltenberg Seed/Doeblers | 4 | 2.4 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | MR | MR | MR | |||||
| Phabulous | Trelay | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | X | ||||||||
| Phirst1 | Bio-Plant Research/Doeblers | 4 | 2.2 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | R | HR | |||||
| Platinum | Crow's Hybrids/Midwest Seed | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | ||||||||
| Plumas | Eureka Seed | 4 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | R | MR | X | |||||
| Power 4.2 | Power Seeds | 4 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | HR | R | 81 | |||||
| Pristine | Doebler's | 4 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | MR | R | X | ||||||
| Pro Gro | PGI Alfalfa | 4 | 26 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | MR | |||||||||
| Radiant | Ampac Seed/Delong | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | HR | R | 98 | |||||
| Rebel | Target Seed | 4 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | ||||||||
| Rebound 4.2 | Croplan Genetics | 4 | 2.3 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | X | |||||||
| Reward | Producers Hybrids | 4 | 26 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | HR | MR | |||||||||
| Reward II | PGI Alfalfa | 4 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| Robust T&N | Gooding Seed | 4 | 27 | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | MR | HR | MR | R | |||||
| Rocket | FS Growmark/Croplan Genetics | 4 | 2.8 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | X | |||||||
| Root 66 | Trelay | 4 | 2.0 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | HR | ||||||||
| Rustler II | Andrews Seed | 4 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | LR | MR | R | ||||||
| Select | Union Seed | 4 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | MR | HR | R | R | X | ||||
| Spur | Allied Seed | 4 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | X | |||||||||
| Stamina | Allied Seed | 4 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | X | |||||
| Starbuck | Spangler Seedtech | 4 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | X | |||||||||
| Supreme | Kussmaul | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | MR | HR | R | 97 | ||||||
| SW 435 | S&W Seeds | 4 | 28 | HR | R | R | HR | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | X | |||||
| Trophy | Geertson Seed | 4 | R | R | HR | R | HR | HR | R | ||||||||||
| Wintergold | Renk/L&H/Becks's/Tri-West | 4 | 2.7 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | ||||||||
| WL 327 | FS Growmark | 4 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | LR | ||||||||
| WL 342 | FS Growmark/Olds Seed Sol. | 4 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | LR | X | |||||||
| WL 346 LH | FS Growmark/Olds Seed Sol. | 4 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | R | HR | ||||||||
| Xtra-3 | Union Seed | 4 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | X | |||||
| 6530 | Garst Seed | 5 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | ||||||||
| 55H05 | Pioneer | 5 | R | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | HR | ||||||
| 5-STAR | Croplan Genetics | 5 | 25 | R | R | HR | R | R | R | R | |||||||||
| Abilene +Z | America's Alfalfa | 5 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | HR | MR | R | R | ||||||
| Archer | America's Alfalfa | 5 | 4.1 | 19 | MR | MR | HR | R | R | HR | HR | R | R | R | |||||
| Archer II | America's Alfalfa | 5 | 24 | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | MR | HR | HR | R | ||||||
| Ascend | Kussmaul Seeds/D&D Seeds | 5 | 2.2 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | R | 88 | ||||
| Baralfa 53 HR | Barenbrug USA | 5 | 29 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | |||||||||
| Baralfa 54HR | Barenbrug USA | 5 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | |||||||||
| Boulder | Syngenta Seeds | 5 | 25 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | HR | X | |||||||
| Dagger+EV | Garst Seed | 5 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | MR | R | R | LR | |||||
