“This is my first time planting alfalfa. I choose the Rugged Alfalfa for grazing our cattle knowing that we had saline issues with the pasture and on average receive very little rainfall. We are happy with how it’s performing for grazing cattle in the first year with almost no rainfall.” 

Willie Kist
Rancher
Mandan, ND

“I like AFX 579 Hi-Ton alfalfa. It has had good regrowth and tests well for us. The fast regrowth has really helped it establish well.”

Neal Burken
Galesville, WI

“Our dairy cows love the Hi-Gest^® 660. We green chop everything and we like that it holds forage quality well after bloom, plus we like the fact that we can use lagoon water for irrigation without any effect because of its salt tolerance. It’s the best alfalfa we have ever produced and would recommend to all producers looking for a boost in their operation.”

Justin Pitsich
Del Rio Farms
Friona, TX

“Rugged has a great longevity in holding up to the grazing pressure from our cows in the winter along with deer and elk. I still get 5-7 tons per acre on an 8 year old stand. Rugged provides the feed quality I need for our cows and feedlot. It also holds up extremely well in the tough environmental conditions of central Montana.”

Bill Bergin
Melstone, MT

“The performance is all there with AFX 469 and nutritionally, we could tell when we hit it in the silo.”

Steve & Shelly Becker
Git-R-Done Farm
Auburndale, WI

“We keep our fields of Hi-Gest^® in separate barns. When we deliver to our dairy customers, we tell them it’s Hi-Gest so they can adjust their ration to the higher feed values. One of our customers wants it for the hot months to keep his cows feed intake up and hold his milk production. Hi-Gest 360 really works for our operation and
hay customers.”

Gerald Ziegler
Ziegler Farms
Alamosa, CO

“In working with my customers in Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota that are growing Hi-Gest^® 360, I’m seeing an increase in tonnage and feed value. Good results on the RFV to RFQ and the extra 7 to 10 days flexibility for harvesting does not drop the quality. Also, we’re getting results of high sugars on the refractometer of 10 to 14 brix. Very happy with the results of Hi-Gest 360!”

Roger Frieler
Sustainable Ag Nutrition Services
Yankton, SD

“We heard about Hi-Gest^® three years ago and wanted to see what it could do. Our first field did 2.8 tons on first crop this year with a 55+ TDN. We produce for export and the hay sold fast.”

Travis Gallagher
Gallagher Farms
Eureka, NV

“I like to let my Hi-Gest^® 360 grow longer for more tons without losing quality. I really like all the leaves. Last year, 2019, it was ten points higher in digestibility than my other conventional alfalfa.” 

Rob Treuthardt
Monroe, WI

“AFX 469 yield has been good, strong and steady. Feed value testing has been consistent. AFX 469 is always right there with the best.”

Donald Ihrke
Altura, MN

“This is our first field of Hi-Gest and it’s doing well. The first three crops are testing better than neighboring circles of competitive varieties. So far we like what we see.”

Mike Nielson
Columbia View Farm
Basin City, WA

“This is our third year with Hi-Gest and we’re seeing a steady increase in the haylage digestibility numbers from our bunkers.”

Tim Magdanz
Magdanz Dairy, LLC
Pine River, WI

“My Hi-Gest 360 tested 25-26% in protein with good digestion. I was able to cut my protein bill in half. I knew when I hit it in the silo. I had a five pound increase in milk per cow.”

Zach Stoflet
Rozellville, WI

“Quality is everything for us and Hi-Gest 360 in our mixture is working great for us and our hay customers. We’re adding more acres again this year.”

Dan Miller
J & L Hay Farms, LLC
Friedens, PA

“AFX 579 performs very well on our farm. It makes lots of tons and has very fast recovery after a cutting.”

Kevin Melvin
Morning Star Farms
Greensburg, KS

“We had a forage sample taken of our Hi-Gest^® 360 after our 4th cutting last year and this is what the results were: Protein-26%, ADF-27%, NDF-37%, RFQ-210. My nutritionist said this is one of the best forage samples he has ever seen. This stuff is like rocket fuel for my dairy cows.”

Ken Kocher
Buck’s Pride Dairy
Bloomville, Ohio
Customer of Burtch Seed Co. 

“Of all the alfalfa varieties we have on our farm, AFX 457 has been the best by far. The best in establishment on saline soils, best in yield, and best in quality. Winter hardiness has been extremely good. It is overall the best alfalfa on our farm ever!”

Denny Cawrse
Battle Mountain, NV

“We have been planting Hi-Gest since 2016 and after the summer of 2018 we’re 100% Hi-Gest. Our nutritionist has found Hi-Gest easy to work with and we like the higher quality and harvest flexibility when we need it. The cows have responded as well.”

Terry Spindler
Spindler Farms
Elkhart Lake, WI

“The RFV was the highest we’ve had. The stand was very good, even with a finer stem. Hi-Gest^® 360 alfalfa has excellent leafiness and yield.”

Eric Schuller
Ireton, Iowa

“I am really happy with AFX 463RR Roundup Ready^® alfalfa. It has fast recovery that covers the ground to hold moisture when dry weather persist. I get good yield and production, very healthy plants. It tests very well.”

Gary Johnson
Johnson Farms
Spring Green, WI

“We have a large alfalfa operation and love Hi-Gest alfalfa. The AFX 460 has great yield and quality for us and has been very consistent. I can’t believe how leafy it is from top to bottom.”

Josh Kowitz
Rupert, ID

“With AFX 469 this year we averaged 5 tons of dry matter and 12 tons actual in three cuttings and another cutting to go! Off the chopper the test results were steady, 21-24% protein and 5-9% sugar. It is doing really well for us.”

Tyler Littwiler
Poskin, WI

“We’re on a three cut system and tonnage is big-time for us. That’s why we moved to AFX 469 from another Alforex variety. From the looks of this 160-acre field we’ll be getting the yield bump from this Hi-Ton alfalfa we were looking for.”

Jake Brock
Brock Dairy Farm
Daggett, MI

“Once we got the water and fertility right, it seemed genetics was holding our growers back, but as we have moved to varieties like 429, growers are getting more dairy quality hay and upping their yields too.”

Eli Bailey
Seed Manager, Bingham Coop
Blackfoot, ID

“AFX 469 give us lots of protein. We  don’t have to go to the feed mill, it’s out here in the field. We don’t cut our hay super early, but we still get a lot of protein. We get a lot of tonnage out of it as well.”

Jerry and Jeff Croes
Deerfield, WI