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Use Clover for hay, chop, cover crop or forage. Like all our other small grains and seeds in general, we can't guarantee a steady supply of clover seed all year long so, if you're thinking of getting some, do it now. We may not have any left if you come back later. All Clover seed on this page is preinoculated.
1 Acre=43,560sq ft, 4840sq yards or 160sq rods

 red clover
Seed Type

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Organic Medium Red Clover (Certified Organic OCIA or MOSA)

An early flowering type which produces two to three hay crops per year, and has biennial or short lived perennial habit. There are two general types of red clover grown in Ontario: double-cut or "medium" red clover and single-cut or "mammoth" red clover. Double -cut will flower in the seeding year, with vigorous regrowth after cutting. Single-cut is slower growing and matures about 2 weeks later than double-cut. Single cut does not flower in the seeding year or after the first cut in succeeding years. Certified Organic Medium Red Clover is an organic clover used mostly as a biennial. It makes nutritious and highly palatable hay, pasture, or silage. It can be grown alone or in a mixture with alfalfa, brome, timothy, or orchardgrass. Medium Red is more shade tolerant than alfalfa and persists under wetter and more acidic conditions. Mixed with alfalfa, it provides some insurance against loss due to winterkill.
Red clovers are often used in grass mixtures predominantly for cutting. Red clovers are one of the fastest establishing legumes and can even be grown on more acidic soils. The main draw back is limited persistence and winter-hardiness. However, through breeding, improvements have been made on these characteristics.

Plant at 6 - 10 lbs./acre

$9.00
*$190.00
*$370.00
Organic Alta-Swede Mammoth Red Clover

Alta-Swede Mammoth Red Clover is a high producing "single cut" clover. Single-cut red clovers are often referred to as mammoth or late-flowering red clovers. Single Cut Mammoth clovers produce one good crop of hay and enough regrowth for excellent fall pasture. Only one crop of Mammoth Red Clover is harvested each season since recovery is slow. They can be used as a green manure for fall or spring planting and first year crops for new pasture and bank stabilization. Certified Organic Alta-Swede Mammoth Red Clover will be taller and coarser than Medium Red Clover and is about 2 weeks later in maturity. Like all clovers it fixes nitrogen into the soil.
*$148.00
*$285.00
Certified Organic Cinnamon Red Clover

Certified Organic Cinnamon Red Clover is an improved red clover with higher disease resistance and yields. Certified Organic Cinnamon Red Clover makes an excellent companion to alfalfa for hay or with grasses for pastures.

  • Cinnamon Red Clover is an improved red clover bred for maximum yield
  • It has excellent disease resistance
  • Very good winter survival
  • Finer stemmed with faster drydown
  • Seed 12 lbs/acre alone or 3 lbs/acre in a mix
 cinnamon red clover
$9.00
25lbs
 $129.00
50lbs
 $199.99
Red Clover can be seeded in pure stands or with timothy for hay or silage. It is more easily established in pasture renovation than either alfalfa or trefoil. Red clover cover crop has several benefits, including: contributing up to 120 pounds of soil nitrogen for the following crop rotation, reducing soil erosion and surface water pollution, increasing soil organic matter, improving soil tilth and increasing water holding capacities, reducing grass and broadleaf weed pressure, and serving as a forage and/or pasture species. Clovers are best cut for hay when in full bloom...here and there a head already turned brown. Cut any earlier and it is difficult to cure and loses feed value. Cut any later and it loses it palatability. If used as a pure cover crop it can be mowed late and tilled under for organic matter and the nitrogen fixing can take place for the full growing season.

Drill or broadcast 1/4" to 1/2" deep 12 to 15 lbs. per acre. In a mixture, seed 2 to 4 lbs. per acre.

