Rebound Forage Millet

Product Description

• Seed Agronomy Table

  Seeding Rate - Dryland (kg/ha)

  10 - 15

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

  30 - 40

  Life Span

  9 months

• Seed Treatment

  XLR8™ optional

• Enterprises For This Seed

  Beef and Sheep

  Dairy

  Silage and Hay

  Viticulture and Horticulture

• Strengths

  Annual Summer grass Can be drilled into moist soil Good emergence from depth to 50 millimetres Relatively easy to establish on black cracking-clay soils Vigorous seedlings High growth rate Salt tolerant Suitable for silage or hay Does not contain prussic acid (HCN)

• Limitations

  Needs moderate to high fertility Sowing should occur once soil temps are less than 14°C and rising Seedlings slow in early stage below 20°C Intolerant of waterlogging Does not tolerate frosts

• Plant Description
  Plant

  A robust, multi-stemmed annual grass.

  Stems

  Stems erect, 150 to 300 centimetres long, 10 to 20 millimetres diameter. Nodes are bearded and slightly swollen.

  Leaves

  Ligule is a fringe of hairs. Leaf blades are flat, 50 to 100 centimetres long and 8 to 70 millimetres wide.

  Seedhead

  Seedhead is a compact, cylindrical spike-like panicle.

  Seeds

  Wedge-shaped seeds are 3 to 4 millimetres long and colour depends on variety. About 187,000 seeds per kilogram.

• Pasture Type And Use

  It is used as an annual summer forage crop for cattle or sheep.

• Rainfall

  Rainfall greater than 500 millimetres per year and soil moisture stored during fallow are required for satisfactory forage crop production.

• Soils

  It is adapted to fertile loams to heavy cracking clays.

• Temperature

  It grows during the warm season and tops are killed by heavy frost.

• Establishment
  Legumes

  Lablab, cowpea, red clover.

  Sowing/Planting Rates In Mixtures

  3 to 7 kilograms per hectare.

  Sowing/Planting Rates as Single Species

  10 to 40 kilograms per hectare.

  Sowing Time

  It is sown from spring to late summer.

  Fertiliser

  Fertiliser application of 15 to 20 kilograms per hectare P, 50 to 100 kilograms per hectare N and 50 to 100 kilograms per hectare K, if grown for hay, may be used to produce satisfactory forage crops.

• Management
  Maintenance Fertiliser

  100 kilograms N per hectare after grazing will increase late season production.

  Grazing/Cutting

  Millet should not be grazed until plants are well anchored, 20 to 30 centimetres is the rule of thumb. Under ideal conditions this can be as quick as six weeks. Graze regularly to restrict plant from going to head. As plant matures feed quality reduces.

  Ability to Spread

  There is little chance of spread.

  Weed Potential

  It has negligible weed potential.

  Major Pests

  Helicoverpa spp. can damage developing heads and should be controlled in seed crops.

  Major Diseases

  Head mould and ergot can reduce seed yield.

  Herbicide Susceptibility

  It is killed by glyphosate.

• Animal Production
  Feeding Value

  Forage quality depends on soil type and fertility, fertilisers applied, rainfall and age of the crop.

  Palatability

  High and usually higher for tetraploid cultivars.

  Production Potential

  High.

  Livestock Disorders/Toxicity

  No known problems except unpalatability in some droughted crops.

• Establishment Guarantee

  At S&W Seed Company Australia we're so confident about our seed genetics and seed quality, we will replace seed at half the original purchase price if it fails to establish satisfactorily in the first thirty days* Read more