Western Canada Seed & Inputs
Since its creation in 2015, Imperial’s Seed and Inputs Retail Division focuses on providing options for Western Canadian Farmers that best fit their farm needs and goals. To do this we have established an extensive line up of perennial and annual forage seeds along with a complete line up of cover crop seeds, all thanks to our global network and partnerships.
Disclaimer: Varieties and percentages are subject to change and coated seed may be used. Please refer to the current price list for detailed information.
Lawn & Reclamation Mixtures
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#9 Classic Turf
Mixture for sun or shade, ideal for home lawns.
40% Kentucky Bluegrass
40% Creeping Red Fescue
20% Perennial Ryegrass
Suggested Seeding Rate: 4-6lbs/1000sqft
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#10 Elite Classic
A high quality elite lawn mixture for thick, dark professional looking turf.
60% Kentucky Bluegrass
20% Creeping Red Fescue
20% Perennial Ryegrass
Suggested Seeding Rate: 4-6lbs/1000sqft
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#11 Low Maintenance Ecograss
Environmentally friendly mixture that requires less water and fertilizer.
35% Boreal Creeping Red Fescue
35% Chewings Fescue
20% Sheeps/Hard Fescue
10% Perennial Ryegrass
Suggested Seeding Rate: 4-6lbs/1000sqft
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#12 R.M. Roadside
Ground cover mixture with sodforming capabilities suitable for ditches or water runways.
35% Boreal Creeping Red Fescue
20% Tetra Brand Annual Ryegrass
18% Smooth Bromegrass
15% Elodie Tall Fescue (Forage Type/Soft Leaf)
12% Anjo Timothy
Suggested Seeding Rate: 25-50lbs/acre
Forage Mixtures
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#1 Poundmaker
Adapted to most production areas. Poundmaker is ideal for 1 or 2 cut systems.
65% Imperial Select Blend Alfalfa
12% Intermediate Wheatgrass
12% Fleet Meadow Bromegrass
6% Raskila Meadow Fescue
5% Elodie Tall Fescue (Forage Type/Soft Leaf)
Suggested Seeding Rate: 10-14lbs/acre
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#2 Haymaker
Out top selling hay blend. We combined Imperial Select Alfalfa Blend with grasses that offer diversity. This combination should deliver a long term productive hay stand.
55% Imperial Select Alfalfa Blend
20% Carlton Smooth Bromegrass
15% Elodie Tall Fescue (Forage Type/Soft Leaf)
10% Melfrost Perennial Ryegrass
Suggested Seeding Rate: 10-14lbs/acre
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#3 Pasture Enhancer
An all legume mixture that can be incorporated into old stands with hope of re-introducing legumes.
35% Sainfoin
20% Hungvillosa Brand Hairy Vetch
20% Mustang Brand Creeping Root Alfalfa
10% Birdsfoot Trefoil
10% Red Clover S.C.
5% Sweet Clover
Suggested Seeding Rate: 3-6lbs/acre
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#4 Top Hay
A premium hay mixture combining selected alfalfas with proven grasses for peak production under various conditions.
55% Imperial Select Alfalfa Blend
15% Elodie Tall Fescue (Forage Type/Soft Leaf)
15% Fleet Meadow Bromegrass
5% Raskila Meadow Fescue
5% Melfrost Perennial Ryegrass
5% Rasant Timothy
Suggested Seeding Rate: 10-14lbs/acre
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#5 Pasture Select
High performance perennial pasture blend. Offering great diversity and adaptability to varying soil conditions.
40% Fleet Meadow Bromegrass
20% Raskila Meadow Fescue
20% Elodie Tall Fescue
10% Melfrost Perennial Ryegrass
5% Treposno Brand Orchardgrass
5% Mustang Brand Creeping Root Alfalfa
Suggested Seeding Rate: 10-14lbs/acre
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#6 All Grass
A perennial all grass blend, without legumes. This wildly adapted mix of cool season grasses will produce good quality feed and tonnage for an all grass field.