Seed late winter to early August
Certified Organic Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover
  • Sweet clover may be used for hay or pasture or as a plow-down crop. By far, its greatest use and adaptation is as a pasture- and soil-improving crop.
  • The amount of grazing it will furnish in its seeding year depends upon its companion crop. If seeded with a small grain that is harvested for grain, little forage production can be expected. If the grain is pastured or otherwise seeded with less competition, some first year pasturage can be expected. In general, it can be pastured once it reaches a height of 12 to 14 inches if close grazing is avoided. It should not be grazed during September and early October when it is producing winter root reserves.
  • Sweet clover is not as palatable as most other legumes because of its high coumarin content. Livestock soon get used to its taste and consume it readily. The coumarin content presents no animal health problems when used as pasture.
  • There is less danger from bloat with sweet clover than with alfalfa, red clover or alsike, but some possibility does exist.
  • No other legume will provide as much grazing as sweet clover during the spring and summer of its second year. Animal performance is equal to that of alfalfa, and for a short period its carrying capacity is greater. The biggest problem during this period is to regulate animals so the clover is not grazed closely enough to harm new shoots yet is grazed closely enough to prevent it from flowering.
  • As a soil-improving crop, sweet clover probably has no equal. It has a deep taproot system that penetrates the subsoil, produces a large amount of growth that can be quickly broken down and converted to organic matter and fixes high levels of nitrogen on heavy clay soils.
  • Sweet clover is unexcelled as a legume used to improve nitrogen levels, especially at the end of the first growing season. In Iowa tests it produced 146 pounds of N as compared to 55 from alfalfa, 50 from red clover and 36 from ladino in the fall of the seeding year. Spring-seeded sweet clover may be plowed down during the fall or winter of the seeding year without much decrease in the potential nitrogen level produced during its full lifetime.
  • Sweet clover is a fine source of nectar and pollen for honey bees. Usually both yellow and white are used by beekeepers because yellow may bloom as much as two weeks before white, and a combination of the two extends the flowering season.
  • Planting rates vary. 7-15 lbs per acre depending on whether you use it in a mix with other crops or your soil is good or poor.

$9.00
$270.00
White Clovers
  • White clover can be cut or grazed. It lasts longer than red clover although it is lower yielding. Its lower growth habit makes it suited to grazing and this is its main use The aim is to produce a sward which contains 30-50% white clover and the right balance of clover to grass throughout the year. White clover leys are equally suitable for cows or sheep.
  • Where possible allow an interval of about 35 days between defoliation. This gap allows this legume to perform. Most of its nitrogen is fixed during the later stages of growth and therefore early defoliation restricts nitrogen fixation. Also we have encountered less bloat on mature swards. Dry matter yields of white clover leys are in the range of 10-13 t/ha. Without using any applied nitrogen, high clover leys can achieve the same production as conventional systems.
  • Sowing & Establishment
  • Sow between March and September. White clover seeds are small and will benefit from shallow sowing. A very firm seed bed is required and the clover must be sown on the surface. (You should be able to ride a bicycle across the field before sowing!) Rolling at least once after sowing is strongly recommended. If undersowing do not choose a thick crop. This will result in failure.
  • A thinly sown spring cereal is ideal. The seeds are best sown by broadcasting using a spinner. If sowing in the autumn, aim to sow by mid September.
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Organic Alsike Clover

Very important crop for honey production.

A perennial clover, tolerant of acid and base-reacting soils. Performs well in wet meadows where other legumes won't. It is finer than medium red, more fragrant, lower yielding with a very fine seed. Plant in early spring or late fall in cooler climates. *Used primarily in mixtures at a minimum of 1 - 3 lbs. per acre. Use double that or more if planting alone or on spotty pasture land. Alsike clover tillers profusely from the crown, with stems at least as long or longer than those of red clover but more slender and prostrate. Stems and leaves are smooth, hands are somewhat smaller than red clover and the flowers are pink or white or both colors at the same time. Soil quality determines the actual hue of the flower. Inclusion of Timothy with alsike is highly desirable since the clover is likely to lodge badly and make curing difficult. The timothy helps it stand upright and grow taller and healthier. Alsike usually produces only one crop of hay. Establishment is often possible on poorly drained and overflow land.

$9.50
$179.00
$340.00

FYI: Some bags of grain are measured by the bushel. A bushel bag can be, depending on the grain, 32 - 56 pounds. Weird huh? A bushel of oats is 32 lbs but is most often sold as a 48lbs bag and equals 1.5 bushels.
A bushel of buckwheat and barley is 48lbs, weirder still. A bushel of winter rye is 56lbs. Clover pretty much always comes in a standard 50lbs bag from the seed mill.

