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CRP - SAFE Seed Mix CP-2 Now Available - Buy Seeds Here!

Southern Michigan Pheasant and Monarch Recovery Initiative
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) custom mix designed to be used with the Southern Michigan Pheasant and Monarch Recovery Initiative.

Seeds for the CRP-SAFE Program - Now Available

Southern Michigan Pheasant and Monarch Recovery Initiative Seeds

Click through the pictures below to read about custom seed mixes! For pricing and availability, call Julie Spencer, Gratiot Conservation District by cell phone at 989-560-1144. Or office is not currently open to the public due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Green Fire Deer Mix: Food plot seed that includes wheat, rape, and turnip.

Winter Hairy Vetch: Cover crop seed that is a vigorous legume used for fixing N & enhancing organic matter. Provides great weed suppression & erosion prevention. Tolerant of most soil conditions. Will overwinter.

Tillage Radish: Cover crop seed of Daikon type radish, bred for single long taproot. Reduces compaction and improves air & water movement. Reaches maturity in 4-6 weeks. Shades out winter annuals, suppresses spring annual weeds. Winterkills with temps in the teens.

Fall Cereal Rye: Cover crop seed of pure fall rye grain, screened for purity & cleanliness (weed-free). Excellent germination and early vigor allows for later fall seedings. Winter hardy with quick spring green-up.

Crimson clover: cover crop seed that germinates quickly and winterkills under cold temps. Strong Nitrogen fixing and high biomass potential. Shade tolerant- survives interseeding into standing crops. Effective as weed-suppressing green manure crop.

101 Cover Starter: Cover crop seed that includes Fall rye + daikon type radish. Recommended as a low-risk entry into cover crops. Radish and rye mix allow for greater flexibility of planting window. Fights erosion and breaks up compaction. Best used before soybeans or corn.

125 N-Hancer: Cover crop seed that includes Spring oats + daikon type radish + Fixation Balansa Clover + peas + crimson clover. Can produce up to 125 units of N. Mostly legumes + oats for application consistency and establishment. Best used before corn or other grass crops. Plant earlier in planting window to maximize N fixation.

Wildflower Mix: Habitat seed that includes Lance-leaved Coreopsis, Purple Prairie Clover, Showy or Stiff Goldenrod, Black-eyed Susan, and Purple Coneflower.

Cool Season Grass Mix: Habitat seed that includes Orchardgrass, Timothy, Redtop, Alfalfa, Aslike Clover, Medium Red Clover, and Ladino Clover.

Warm Season Tall Grass Mix: Habitat seed that includes Little Bluestem, Big Bluestem, and Indian Grass.

Warm Season Short Grass Mix: Habitat seed that includes Little Bluestem, Canada Wild Rye, Sideoats Grama, and June Grass.

Switch Grass: Cave-In-Rock (Great Lakes Ecotype) habitat seed.

Oat Mix: Food plot seed that includes oats, snow peas, and turnip.