A year ago we had a blog with a similar title and the initial comments were on the Chinese buying sorghum and creating a strong demand. That demand has not changed if you look at November 2022 sorghum bids. The new topic of discussion is the price of...
Sorghum Harvest Aids Sorghum harvest for early planted fields are underway and looming in High Plains. Over the past 10 years harvest aid use in grain sorghum has steadily increased and is on more and more growers' minds. Josh Lofton at Oklahoma State University put together a...
Uneven Stands in Grain Sorghum Sorghum responds to its environment more than many of our management decisions. Seeding rates are important because they affect the final stand we achieve in a field. Sorghum yield components (head per plant, seed per head, and seed size) are extremely...
Sorghum Headworm & Other Pesky Things That Want To Eat Your Sorghum As sorghum begins to head in South Texas, it is a good time to begin watching for “head worms”. Sorghum head worm (Helicoverpa zea) is also known as the corn ear worm and cotton...
Sorghum Fertility We recently discussed sorghum seeding rates, which gain a lot of attention at times. Sorghum soil fertility decisions can have a bigger impact and is one area that sorghum overall needs to improve. Making fertilizer decisions for sorghum is pretty straight forward and...
Sorghum Seeding Rates Seeding rates get a lot of attention in most crops and the reality is that unless you are making drastic changes, what happens in the field is much different than you think. For crops that have a tremendous ability to compensate, slight changes...
Hybrid Selection - Consider sugarcane aphid (SCA) tolerant hybrids if they are adapted to the area. UGA provides good SCA tolerance data for regionally productive hybrids. Anthracnose resistance is also important. SP7715 is an excellent hybrid that fits this description. Planting - Sorghum seed is small...
Sugarcane Aphid Management In Sorghum Sugarcane Aphids (SCA) numbers were low last year with some infestations in Kansas and Texas. We are just now seeing them show up in the Lubbock, TX area. Despite these low numbers, we all know that SCA populations can explode rapidly...
I am as frugal as anyone out there. I have frequent customer accounts at all the discount stores, even the ones that sell tools. Who doesn’t love a good sale, discount, or coupon? There are two places in life that you should never skimp, duct...
Forage Sorghum is a great choice for summer grazing because sorghum responds well to the high temperatures we experience in the summer. It is also very flexible and can be fit into small windows between other crops to “make a little hay” when a grain...