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GREEN GRAZE FORAGE SORGHUM SEED

Hybrid Overview

MEDIUM MATURITY SORGHUM-SUDANGRASS

Green Graze is a sorghum-sudangrass hybrid with excellent yield potential and good medium-season seedling vigor. This hybrid can be grown throughout the United States and will be ready for harvest at 40 days or 40 inches, whichever comes first. It has good drought tolerance and heat stress resistance to weather’s hot, dry conditions. Green Graze has a very uniform stand. This hybrid features BMR-12 genetics for excellent digestibility and palatability, in addition to a solid disease resistance profile. Green Graze is an excellent economic choice for producers wanting a good quality feed.

  • Excellent yield potential
  • Good early seedling vigor
  • BMR-12 for excellent digestibility
  • Good drought tolerance and heat stress resistance
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Relative Maturity: Medium

To Boot Stage: N 65 / S 100 Days

Midrib: BMR-12

Seeds/Lb (1,000): 14-16

CROP USE

Silage:

2

Haylage/Baleage

Dry Hay:

1

Continuous Grazing:

1

Begin 24" / Stop 6"

Rotational Grazing:

3

Begin 24" / Stop 6"

RATINGS

Poor Excellent
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Yield for Maturity
2
Forage Quality Potential
2
Palatability
2
Digestibility
2
Seedling Vigor
3
Recovery After Cutting
2
Plant Uniformity
3
Standability
1
Downy Mildew
2
Anthracnose
2
Fusarium Wilt
2

RECOMMENDED
SEEDING RATES

Seeding rates may vary depending on local growing conditions. Contact your Alta Seeds retailer for local recommendations.

Primary Area of Adaptation

United States map with states highlighted yellow.

FIELD POSITIONING

KEY

Hs Highly Suitable
S Suitable
Ma Manage Appropriately
X Poor Suitability
Ht High Tolerance

* Tolerance confirmed in third-party testing by the Agricultural Research Division of the USDA in Stillwater, OK.

Tough Dryland:

Hs

High Yield Dryland:

S

Limited Irrigation:

S

Full Irrigation:

S

Early Planting / Cold Soils:

S

No-Till:

S

Poorly Drained Soils:

Ma

Sugarcane Aphid*:

X

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