Late July and early August bring a lot of important events like county fairs, last minute vacations before school starts, and late season insects in sorghum. Recently the two that seem to be showing up the most are sugarcane aphids and headworms. As a quick...
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...
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...
Why Should I Care About Nematodes? Nematodes are unsegmented multicellular worm-like organisms found in almost all habitats. Certain nematodes species can cause significant damage to plants, ranging from negligible harm to complete crop destruction. Nematodes are especially detrimental to vegetable crops. When nematodes attack root systems,...
Sorghum Seed Treatments – An important and required buying decision. One of the decisions that growers must make when buying seed is choosing the appropriate seed treatment package. When you purchase seed from Sorghum Partners, you will have two or three options to choose from,...