25% Fleet Meadow Bromegrass
20% Melfrost Perennial Ryegrass
15% Treposno Brand Orchardgrass
15% Elodie Tall Fescue (Forage Type/Soft Leaf)
15% Boreal Creeping Red Fescue
10% Anjo Timothy
Suggested Seeding Rate: 10-14lbs/acre
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#7 Lowland
Specifically designed for heavier soil types where alfalfa may be difficult to establish.
50% Elodie Tall Fescue (Forage Type/Soft Leaf)
20% Anjo Timothy
15% Carlton Smooth Bromegrass
15% Alsike Clover
Suggested Seeding Rate: 8-12lbs/acre
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#8 Reclaim
Mixture of species with varying salinity tolerance. With proper establishment can reclaim saline areas over time.
20% Slender Wheatgrass
20% Elodie Tall Fescue (Forage Type/Soft Leaf)
15% Carlton Smooth Bromegrass
10% AC Saltlander Green Wheatgrass
10% Challenger Brand Alfalfa
10% Sweet Clover
10% Melfrost Perennial Ryegrass
3% Balo Brand Phacelia
2% Chicory
Suggested Seeding Rate: 12-15lbs/acre
Terra Gold (TG) Mixtures
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#13 TG Extend
Maximize the growth with full season production. The addition of peas and oats to this blend will deliver summer hay/silage with regrowth potential for fall grazing.
27% Hungvillosa Brand Hairy Vetch
23% Melsprinter Italian Ryegrass
18% Japanese Millet
14% German Millet
5% H.O. Brand Crimson Clover
5% Winner Brand Berseem Clover
3% Finito Brand Turnip Rape
3% Akela Brand Forage Rape
2% Balo Brand Phacelia
Seeding Date: Late Spring
Suggested Seeding Rate: 8-10lbs/acre
Add: Pes/Oat blend at 50-75% of pure stand rate
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#14 TG Rejuvenate
A great grazing crop for all species of livestock that will provide multiple grazings and contain several overwintering species for spring grazing in year two. It will help bring old pastures back to life while increasing grazing production, this blend is meant for grazing and is not recommended before cash crops.
32% Melsprinter Italian Ryegrass
16% Tetra Brand Annual Ryegrass
10% Red Clover S.C.
9% Sweet Clover
8% Balo Brand Phacelia
8% Plantain
8% Forage Collards
5% Chicory
2% Hercules II Brand Turnip
2% Finito Brand Turnip Rape
Seeding Date: Spring (after early frost risks have passed)
Suggested Seeding Rate: 6-8lbs/acre
Add: 30lbs of Oats
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#15 TG Balanced Silage
An annual blend that will provide a high quality, balanced silage, that should perform well in a wide variety of environmental conditions.
27% Proso Millet
27% Japanese Millet
14% Melsprinter Italian Ryegrass
4.5% Laser Brand Persian Clover
4.5% H.O. Brand Crimson Clover
4.5% Winner Brand Berseem Clover
4.5% Hungvillosa Brand Hairy Vetch
4.5% Sunflower (Black Oil)
3% Hercules II Brand Turnip
3% Forage Collards
2% Balo Brand Phacelia
1.5% Chicory
Seeding Date: June to mid July
Suggested Seeding Rate: 11lbs/acre
Add: 15lbs Faba Beans, 50lbs Oats or 15lbs Peas, 56lbs Spring Triticale
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#16 TG Silage Biomass
Big leafy warm season grasses that give silage and very good yield potential.
28% Sorghum Sudangrass
27% Japanese Millet
11% Melsprinter Italian Ryegrass
11% Winner Brand Berseem Clover
8% Hungvillosa Brand Hairy Vetch
8% German Millet
3% Forage Collards
3% Balo Brand Phacelia
1% Sunflower (Black Oil)
Seeding Date: June to mid July
Suggested Seeding Rate: 18-22lbs/acre
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#17 TG Swath
Improve soil structure, fix nitrogen and improve residue breakdown, while providing livestock with a higher plane of nutrition over a straight cereal crop.