| Dura 512 | Farm Valley Brand | 5 | 3 | 28 | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | R | R | 42 | ||||
| Evermore | Allied Seed | 5 | 27 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | |||||||||
| Expedition | Syngenta Seeds | 5 | 28 | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | R | R | X | ||||||||
| FSG 505 | LaCrosse Forage/Farm Science | 5 | 2.9 | 29 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | ||||||||
| LM 459 | Lohse Mill | 5 | 20 | R | R | HR | MR | R | R | HR | R | R | |||||||
| NemaGone | ABI Alfalfa | 5 | 22 | R | R | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | LR | MR | R | MR | |||||
| Recover | Union Seed | 5 | 25 | R | R | HR | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||
| Regal | Great Plains Research | 5 | HR | R | HR | R | HR | R | HR | HR | |||||||||
| Ruccus | Target Seed | 5 | 21 | R | R | HR | MR | HR | R | R | LR | R | MR | ||||||
| WL 357 HQ | FS Growmark/Olds Seed Sol. | 5 | 2.1 | 30 | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | HR | LR | |||||||
| Arriba | America's Alfalfa | 6 | 26 | R | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | HR | MR | ||||
| C-241 | Lohse Mill | 6 | R | HR | R | HR | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||
| Cisco | Fontanelle Hybrids | 6 | 3.3 | 21 | R | MR | HR | R | HR | HR | R | R | R | HR | |||||
| LM 455 | Lohse Mill | 6 | 17 | R | MR | HR | MR | R | HR | HR | R | R | MR | LR | |||||
| Lobo | Eureka Seed | 6 | 20 | MR | R | HR | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||
| Magna 601 | Dairyland Seed | 6 | 3 | 24 | R | MR | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | MR | R | R | |||
| Sendero | Allied Seed | 6 | 23 | MR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | MR | R | X | |||||
| Tahoe | Syngenta Seeds | 6 | 23 | MR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | R | X | ||||
| Tango | Eureka Seed | 6 | 24 | MR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | MR | R | X | |||||
| TruTest | J.R. Simplot | 6 | 23 | MR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | R | MR | X | ||||
| Achiever | Lohse Mill | 7 | 19 | R | MR | HR | MR | R | HR | HR | HR | R | R | ||||||
| AmeriLeaf 721 | America's Alfalfa | 7 | 23 | R | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | MR | MR | R | ||||||
| Artesian Sunrise | Croplan Genetics | 7 | 22 | MR | R | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | X | |||||
| Dura 765 | Farm Valley Brand | 7 | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | ||||||||||
| Rio | Great Plains Research | 7 | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | MR | MR | ||||||||
| Sutter | PGI Alfalfa | 7 | R | LR | HR | HR | HR | R | MR | R | HR | ||||||||
| SW 7410 | S&W Seeds | 7 | R | HR | MR | R | HR | R | R | MR | R | LR | |||||||
| WL 442 | W-L Research | 7 | 25 | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | ||||||
| 13R Supreme | America's Alfalfa | 8 | 18 | MR | MR | R | MR | HR | R | R | MR | MR | R | ||||||
| 58N57 | Pioneer | 8 | LR | LR | R | HR | HR | R | HR | HR | MR | HR | HR | ||||||
| AmeriStand 801S | America's Alfalfa | 8 | 27 | R | MR | HR | R | HR | HR | MR | HR | MR | R | HR | |||||
| AmeriStand 802 | America's Alfalfa | 8 | 28 | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | HR | |||||
| CutMor | Union Seed | 8 | 21 | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | |||||||
| Falcon | Lohse Mill | 8 | 8 | LR | HR | MR | MR | MR | MR | MR | M | ||||||||
| Magna 801 | Dairyland Seed | 8 | R | MR | HR | MR | HR | HR | R | R | R | HR | HR | ||||||
| Maricopa | PGI Alfalfa | 8 | MR | MR | HR | LR | R | HR | HR | R | R | HR | |||||||
| Mesa | PGI Alfalfa | 8 | MR | HR | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||||
| Pershing | PGI Alfalfa | 8 | MR | HR | LR | HR | HR | R | R | R | R | R | |||||||
| Rio Grande | Great Plains Research | 8 | MR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | ||||||||||
| SW 8718 | S&W Seeds | 8 | R | HR | MR | HR | R | R | MR | R | |||||||||
