Forage Sorghum Seeds

A warm-season, annual grass used for strip grazing, silage and hay, capable of very high yields under the right conditions.

Irrigation usually essential for best performance. There are many varieties, hybrids and sub-types — select with care to suit your conditions.
In southern Australia, cool tolerant varieties should be used. It should be sown when soil temperature is over 16°C and rising. Crops less than 100cm high, or under
drought or other stresses, may create issues with prussic acid poisoning, depending on the condition of the crop and the variety.
 

Hybrid Forage Sorghum

• Typically fast to graze: 7 to 8 weeks
• Prussic acid risk
• Medium stem thickness.

Sudan Grasses

• Lower yield than hybrid forage sorghums
• Fine stems
• Quicker initial growth
• Lower prussic acid risk.

Sweet Sorghum

• Retain feed value and palatability as they mature
• Thick stems
• Higher levels of prussic acid during early growth
• Used for silage and stand-over feed.