48% Hungvillosa Brand Hairy Vetch
24% Melsprinter Italian Ryegrass
8% Sunflower (Black Oil)
5% Balo Brand Phacelia
5% Finito Brand Turnip Rape
5% Hercules II Brand Turnip
5% Forage Collards
Seeding Date: Spring
Suggested Seeding Rate: 7-8lbs/acreAdd: 40lbs Oats and 25lbs Peas or 50lbs Cereal without the peas
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#18 TG Fall Grazer
A mix of warm and cool season grasses. Plantain provides extended grazing with high sugar content. Collards add stable production and high feed quality.
48% Japanese Millet
24% Melsprinter Italian Ryegrass
12% Laser Brand Persian Clover
6% Forage Collards
4% Plantain
3% Sunflower (Black Oil)
3% Teff Grass
Seeding Date: June to mid July
Suggested Seeding Rate: 9lbs/acre
Add: 60-80lbs Forage Oat or Barley
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#19 TG Soil Enhancer
Radish absorbs soil nitrogen and other key nutrients with unique taproot. Clovers fix Nitrogen, while improving soil health by adding organic matter.
50% Daikon Radish
20% Hercules II Brand Turnip
15% H.O. Brand Crimson Clover
15% Laser Brand Persian Clover
Seeding Date: July 25th to Sept 1st (if seeded earlier may need mowing or clipping)
Suggested Seeding Rate: 6-10lbs/acre
Use: Green Manure (annual blend)
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#20 TG Dry Bale
Requires no added cereals and is a diverse blend that should dry down well for a dry bale, yet provide high quality fall grazing that will maintain its feed value very late into the fall and early winter.
44% Proso Millet
30% Japanese Millet
10% Melsprinter Italian Ryegrass
5% Laser Brand Persian Clover
5% H.O. Brand Crimson Clover
5% Winner Brand Berseem Clover
1% Akela Brand Forage Rape
Seeding Date: June to mid July
Suggested Seeding Rate: 20lbs/acre
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#21 TG Saline
Combination of species with varying salinity tolerance to help cover the ground and re-establish microbial activity. Best left to rot on the surface over winter.
36% Japanese Millet
33% Sunflower (Black Oil)
16% Brigadier Brand Feed Beet
15% Forage Collards
Seeding Date: May 15th to August 1st (with Radish, June 10th to August 1st) Radish needs to be managed after 40 days
Suggested Seeding Rate: 15lbs/acre
Add: 10lbs Fall Rye or Barley
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#22 TG Relay Crop
This mix is well suited to seed with or into most cereal crops, into canola and flax after herbicide application or as a ground cover situation. Creates ground cover plus will fix nitrogen and support mycorrhizae.
91% Subterranean Clover
9% Melsprinter Italian Ryegrass
Seeding Date: Any time of the growing season, up to the end of July
Suggested Seeding Rate For Non Grazing: 2-4lbs/acre
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#23 TG Double Bang Protein
A mix with high legume content that should supply a large amount of nitrogen for production with high quality feed.
31% Sweet Clover
14% Festulolium (Meadow Fescue x Per. Ryegrass)
11% Japanese Millet
7% Melsprinter Italian Ryegrass
7% Ebena Brand Common Vetch
7% Hungvillosa Brand Hairy Vetch
7% Brigadier Brand Feed Beet
3% Sunflower (Black Oil)
3% Forage Collards
3% Laser Brand Persian Clover
2% Plantain
2% Hercules II Brand Turnip
2% Balo Brand Phacelia
1% Chicory
Seeding Date: After May 15th when nights >12C
Suggested Seeding Rate: 15lbs/acre
Add: 34lbs Oats, 28lbs Spring Triticale, 20lbs Peas and 40lbs Winter Triticale
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#24 TG Double Feeder
A mix focused with a higher grass component to provide tonnes or grazing days. Great for areas with manure applications.
