Ozark Native Seed

09/23/2026

What a fun find out on a glade harvesting yesterday. Gatlin was so excited to find so many of this species in such a small area. Normally he has found them very far apart.

09/16/2026

👀 Exciting new product added to our lineup!

We now offer rice hulls. If you’ve got a small average planting or mix that needs a carrier, rice hulls are the perfect product that are cost effective.

When you contact us for your order, make sure to ask about getting them added.

09/06/2026

09/01/2026

🌾📣The last field day this year is Friday, September 11 from 1-4 PM (rescheduled from July due to flooding).

Register 👉 https://ozarknativeseed.com/livestock-pasture-tour/

This is the field day to attend if you are interested in:
✔Natives for grazing
✔Grazing for long term success
✔The establishment process
✔What stands look like at the end of summer
✔Cost share opportunities

08/23/2026

Cope Grass Farms used this approach to insert natives into fescue. There are other ways to get a mixed stand.

Want to discuss options? Contact us today to get started on this journey.

08/22/2026

We spent the day yesterday with Cope Grass Farms in Montgomery County. Harry is a top notch manager of natives and never lacks for ideas.

✅ Eastern Gamma Grass in fescue
✅ Predominantly Indian Grass in a fescue pasture
✅ Switchgrass amongst annual crops
✅ Switchgrass in fescue

Do you want to start incorporating natives into fescue? Get ahold of us. We can help get you started.

08/21/2026

𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 (𝑺𝒊𝒍𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒖𝒎 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒎) is a tall species of wet soils and is found in bottomlands throughout Missouri. Cup plant can reach great heights and will often grow eight feet tall or more. It derives its common name from the “cups” formed by its fused leaves that collect dew and rainwater. These serve as important water sources for birds and invertebrates during times of low rainfall in summer. Sunflower like flowers occur from July to September and create a beautiful display of yellow in large colonies of Cup Plant. This species is useful in rain gardens or as a focal plant in garden beds. Additionally, many classes of livestock readily eat Cup Plant so consider adding this valuable species to lowland native grass pastures.

08/15/2026

The picture is from a switchgrass seed field managed by our friends at Ozark Native Seed. They recently experienced a 1000 year flood along the Huzzah Creek in Crawford County, Missouri. They are shared tenants on this farm with another farmer that grows continuous soybeans on an adjacent portion of the creek bottom. In the cropped areas there were many scours and severe erosion. The photo shows switchgrass roots holding and stopping the scour that formed under the beans. Many scours in this bottomland were 50 feet across. After the water dried this hole was about 8 feet deep. The first row of switchgrass was all that was damaged for about 20 row feet. Not only can native warm-season grass roots help water infiltrate into the soil, it can also hold the soil during a flood event!

08/07/2026

We are excited to be at our first conference as a vendor.

When you see us at future events, make sure to stop by and say HI 👋🏻

07/30/2026

What a fine day to harvest MO Ecotype Virginia Wildrye!