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Other Legumes

A Complete Portfolio of Legumes

BrettYoung offers a number of bloat free legume and clover varieties for hay and pasture uses. Click on the species/variety list below or use the right-side menu for more details.

Group Intended Use Species Rooting Habit Plant Type Winter Hardiness
Bloat Free Legume Pasture Birdsfoot Trefoil Tap Root with branches Low growing Moderate to Good
Cicer Milkvetch Creeping root Upright Very High
Sainfoin Tap root Upright Good
Clover Hay & Pasture Aurora
​Alsike Clover		 Branched Low growing Good
Wildcat Double Cut Red Clover Tap root with branches Upright Moderate
Red Clover Single Cut Tap root with branches Upright Moderate
Sweet Clover (Yellow & White Blossom) Tap root Upright Good
Norgold Yellow Blossom
Sweet Clover		 Tap root Upright Good
Pasture White Clover Rhizomatous Low growing Good

 

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Welcome to BY PLUS notes

Posted: Sep 11, 2020

Thank-you for being a customer of BrettYoung, and now, part of BY PLUS. BrettYoung is an independent seed company who has been deeply involved in and driven by the needs of Canadian agriculture for over 80 years. To find out more about the pillars that drive us forward and what to expect in future editions of BY PLUS notes, read more...

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Distinct by Design: Breeding Clubroot-Resistant Canola

Posted: Sep 10, 2020

There are three things you need to know about DL Seeds. First, like family-owned BrettYoung, DL Seeds is also in part family-owned (50% to be exact). Second, while these canola plant breeding specialists are headquartered in Morden, Manitoba, they boast two parent companies in Europe and share germplasm, breeding research and knowledge between several continents. Third, and maybe most important, DL Seeds has developed a canola variety with likely the broadest clubroot resistance available to North American farmers today.

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