“Western Farm Service offers a complete line of winter forages.  From standard blends to straight components, Western Farm Service can supply your every need.  Seed can be provided to meet your needs, whether it’s bagged, bulk or in totes.  Custom blends are no problem.  Talk to us about your winter forage needs!”

40% Montezuma Oats
20% Swan Oats
20% PR 1404 wheat
20% Belford Barley

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Winter Forage Component Variety Descriptions

DIRKWIN Beardless, white chaff, semi-dwarf, moderate test weight, medium maturity, good straw strength, widely adapted, yields well under dryland/irrigation. Resistant to stripe and leaf rust, powdery mildew. Good milling/baking qualities. Released 1976, ID. Wheat 

TWIN Awnless, white chaff, semi-dwarf, medium maturity, good straw strength. Extensively used for hay forage. Resistant to stripe and stem rust. Susceptible to leaf rust, powdery mildew. Released 1971, ID Wheat 

BELFORD Six-row hooded, mid-tall, relatively weak straw, mid-season maturity. Recommended only for hay in Eastern WA high rainfall areas and in Central WA irrigated areas. Released 1943, WA. Barley 

HORSFORD Six-row hooded, mid-tall, weak straw, mid-season. Very susceptible to loose/covered smut, ergot. Produces less grain, usually has lower test weight than other barleys. Medium amount of forage under dryland/irrigation. Ability to take quite a bit of stress. Developed 1879-80, Vermont.  Barley 

WALKEN Small, yellow-red kernels, few awns, excellent straw strength, matures late, yields superior to most winter oats. Good winter survival and lodging resistance. Has potential for high forage and grain yield. Released 1970, KY.  Spring oat. 

CAYUSE Awned, light yellow kernels, medium-short, stiff straw, matures medium-early, average test weight. Fair yields under irrigated/dryland conditions. Resistant to lodging. Fair tolerance to barley yellow dwarf virus. Most popular cultivar in the PNW. Released 1966, WA. Oats 

KANOTA Awned, red oat, early-season, medium height, good straw strength/test weight, shatters easily. Taller than most grain cultivars, finer stems, grown for hay. Some resistance to yellow dwarf. Released in the 1920's, KS.  

MONIDA Similar to Otana, moderate straw strength, mid-season, good yield in MT trials. Superior to Cayuse, less than Otana in test weight, lodging resistance good. Susceptible to crown rust, prevalent races of stem rust. A preferred milling type. Released 1985, ID. Oat 

MONTEZUMA Red hay oat, medium height, strong straw, high test weight. Early season, slightly earlier than Kanota, very good lodging/shattering resistance. Resistant to yellow dwarf, most leaf diseases. Released 1967, CA 

OTANA Medium-tall, mid-season, high test weight relative to most other varieties, moderately stiff straw, moderate resistance to lodging. Has produced forage yields equal/superior to commonly grown oat varieties. Resistant to Victoria blight, susceptible to shattering, stem rust, yellow dwarf. Released 1976, MT. Oat 

SWAN Lightly awned, tall, red forage oat, height similar to Cayuse, early maturity. Dual purpose (grain/hay). Good yellow dwarf resistance. Developed in Western Australia, introduced into CA in 1970. 

PR 1404 – Awnless, red wheat.  Medium tall, mid-maturing.  Outstanding forage production, strip rust resistant to current know races.  Ideal for hay or forage production.