It is time to choose winter annual forages for your livestock operation. In this blog post, you will find the recommended winter annual forages for Georgia. Planting guidelines can be found by clicking on the forage name.
Winter annual forage yields are available in the 2022-2023 Winter Grain and Forage Performance Tests publication.
Early Varieties: Centurion, Diamond T (C, P), Double Diamond (C), Earlyploid, Flying A, Grits, ME-4, ME-94 (P, M), Nelson (C), Prine (C), RM4L, TAMTBO (C, P), Triangle T (C, P), Winterhawk, and WMWL-2 (P, M).
Late Varieties: Diamond T (P, L), Double Diamond (P), Earlyploid (C), Flying A, Grits, ME-4, ME-94 (P, M), Prine (C, P), Ranahan (C, P), RM4L (P), TAMTBO, Triangle T (P), Winterhawk (P, M), WMWL (P, M), and WMWL-2 (M).
Season-Long: Centurion, Diamond T (P, M), Double Diamond (C), Earlyploid (C, P), Flying A, Grits, ME-4, ME-94 (P, M), Nelson (C), Prine (C, P), Ranahan (P), RM4L (P), TAMTBO (C), Triangle T (C, P), Winterhawk (C), and WMWL (M), and WMWL-2 (M).
† Annual ryegrass variety recommendations are broken down into early and late-producing traits. Recommended varieties have consistently demonstrated above-average yields in UGA variety trials. Other varieties may provide satisfactory yields but were either not consistently above average or were not submitted to the Statewide Variety Trial program.
Notations: * A variety that should not be planted within 100 miles of the Gulf of Mexico or 50 miles from the Atlantic Coast because of the risk of severe yield declines due to leaf rusts or other fungal infections.
M = Mountains; P = Piedmont; C = Coastal Plain; No note indicates the variety is recommended statewide.
Recommended Varieties†
Horizon 306, Horizon 720^; Horizon 306.
NF402, *Legend 567, and *LA99016 have performed well in the past, but have not been recently evaluated. No varieties have been recently tested in Limestone Valley.
† Recommended varieties have consistently demonstrated above-average yields in UGA variety trials. Other varieties may provide satisfactory yields but were either not consistently above average or were not submitted to the Statewide Variety Trial program.
^ Performed better in early season yield evaluations compared to later in the season for the three recommended varieties.
M = Mountains; P = Piedmont; C = Coastal Plain; No note indicates the variety is recommended statewide.
Recommended Varieties†
Kelly Grazer III, Swift, and Wrens Abruzzi
Bates RS4, Elbon, and FL 401 have performed well in the past, but have not been recently evaluated. No varieties have been recently tested in Limestone Valley.
† Recommended varieties have consistently demonstrated above-average yields in UGA variety trials. Other varieties may provide satisfactory yields but were either not consistently above average or were not submitted to the Statewide Variety Trial program.
M = Mountains; P = Piedmont; C = Coastal Plain; No note indicates the variety is recommended statewide.
AGS 2024, AGS 4043 (C), Johnson (P), and SSI30-06 (P)
Dyna-Gro Plantation, AGS 3026, *GrazeAll, *Pioneer 26R10, and *Pioneer 26R41 have performed well in the past but have not been recently evaluated. No varieties have been recently tested in Limestone Valley.
†Recommended varieties have consistently demonstrated above-average yields in UGA variety trials. Other varieties may provide satisfactory yields but were either not consistently above average or were not submitted to the Statewide Variety Trial program.
M = Mountains; P = Piedmont; C = Coastal Plain; No note indicates the variety is recommended statewide.
TriCal 21T01(C)*, TriCal Hybrid Flex, and TriCal Surge.
Trical Merlin Max has performed well in the past but has not been recently evaluated. Trical 342 was previously recommended but performed below average in 2022-23 evaluations.
† Recommended varieties have consistently demonstrated above-average yields in UGA variety trials. Other varieties may provide satisfactory yields but were either not consistently above average or were not submitted to the Statewide Variety Trial program.
*May not be available in 2023.
M = Mountains; P = Piedmont; C = Coastal Plain; No note indicates the variety is recommended statewide.