Unfortunately, drought conditions through much of the southern High Plains have led to a failed wheat crop for many growers. For some of these fields, planting sorghum for either grain or forage ...

These represent forage sorghums, sorghum-sudan grasses and grain sorghum, along with corn grown in the same production environment. The 2022 trial compared 77 sorghum hybrids and three corn silage ...

Use fiber quality as the primary criteria.” A concern in feeding whole-plant forage sorghum silage is the low starch digestibility of the kernels, which are often too hard and unprocessed, he said.

Several forage crops, including barley, cereal rye, oats, pearl millet, sorghum, triticale, and wheat can be planted after corn harvest without restriction. Field peas and chickpea can be planted ...

When it comes to forage sorghum, Rusche says it works best as a silage crop and has been grown successfully by a number of producers. "The crop can produce silage yields similar to corn but with ...

Sorghum, or durra, is an important forage crop in many countries, for example the USA, Africa, China and Australia. The plant is grown instead of corn because it produces more biomass and better ...

This can be prevented by considering the forage maturity class, the planting date and harvest window. Producers also ask about sugarcane aphids, which are now called the sorghum aphid, she said.

“If a BMR (brown mid-rib) forage sorghum typically cost $1.25 (per pound) at the start of the season it went up to $1.50,” Fruechte recalls. With a market bump, seed suddenly became available.

Growing forage sorghum, especially over Queensland's unpredictable summer season, can be a difficult task but some experts shared their knowledge at a field day just outside Toowoomba. The event ...

New forage plant prepares farmers for climate changes Date: April 4, 2012 Source: University of Copenhagen Summary: Plant researchers have developed a new type of the corn-like crop sorghum, which ...