**When ordering more than 4 bushels/4 bags of anything from us call for price and shipping quote. you can order it online and we will hold the order until we talk to you on the phone.
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White Clover/Dutch (Trifolium repens L) (conventional/nonGMO)

Perennial legume, best adapted to moist, fine textured soils and cool climates. Spreads by means of stolons. Shallow roots fix nitrogen in the soil, lessening the need for high nitrogen fertilizers. Can produce white pinkish flowers at a mowing height of only one inch. White clover is a perennial legume, which spreads by branching stolons. Like all other legumes it produces its own nitrogen. Recently, farm trials have shown these newer varieties release higher levels of nitrogen to the companion grass than older varieties. White clover is mainly used in grazing pastures for its high protein and energy value. Recent studies show an increased dry-matter intake of 2 pounds per cow per day when white clove is added to the grass. A good mixture of grass and white clover can yield as much as pure grass that receives 175 pounds of nitrogen per acre.

  • Works well in lawns.
  • Frost seed in early morning when frost is solid.
  • Establishment will be poor seeded any later when soil is slippery.
  • Seed 2 to 3 lbs. per acre in a mixture.
  • Seed early spring to August 10 depending on your climate.
$9.00/lbs
25lbs

$135.00
50lbs

$210.00
*What is Certified Seed?

Certified seed is seed of a known variety produced under strict seed certification standards to maintain varietal purity. Seed lots must also meet specified standards for other crops, inert matter, weed seeds, and germination. Certified seed is also free of prohibited noxious weed seeds. All certified seed must pass field inspection, be conditioned by an approved seed conditioning plant, and then be sampled and pass laboratory testing before it can be sold as certified seed.

Classes of Certified Seed

There are four classes (generations) of certified seed. In order of genetic purity they are breeder, foundation, registered and certified seed.

    • Breeder seed is directly controlled by the originating plant breeder, sponsoring institution or firm which supplies the initial source and recurring increases of foundation seed. There are no certification standards for breeder seed.
    • Foundation seed is produced from breeder's seed or foundation seed produced under the control of the originator or sponsoring institution or licensee. Foundation seed is controlled by the originating plant owner or licensee.
    • Registered seed is produced from foundation or other approved seed stocks. This class of seed shall be of a quality suitable for the production of certified seed. This seed is usually, but not always, one generation from foundation seed.
    • Certified seed is produced from foundation, registered, certified, or other approved seed stocks. This seed is two generations from foundation seed. Certified seed can not be used to produce certified seed again without the approval of the state certification agency, which can approve production only under extreme conditions.

Please include complete delivery address and phone number in your e-mail if you're writing for a shipping quote on large orders of forage and grain seed. If you don't see the variety you want, call. We have a long list of organic seed available that are too numerous to list. The varieties shown on the web site are those I believe will fit most any requirement but, I know there are nitch environments and *special needs out there.

1 Acre = 43,560sq ft, 4840sq yds or 160sq rods

When ordering seed, plan as far ahead as possible and know as much about the seed you wish to buy before you order it. Each farm has different soil, climates and equipment constraints, and you know best what you need. If you don't, call us and we'll help you make a selection to to the best of our ability. Thanks, John

  • A soil test is recommended before planting. Click here for resources for that.
  • GMO crops are contaminating some farmer's lands and the corporations are tying them up in court preventing them from producing new seed. Download By Clicking Here. Save as much of the organic seed you have as you possibly can and replant it every year.
  • *In addition to our general liability statement relating to uses of the products on this web site we also want to emphasize, when it comes to seed and it's application, we do not make recommendations about what to feed livestock. that is not our area of expertise. We do our best to provide accurate descriptions of the seeds we have available and those are provided to us by the seed houses that bag the product and when we fell it's necessary we post information provided by university extension services about planting rates, climates, growth habits etc but who eats what and how much is not something we get into. It is our expectation that the buyer understands those issues before they purchase the seed and plant it. Fortunately most sate universities have an extension service that will provide people with free or very low cost consultations about animal husbandry and agronomics for every region of the country. They are a great resource and we highly recommend people take advantage of it.
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