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Annual Forage
Buckwheat (Annual)
Forage Sorghum
(Annual)
Special
Effort 4-Way Cross
Grain Sorghum
(Annual)
Foxtail Millett
(Annual)
Japanese Millett
Pearl Millet (Annual)
Tifleaf 3
PP-644 Grain
Sorghum
PP-102M
Nuri+Plus Sorghum X Sudangrass
Sudan Grass FS130
Sudan Sorghum Unigraze 11
Sudan Sorghum FS220 BMR
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Buckwheat (Annual) Fagopyrum
esculentum
Description: Erect plant, 2' - 4' tall; single stem may have
several branches; flowers light green, pink, or red in color.
Uses: Grain used for livestock, especially poultry; ground into
flour (middlings for livestock). Good honey and green manure crop.
Weight per bushel: 48lbs.
Seeds per pound: 15,000
Germinating time: 6 days
pH Range: 5.5-6.0
Fertilizer: 20-30lbs. N, at medium soil test levels apply 40-50lbs.
P205 and 40-50lbs. K20
Soil Adaptation: Any well drained soil. Will grow on infertile, acid
soils better than most crops, but responds well to proper treatment.
Depth of planting: 1 1/2" - 2"
Planting: Latter part of May to mid July. Seeds do not set well in
warm weather. Likes cool, moist climate. Seed at 48-72lbs. in 6" - 8" rows
or solid seeded. No-till can work well.
Harvesting (grain): Combine when the maximum number of seeds have
matured and plants have lost most of their leaves. Drying may be necessary
for safe storage.
Approximate harvest dates: September 1 - September 15
Approximate yield: 20-25 bushels per acre.
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Forage Sorghum (Annual) Sorghum Bicolor
Description: Sorghum is very similar to corn in the vegetative stage.
Leaves tend to be more narrow than for corn. Heavily covered with a white
waxy coating that can be rubbed off the leaf sheath. Flowers are perfect in
that both make and female parts are produced in a panicle type head on top
of the plant. Forage sorghum is 6" - 10" tall with large stem, medium size
grain head.
Uses: Silage, hay, grazing
Weight per bushel: 56lbs.
Seeds per pound: 13,000 to 20,000
Germinating time: 10 days
Fertilizer: 60-80lbs. of N, P205 and 60-80lbs. of K20
pH Range: 5.8-6.2
Soil Adaptation: Well drained to somewhat poorly drained soils
Planting: 1-2 weeks after corn. Soil needs to be warm (at least 60°
F). Plant 5-20lbs. in rows with a drill or corn planter.
Harvesting (grain): Do not graze until 30" tall. Cut for hay or
wilted silage no later than early head emergence. Cut in dough stage for
direct ensiling.
Approximate yield: Hay or wilted silage, 3-5 tons dry matter. Silage
15-18 tons 35% dry matter per acre.
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Special Effort 4-Way Cross
Description: A small seeded,
fine stemmed sorgo-sudangrass bybrid with 12.5% cane parentage and
tremendous re-growth and tellering characteristics.
Uses: Grazing, hay, green chop, or cover crop. Well suited to
heavy pasturing, multiple hay cuttings. Under optimum growing conditions it
will carry 4-5 adult cattle per acre, and is drought tolerant and widely
adapted.
Seeds per pound: 19,000 to 23,000
Planting rates: 20 - 30" rows, 10-13lbs. per acre; 6 - 20" rows,
16-26lbs. per acre; broadcast 40+ lbs. per acre.
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Grain Sorghum (Annual) Sorghum Bicolor
Description: Same genus and species as forage sorghum except
plant types that are shorter and produce lighter grain have been bred. Plant
height 3" - 5" with high grain yield. Will recover from high temperatures
and drought better than corn.
Uses: Grain and silage
Weight per bushel: 56lbs.
Seeds per pound: 13,000 to 20,000
Germinating time: 10 days
Fertilizer: Apply approximately the same amount that would be applied
to corn when grown under comparable conditions.
pH Range: 5.8-6.2
Soil Adaptation: Well drained to poorly drained soils
Planting: 1-2 weeks after corn. Early-medium maturing hybrids can be
planted following small grain harvest. Plant for grain at 5-7lbs. in rows;
forage alone, 7-10lbs. Increase seeding rate 10-20% with late seeding. Grain
sorghum sjhould be planted in rows as narrow as possible. Seed 1 1/2" deep.
Harvesting: Harvest grain with combine when seed is mature and shells
easily from head. Chop for silage when grain is in the dough stage.
Artificial drying can be a problem because the small seed size reduces air
flow through the grain.
Approximate yield: Grain, 80-90% of adapted hybrid corn yield.
Silage, 11 tons 35% dry matter per acre.
