Chomper Forage Sorghum

Product Description

• Seed Agronomy Table

  Seeding Rate - Dryland (kg/ha)

  4-8

  Seeding Rate - High Rainfall/Irrigation (kg/ha)

  15-20

  Maturity

  Medium

  Leaf Type

  Medium

• Seed Treatment

  Enhanced or Standard

• Enterprises For This Seed

  Beef and Sheep

  Dairy

  Silage and Hay

  Viticulture and Horticulture

• Strengths

  Easy to establish Highly productive Good regrowth potential Can be grown in dryland and irrigated situations Can be used for grazing, hay and/or silage Highly palatable resulting in better grazing utilization

• Limitations

  Requires high fertility soils Requires good soil water or irrigation for maximum production Requires appropriate grazing management to obtain maximum potential Prussic acid poisoning though the potential is low in normal seasons Varietal selection must be made carefully, depending on the final use e.g. for grazing, hay production, pit silage or round bale silage

• Temperature

  Sow when the soil temperature is 16°C and rising for optimal establishment

• Management
  Grazing/Cutting

  Tolerant of heavy grazing with coarse stems remaining unless grazed early. Commence grazing when plants have reached 1 to 1.5 metres in height. Slashing after grazing will promote even regrowth. Should not be grazed below 15 centimetres if good regrowth is expected. Can expect 4 or more grazings under ideal conditions.

  Ability to Spread

  Low.

• Animal Production
  Palatability

  Highly palatable and digestible prior to flowering in grazing situation. The sweet sorghum hybrids keep a higher free sugar content in the stem and are more suitable as stand-over feed into winter or the dry season.

  Livestock Disorders/Toxicity

  Low level prussic acid risk, especially in young stressed regrowth during a dry spell. Having supplement blocks containing sulphur available will reduce the risk of prussic acid poisoning. Nitrate poisoning can occur when grown on fertile soils containing high levels of nitrogen and when plants are stressed by dry conditions or frost.

• Establishment Guarantee

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