19% Japanese Millet
17% Festulolium (Meadow Fescue x Per. Ryegrass)
17% Hykor Festulolium
13% Sweet Clover
7% H.O. Brand Crimson Clover
7% Winner Brand Berseem Clover
7% Laser Brand Persian Clover
7% Blue Lupin
2% Sunflower (Black Oil)
1% Forage Collards
1% Hercules II Brand Turnip
1% Chicory
1% Balo Brand Phacelia
Seeding Date: May 15th when nights >12C
Suggested Seeding Rate: 15lbs/acre
Add: 20-50lbs Oats and 40lbs of Winter Triticale
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#25 TG Brassica
This brassica mix will help capture free nutrients and bring up more calcium to help loosen hard soils. Adding it to a silage or corn crop after it is established will help balance protein for fall/winter grazing.
55% Doublemax Radish
12% Forage Collards/Inka Brand Kale
11% Akela Brand Forage Rape
11% Hercules II Brand Turnip
11% Finito Brand Turnip Rape
Seeding Date: June or later
Suggested Seeding Rate: 5.5lbs/acre but in most situations 1-2lbs/acre
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#26 TG All In Swath Grazing
A quality swath grazing blend meant for producers that don’t have local cereals available in a time of tight supplies. It will provide high quality feed, with good swath utilization.
24% Japanese Millet
24% German Millet
12% Melsprinter Italian Ryegrass
9% Hungvillosa Brand Hairy Vetch
9% Ebena Brand Common Vetch
6% Winner Brand Berseem Clover
6% Laser Brand Persian Clover
3% Sunflower (Black Oil)
2% Forage Collards
2% Hercules II Brand Turnip
2% Akela Brand Forage Rape
1% Balo Brand Phacelia
Seeding Date: June 1st or later
Suggested Seeding Rate: 16-17lbs/acre
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#29 TG Pollinator
It’s a mix of annual and short lived perennials that improve the soil, attract bees and feed beneficial insect populations.
Buckwheat
Sunflower (Black Oil)
Balo Brand Phacelia
H.O. Brand Crimson Clover
Imperial Select Alfalfa Blend
Sainfoin
Raskila Meadow Fescue
Laser Brand Person Clover
Chicory
Alsike Clover
Red Clover
Seeding Date: May 15th - August 1st
Suggested Seeding Rate: 20-25lbs/acre
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#30 TG Annual Pollinator
A great blend to attract beneficial insects, improve soil health, feed the honey bees and not worry about any overwintering species in the following year.
21% H.O. Brand Crimson Clover
15.5% German Millet
15.5% Sunflower (Black Oil)
10.5% Balo Brand Phacela
10.5% Laser Brand Persian Clover
10.5% Winner Brand Berseem Clover
10.5% Doublemax Radish
3% Teff Grass
3% Purple Top Turnip
Seeding Date: After May 25th
Suggested Seeding Rate: 10lbs/acre into warm soils
Biologicals & Seed Dressing
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EcoTea Liquid
Combine Part A, Super Concentrated Liquid Microbial Inoculum with Part B, Liquid Biostimulant
Use: Cereals, Peas, Chickpeas and Lentils
22L Kit - 20L Liquid Inoculum and 2L Biostimulant
Application Rate: 4mL/lb of seed, will cover approx. 5500-6000lbs of seed
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EcoTea Dry
Easy to use; 2 part mix n’ coat system
Use: All crop kinds
22L Kit - 18L Dry Inoculum and 4L Dry Microbial Foods
Application Rate: 4mL/lb of seed, will cover approx. 5500-6000lbs of seed
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EcoTea Dry + Mycopak
3 part mix n’ coat system
Use: All crop kinds
22L Kit - Full spectrum bioligy of the 2 part dry seed dressing with a 5 species mycorrhizae blend
Application Rate: 4mL/lb of seed, will cover approx 5500-6000lbs of seed
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EcoTea Dry - Canola
Easy to use; 2 part mix n’ coat system
Use: Canola
2.4L Kit - 2L Dry Inoculum and 400mL Dry Microbial Foods
Application Rate: 2mL/lb of seed, will cover approx. 550lbs of seed