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With roots in Brookings, South Dakota, Millborn Seeds helps bring to life healthy vegetation across the midwestern landscape. |
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Providing Successful Solutions Your success is how Millborn Seeds measures our company's success. Now, when it comes to providing you successful solutions there are a few key factors that never change - whether that's increased wildlife populations, lush golf courses and lawns, or increasing your land's grazing potential. Our team of specialists is second to none. We are continually expanding our knowledge base and building our network team, to provide our customers with the knowledge and information necessary to achieve successful results. Hands-on service is what we're known for. It's nothing for me, Matt, Jason or Kelly to jump in our pickups, and meet you to help trouble-shoot or plant. Quick turnaround is a must. Same-day or next-day turnaround is the rule - not the exception at Millborn Seeds. Our quality product is the best. We never know what Mother Nature has in store for you, so we count on our superior products to help overcome any issues she throws your way. Customers Weigh In As Vice President of Estimating for Buskerud Construction Inc, a Dell Rapids, S.D., concrete paving and road side development company, AliceAnn Krantz depends on Millborn Seeds for our timely service and assistance with project specifications. Our team here at Millborn is more than willing to talk directly with a project specifier to ensure that the correct products and methods are utilized. "In this business we always have a plan, and it is apt to change. If Mother Nature doesn't cooperate and we have to seed in a different location, Millborn Seeds will mix up a different custom blend for us and deliver it to us in an hour or so," AliceAnn says. "Their service is second to none." Our Team Enjoys Educating Our Customers Again your success is our No. 1 goal - education and achieving successful results go hand-in-hand. Erik Helland, President and Co-Owner of Landscape Garden Centers, Sioux Falls, S.D., often asks us to put on workshops for his employees and customers. Millborn has helped in training our staff and providing short educational seminars that are open to the public," Erik says. "We sell their seed in our store - their product is very, very good. When we carry Millborn Seeds we know what we are getting - quality." If there is any way we can help make your next project a success, please contact me, clintj@millbornseeds.com, or one of our specilists 605-697-6306. Soil Building Update
"It absolutely increased my grazing season," says Dale. "I have my heifer calves in there grazing right now. Matt was great to work with - energetic and full of ideas which made it a fun project." I connected Dale with Rocco Murano, a private lands habitat biologist with the S.D. Game Fish and Parks for cost-share options. He says this relationship worked out well. "I want to convert some of my farm ground back to native grassland. They will pay for some of my grass seeding and have given me ideas for the future," Dale says. A cost-effective, easy option "The S.D. Game Fish and Parks will cover 100% of the cost of grass seed if you are converting cropland into land for wildlife development or prairie restoration," says Rocco Murano. "We do a lot of work with ranchers to increase their pastureland. If they have cropland that isn't producing, we'll seed it to grass that they can graze." Rocco has worked with Millborn Seeds on many projects. "Millborn Seeds' overnight delivery is a big deal for many landowners - resident or non-resident. I've seen Clint or Jason hop in a vehicle many times and deliver the seed themselves to a site to ensure that it gets here in time," he says. If you want to learn more about programs the S.D. Game Fish and Parks has available, contact Rocco at rocco.murano@state.sd.us or me at 605-697-6306 or mattf@millbornseeds.com . |
Successful Stand Your First Year
"There are lots of birds roosting there already," says Jim, who is developing a piece of land he purchased for habitat development northwest of Watertown, S.D. "In fact, the biologist with Game Fish and Parks e-mailed me a couple weeks ago and said it was the best first year seeding of native grass he's ever seen." Jim says he developed his love for the outdoors growing up on his family's farm. Today, he takes every opportunity to spend time outdoors training his two German Shorthair hunting dogs, Raggs and Mec. When Jim began looking at programs he could utilize to cost-share his habitat development project, he turned to the S.D. Game Fish and Parks. When a landowner converts cropland and seeds it for wildlife purposes, the Game Fish and Parks covers 100% of the seed costs. Jim's contact at the Game Fish and Parks suggested he contact Millborn for his seed needs - that's how I got to know Jim. I helped him select the best seed mixture to meet his end-goals, helped him locate the right equipment, and gave him recommendations. Jim's success is due to his commitment to following the recommendations to a T. There is a science to achieving a successful stand in the first season. If you want to achieve the same success Jim did, just follow these steps - in the order listed below. 1. Select the correct species and varieties: Based on your goals, Millborn can help you select the species that will give you the results you're looking for. Once we review your growing conditions and soil type, we'll suggest the specific varieties or mix of varieties that will work best on your land. 2. Use high quality, cleaned and conditioned seed: Millborn Seeds does much more than simply clean your seed - we follow a 19-step process that results in a pure, conditioned bag of seed. Conditioned seed allows for easy seed calibration and even distribution of seeds across the land. 3. Seedbed preparation: Many native seeds are no larger than a pin-head; their establishment depends on you providing them with the proper seedbed preparation. Ideally, you want a clean, smooth, firm seedbed. Soybean stubble works the best because there's less field residue and the bed is firm. A firm seedbed is one that, when you step on it, you don't sink more than an inch into the soil. Seeds should only be planted in a π-inch deep seedbed. If you see seed lying on the surface, that's OK. Herbicide pretreatment is crucial to seedbed preparation. One of the biggest detriments to an establishing stand is weed pressure. This is why we recommend a combination of glyphosate and Plateau® which we carry. Plateau is a pre-emergence herbicide that most all native grasses or wildflowers can tolerant and it will resist most broadleaf weeds and annual grasses like pigeon grass (foxtail) for 6-8 weeks. Contact me if you to design a Plateau tolerant mix. 4. Timing of seeding: Seeding depends on whether you are planting warm or cool season grasses and wildflowers. If you're planting cool season plants, it's best to plant early spring (before May 15), late summer (month of August) or dormant (usually after November 1). With warm season plants, it's best to plant late spring (May to Mid-June). 5. Seeding Technique: No-till drills or special grass drills are the best drills to use when planting native grasses and wildflowers. It's important to make sure you're using the correct seed box when planting - we most often only use the grain box. Unlike with the grass box, using the grain box allows infinite control of how much seed we are putting out, saving you time and money. Because our seed is conditioned, we commonly will mix the wildflowers and grass seed together. If you need help calibrating your planter, let us know. 6. Post seeding maintenance: Many times I say this is the most important aspect of a successful stand. After the seed is planted, don't neglect it. We'll let you know what you need to do. About five years down the road, we encourage you to burn, hay or graze. Prescribed burns are hands-down the best way to maintain a healthy stand long-term. Contact me if you have any questions, 605-697-6306 or jasont@millbornseeds.com .
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This spring we helped Dale Duxbury get more out of his pastureland by planting and grazing brassicas (a turnip and radish mixture). After visiting his ranching operation several times throughout the growing season, we wanted to check in with Dale one last time before winter to see how the brassicas worked for him on his 500-head cow/calf operation.
Five months after planting his land to develop wildlife habitat and increase pheasant populations, Jim Steiger is already seeing results - quickly dispelling the myth that it takes three or more years to establish native grasses.wildlife habitat and increase pheasant populations, Jim Steiger is already seeing results - quickly dispelling the myth that it takes three or more years to establish native grasses.
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