Mark Curry (989) 984-7027 Route services and sales Sue Palen (989) 277-0480 Semen order desk/ Products manager Greg Palen (989) 277-6031 Certified Seed specialist/ AI Refresher training
Michigan Livestock Service, Inc "For the Best in Bulls" and Digestible Forage Seed 110 N Main St (PO Box 661) Ovid, MI 48866 phone (989) 834-2661 website: www.michiganlivestock.com email: greg@michiganlivestock.com
New developments in seed choices
While all the major seed brands (mostly owned by chemical companies) have moved away from alfalfa as a product line, Byron Seeds has gone direct to the major independent seed growers and picked up their newest varieties in their support of cattle feeding and maintaining soil fertility.
Alfalfa is a crop that develops some serious plant root, either the traditional tap root varieties, or the newer branch root and creeping root/sunken crown types (able to handle wetter soils and reduce heaving during spring thaws). It fixes nitrogen in the root zone, which is one of the reasons your best corn crop comes when you "retire" an alfalfa stand.
In the Kingfisher premium seed line, the Byron emphasis is on the Synergy X concept. Two to four varieties of alfalfa get blended together in the same bag. What appears to happen in the field is a more vigorous and even stand that will usually come from a single variety. Multi species competition stimulates better root development earlier in the life of the stand.
More and more, the cattle feeding industry is recognizing that a mixture--- varieties handling soil type variation, species handling pH variation, alfalfa and clover both providing nitrogen fixation to feed the protein production of grasses interseeded with the legumes -- all makes higher yields over a longer stand life possible even when under aggressive cutting schedules.
Lots of beef producers are moving away from corn silage and toward hay balage mixes for growing animals and winter feeding. This can reduce your machinery overhead dramatically, reduce the labor needed at harvest time, and spread the harvest window across the growing season (rather than all in the fall).
Synergy X Ignite Synergy X Blaze HD — Check them out in the new "Spring Forage Synergy X Fortress and Summer Annuals" guide (available here) Synergy X Hydro-power
Sire Selection is in full swing
If you need a new copy of the CATTLE VISIONS sire directory for 2026 just ask us.
Heat Detection aids are in stock CIDR heat synchronizing inserts are in stock The latest semen tank models are in stock, should you decide you need to trade up to a longer-holding (or just safer, five year new warranty) model Completely assembled breeding kits are prepared for your use Cito straw thawing units that connect to 12V DC or 110V circuits, maintain straw thaw temperature for entire group AI periods
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Michigan Livestock Service, Inc "For the Best in Bulls" and Digestible Forage Seed phone (989) 834-2661 email greg@michiganlivestock.com website: www.michiganlivestock.com
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