b'WinterTolerance to:Hardi-Native Grasses Use Longevity ness DroughtFlooding Salinity Preferred Climate and Growing ConditionsPrefers moderately sandy to loam soils with good Awned Wheatgrass Hay & Pasture Medium Good Moderate Moderate Low to Moderate moisture and drainage. Found in moist flats, meadows and low growing bushesBig Bluestem Pasture Long Good Low toModerate Low to Moderate Grows under a wide range of conditions.ModerateGreen Needlegrass Pasture Long Good High Moderate Low to Moderate Performs best on medium to heavy textured soils. Prefers moist sites with good drainage.Little Bluestem Pasture Long Good High Low Moderate Sandy, gravelly soils with shallow water table or where snow accumulates. Common on Prairie upland.Northern Wheatgrass Pasture Long Good Very High Moderate Moderate Prefers medium to coarse textured soil.Low toWide range of soils (sand to clay) - does best on Prairie Cord Grass Hay & Riperian Long Good Moderate High Low to Moderate seasonally dry areas, marsh edges, wet meadows, drainageways.Reed Canarygrass Hay & Pasture Long Good Moderate Very High Low Moist cool climate. Poorly drained areas subject to temporary flooding.ModerateAdapted to a range of soils. Performs best on fine Side Oats Grama Hay & Pasture Long Good to High Low Low to Moderate textured soils. Found on rocky ridges, open grasslands and hillsides. Slender Wheatgrass Hay & Pasture Medium Good Moderate Moderate High Widely adapted - prefers sandy loams. It has potential for good summer pasture when Switch grass Pasture Medium Fair Low Moderate Moderate enough moisture. Grows best on loam and sandy loams.Western Wheatgrass Hay & Pasture Long Excellent High ModerateHigh Widely adapted - prefers heavy moderately aklaline to High soil. Tolerates periodic flooding. Source: Manitoba Agriculture- Forage Adaptation & Comparison Guide High YieldingRicherBarley 121 bushels/acre(Seed MB 2022)108% of Austenson FOR AGE CROPSVG for LodgingAvondale Seed FarmReston204-522-5528Southern SeedsMinto204-776-2333 Court SeedsPlumas204-386-2354Timchishen SeedsArborg204-641-1288 Hulme Agra ProductsMacgregror204-871-4666 Seed Manitoba 2026 109'