| WL 530HQ | W-L Research | 8 | 22 | MR | MR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | X | ||||||
| 59N49 | Pioneer | 9 | LR | MR | R | R | HR | HR | HR | R | LR | HR | HR | ||||||
| Beacon | Union Seed | 9 | 15 | LR | HR | HR | R | HR | HR | MR | |||||||||
| CG9 | Croplan Genetics | 9 | 20 | LR | R | HR | MR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | |||||||
| CW 907 Variety | Producer's Choice | 9 | MR | HR | R | R | HR | HR | HR | HR | |||||||||
| Magna 901 | Dairyland Seed | 9 | MR | HR | MR | HR | HR | HR | R | R | R | HR | |||||||
| Mecca | PGI Alfalfa | 9 | LR | HR | LR | MR | HR | HR | MR | LR | HR | ||||||||
| Mecca III | PGI Alfalfa | 9 | MR | HR | R | HR | HR | R | R | MR | R | ||||||||
| Salado | America's Alfalfa | 9 | 10 | S | HR | LR | LR | R | MR | HR | MR | HR | |||||||
| SW 9500 | S&W Seeds | 9 | LR | HR | R | HR | HR | R | HR | ||||||||||
| WL 625HQ | W-L Research | 9 | 16 | MR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | R | HR | ||||||||
| UN900 | Union Seed | 10 | 14 | LR | HR | R | HR | HR | HR | MR | HR | ||||||||
| 1Hybrid HR = High Resistance R = Resistance MR = Moderate Resistance LR = Low Resistance S = Susceptible | |||||||||||||||||||
| ABI Alfalfa | www.abialfalfa.com |
| AgVenture | www.agventure.com |
| Allied Seed | www.agribiotech.com |
| America's Alfalfa | www.americasalfalfa.com |
| Ampac | www.ampacseed.com |
| Andrews Seed | 541-889-9109 |
| Arrow Seed | 800-622-4727 |
| Asgrow/Dekalb | www.monsanto.com |
| Barenbrug USA | 800-547-4101 |
| Beck's | www.beckshybrids.com |
| Bio Gene | www.biogeneseeds.com |
| Bio-Plant Research | 800-593-7708 |
| Brett-Young Seeds | 800-665-5015 |
| Chemgro Seeds | 717-569-3296 |
| Croplan Genetics | www.croplangenetics.com |
| Crow's Hybrids | 800-331-7201 |
| D&D Seeds | 541-882-7799 |
| Dahlco Seeds | www.dahlcoseeds.com |
| Dairyland | 800-236-0163 |
| Deer Creek | 877-247-3736 |
| Delong Co. | www.delongcompany.com |
| Doebler's | www.doeblers.com |
| Elk Mound | 715-879-5556 |
| Eureka Seed | 888-258-SEED |
| Farm Science Genetics | 888-252-7573 |
| Farm Valley Brand | 800-323-0725 |
| Fielder's Choice Direct | 800-321-3177 |
| Fontanelle Hybrids | www.fontanelle.com |
| FS Growmark | www.growmark.com |
| Garst/AgriPro | www.garstseed.com |
| Geertson Seed | www.geertsonseed.com |
| Golden Harvest | www.goldenharvestseeds.com |
| Gooding Seed | 800-743-9580 |
| Grassland Central | 877-560-5181 |
| Great Plains Research | 800-874-7945 |
| Interstate Seed | www.interstateseed.com |
| JC Robinson | www.jcrob.com |
| J.R. Simplot | www.simplot.com |
| Johnston Seed | www.johnstonseedcompany.com |
| Jung Seed | 800-242-1855 |
| Kaltenberg Seed | 800-383-3276 |
| Kussmaul Seed | 866-kussmaul |
| L&H Seeds | info@lhseeds.com |
| LG Seeds | lgseeds.com |
| LaCrosse Forage | 800-329-1909 |
| LandMark Seed | www.landmarkseed.com |
| Legend Seeds | www.legendseeds.net |
| Lemke Seed | 262-242-2647 |
| Lohse Mill | 916-934-2157 |
| Merschman Seeds | 800-848-7333 |
| Midwest Seed Genetics | 800-369-8218 |
| Mycogen Seed | 800-356-7333 |
| NC+ | nc-plus.com |
| North-Gro Seeds | www.northgro.com |
| Oasis Seed Cooperative | 800-582-3763 |
| Olds Seed Solutions | 800-356-7333 |
| PGI Alfalfa | 866-744-5710 |
| Pioneer Hi-Bred | www.pioneer.com |
| Preferred Seed | www.preferredseed.com |
| Producers Hybrids | www.producershybrids.com |
| Ramy International | 800-658-7269 |
| Renk Seed | 800-289-7365 |
| Research Seeds | www.researchseeds.com |
| S&W Seeds | www.swseedco.com |
| Sharp Bros. Seed | www.sharpseed.com |
| Shepherd Seeds | www.seedfarm.com |
| Spangler Seedtech | www.spanglerseed.com |
| Specialty Seeds | www.specialtyseedsalbany.com |
| Steyer Seeds | 800-231-4272 |
| Syngenta Seed | www.syngenta.com |
| Target Seed | 208-337-6201 |
| Thorp Seed | 217-935-2171 |
| Trelay | 800-421-0397 |
| Tri-West | 208-352-1188 |
| UAP | www.uapmidwest.com |
| Union Seed Co. | 800-635-5701 |
| United Suppliers | www.uniteds.com |
| Wensman | 800-456-4894 |
| W-L Research | info@wlresearch.com |
| Ziller | 800-752-1797 |