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SUMMER BREEZE A LUSH SUMMER TREAT FOR LIVESTOCK At A Glance Drought tolerant Nutritionally rich summer relief from toxic fescue—higher protein than sorghum-sudan alone Good summer production Harvest or grazing flexibility Nutritional balance between grass and legume Less dry matter than sorghums, but higher quality and protein Easy doublecropping with cool season annual grasses and legumes. Product Formula 60% Iron Clay Cowpeas 20% AS 6401 Sorghum-sudan 20% AS 6501 Sorghum-sudan Best Uses Grazing, Haylage, Baleage Establishment Plant after soils are 65 degrees and rising Seeding rate: 50 lbs/A, large box Depth: 1” Summer Breeze is sure to make your livestock feel fine! This mix of BMR sorghum sudans and the Iron and Clay Cowpea offers forage that is higher quality than warm-season perennials and can offer livestock a break from the hot, endophyte-infected KY-31 fescue. AS6401 is an extremely disease resistant sorghum sudan, while AS6501 is a photoperiod sensitive sorghum sudan. This photoperiod sensitivity keeps the plant from producing a seed head until later in the summer when the days start to get shorter. The combination of these two varieties provides a dense sward of high-quality grazing all summer long. Iron and Clay Cowpeas pair very well with sorghum sudan. As the grasses get tall, the cowpea will vine up the plant towards sunlight. Cowpeas help boost the crude protein and digestibility, which makes this mixture ideal for fattening livestock and growing young stock. Summer Annual
