Bargrazer Forage Sorghum

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(Sorghum spp.)
Multipurpose forage sorghum, with excellent re-growth and production.

  • Multipurpose forage sorghum

  • Tall, upright growing stem

  • Good leaf:stem ratio

  • Suited in a multiple cut and bale

  • Tolerant to drought and water logging conditions

  • Resistant to lodging

Packshot General

• Multipurpose forage sorghum, with excellent re-growth and production
• Tall, upright growing stem with basal tillering
• Good leaf:stem ratio, translating to exceptional palatability
• Suited in a multiple cut and bale-, grazing, as well as end of season silage production system
• Tolerant to drought and water logging conditions, once established
• Resistant to lodging, foliar diseases, stem borers and shoot fly
• Days to 50% flowering - 62 – 65 days

Forage Sorghum
Forage Sorghums are erect, annual, summer grasses.

Seeding rate: 12.5-18kg/ha (dryland); 20-25kg/ha (irrigation – most suited) from  October – December -soil temperature reaches 16°

Plant depth: not deeper than 15 – 20mm

Rainfall: >500mm

Specifications
Name Value
Seeding rate (dryland) 12.5-18kg/ha
Seeding rate (irrigation) 20-25kg/ha
Plant depth 15 – 20mm
Rainfall 500mm

Barchoice | Forage Sorghum