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Foxtail Millett (Annual) Setaria Italica
Description: Erect growth; slender, leafy stems 2' - 5' tall;
spike like head
Uses: Supplemental pasture and hay crop, nurse crop for late
spring / early summer forage seeding, smother crop prior to late summer
no-till forage seeding. Requires 60-70 days to mature. Lower yield and
re-growth than pearl millet.
Weight per bushel: 40-55lbs.
Seeds per pound: 220,000
Germinating time: 10 days
Fertilizer: 60-80lbs. each of N, P205 and K20, at medium soil test
levels.
pH Range: 5.8-6.2
Planting: May - July 1 at 15-30lbs. alone; 15-30lbs. in mixtures in
6-8" rows or solid seeded.
Harvesting (hay): Cut at seedhead emergence. Do not feed to
horses!
Approximate yield: Hay, 1-3 tons per acre.
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Japanese Millett
Cut at 3'. Also known as billion dollar grass. Japanese Millet is the
best way to go if you are looking for tonnage; it will make 3 or 4 crops if
it is cut when about 3' before it heads out. Leave an 8" stubble to
encourage re-growth. Heavy user of nitrogen. The University of Minnesota
recommends 75 units of nitrogen for the 1st crop and 50 units each for the
2nd and 3rd crops. Tests showed 24% crude protein on the 1st crop down to
11-12% on the 3rd and 4th crops. Quality of Japanese Millet hay is not as
good as alfalfa for dairy cows but is good enough for dry cows, heifers,
beef cattle. Japanese Millet can also be used for haylage or bedding. Hogs
love to chew on it. Japanese Millet is similar to oats for curing when
cutting it for hay; it takes several days to get it dry. Plant Japanese
Millet along the edges of ponds and lakes to provide cover and food for
migrating birds and to provide food for fish. Plant 25-30lbs. per acre after
June 1.
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Pearl Millet (Annual) Pennisetum Glaucum
Description: Pearl Millet has an erect growth habit; thick stems that
grow 3' - 7' tall, and a spike heas. It will regrow after cutting / grazing.
Common uses are supplemental pasture, hay crop, green chop. 60-70 days to
maturity.
Weight per bushel: 40-55lbs.
Seeds per pound: 86,000
Germinating time: 10 days
Fertilizer: At seeding, 60-80lbs. N, 79-90lbs. P205 and 70-90lbs. K20
at medium soil test level; after each cutting, 40-60lbs. N.
pH Range: 5.5-6.5
Planting: May 1 - July 1 at 25-40lbs. alone, 15-20lbs. in mixtures in
6-8" rows or solid seeded.
Harvesting: Hay - Cut when heads begin to emerge from boot or at
30-40". Pasture - Requires high stocking rate, preferably with rotational
stocking.
Approximate first harvest date: July 1 - July 15
Approximate yield: Hay, 2-4 tons per acre.
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Tifleaf 3
Description: 2" - 3" tall. Tifleaf 3 is a 3-way cross between the
male parten of Tifleaf 2 (Tift 383) and the new female single cross, Tift
8593. This hybrid is shorter than PP102M and slightly later in maturity.
Tifleaf 3 has excellent resistance to leaf rust and leaf spot. This Hybrid
furnishes excellent quality hay and grazing for longer periods in the
summer.
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PP-644 Grain Sorghum
Description: Provides comparable feed values to corn and enables
their harvest with small grain equipment. They can be combined, fitting some
harvesting programs better than corn. Green Gold is an early to medium
maturity hybrid that thrashes easily but doesn't shatter out of the head.
Resistant to smut, can tolerate high levels of moisture and drought.
will produce on high soils, heavy clays, deep blacklands; extremely
adaptable. The extra large root system on the matured stalk accounts for its
great standability. 50lbs. per bushel; plant 5-7lbs. per acre for grain,
7-10lbs. per acre for forage. Harvest about 90 days; 3-4'.
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PP-102M
Description: PP-102M is a tall growing variety reaching heights of
7-10' under optimum conditions. It will reach pre-boot stage 60-70 days.
PP-102M tillers profusely with abundant leaves 1-2" wide. It is very leafy
with a fine stem making excellent quality hay.
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Nuri+Plus Sorghum X Sudangrass
Description: Nuri+Plus is a Production-Plus Brown Midrib Sorghum X
Sudangrass Hybrid with exceptional palotability and the addition of a
Production-Plus bmr gene that has shown marked reductions of Lignin (the
component of the plant cell walls that is generally reguarded as the primary
factor limiting the extent of forage fiber digestion) content in the plant.
This totally new hybrid has shown an 18.9% average increase in feed value
compared to conventionals and offers additional saving per acre.
Nuri+Plus offers a premium summer annual hybrid with the same agronomic
characteristics you find in a conventional sorghum X sudangrass hybrid such
as excellent hay quality, heavy pasturing, superior drought tolerance, and
wide adaptability. Plus+ the increased utilization and efficiency you get
from the Production-Plus gene.
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