Summary of Six Years of Forage Sorghum Variety ... - Texas Forages

Table 1. Actual averages across years of agronomic and nutrient anaylses of forage sorghum varieties. TCE and TAES, Amarillo, TX.
Actual Averages Across Years
Num
Yrs Variety Company Type Maturity BMR
Male
Sterile
Height,
ft.
Plant
Moist.
@ Harv.
%
Lodging
4 Dividend Drussel Seed Forage Sorghum ML Y N 7.5 70 43 20.8 3353 8.0 29.1 48.1 77.9
4 FAME Seed Resource Forage Sorghum ME N N 6.6 65 14 18.5 6012 8.3 24.5 39.8 80.2
4 FS 555 Seed Resource Forage Sorghum L N N 9.4 67 40 24.5 3800 6.2 30.9 50.5 75.6
4 Garst 325 Garst Seed Forage Sorghum L N N 5.6 62 1 26.7 6078 6.7 28.4 48.5 74.5
4 Garst 348 BMR Garst Seed Forage Sorghum ML Y N 8.2 68 8 20.0 2826 7.5 26.9 44.8 84.0
4 Mega Green Walter Moss Seed Sorghum/Sudan PS N N 10.0 73 2 26.0 0 6.1 39.6 64.2 66.4
4 Silo 600D Richardson Seeds Forage Sorghum M N N 6.0 64 0 20.5 7037 8.6 25.5 43.1 79.2
4 Sordan 79 Sorghum Partners Sorghum/Sudan M N N 8.3 65 34 20.5 857 7.0 32.0 52.4 72.2
4 Sug-R-Cane Seed Resource Forage Sorghum M N Y 6.9 69 17 21.4 5996 7.7 26.0 43.9 79.8
4 Trudan 8 Sorghum Partners Sudangrass M N N 7.4 62 27 16.8 1037 7.8 30.3 48.9 73.7
5 1990 Sorghum Partners Forage Sorghum PS N N 9.9 71 4 29.3 0 5.9 37.8 62.4 69.4
5 Canex Sharp Brothers Seed Forage Sorghum ME Y Y 6.7 69 1 19.1 3447 7.9 27.0 45.1 81.0
5 DKS 59-09 Monsanto Forage Sorghum M N N 5.8 70 2 19.8 7424 8.5 24.7 41.2 82.1
5 HIKANE II Sorghum Partners Forage Sorghum E N N 7.6 70 7 22.9 4123 7.3 27.4 45.7 78.5
5 NK 300 Sorghum Partners Forage Sorghum M N N 5.7 62 23 22.5 6553 7.4 25.6 43.5 77.9
5 Nutri Plus BMR Production Plus Sorghum/Sudan ML Y N 8.0 69 30 17.7 2529 8.9 28.8 48.1 74.6
5 Nutri-Cane II NC+ Hybrids Forage Sorghum M N Y 7.2 66 1 23.7 5382 7.5 26.3 43.5 78.3
5 Silo 700D Richardson Seeds Forage Sorghum ML N N 6.3 63 2 25.1 7108 7.4 28.4 47.1 77.8
5 Silo Plus BMR Production Plus Forage Sorghum ML Y N 6.9 63 18 18.9 2760 8.3 26.1 43.6 81.6
5 SS 405 Sorghum Partners Forage Sorghum L N N 9.9 65 9 26.6 1897 5.5 34.2 58.4 69.0
5 SS 506 Sorghum Partners Forage Sorghum L N N 10.6 68 4 25.3 1155 5.8 36.5 59.6 67.7
5 Sugar Graze Ultra Coffey Seed Sorghum/Sudan PS N N 10.2 72 2 30.6 0 6.1 38.9 62.8 67.7
6 979 Pioneer Hi-Bred Int. Sorghum/Sudan ML N Y 7.2 66 10 21.4 975 8.5 29.5 47.6 76.9
6 2-Way SRS Warner Seeds, Inc. Forage Sorghum ML N N 8.6 65 36 26.1 3711 6.8 30.4 50.6 72.5
6 4 Ever Green Walter Moss Seed Forage Sorghum PS N N 10.0 75 8 29.8 0 6.1 38.4 63.3 69.8
6 811F Pioneer Hi-Bred Int. Forage Sorghum PS N N 9.0 72 2 27.9 0 6.3 38.9 64.6 68.6
6 A571 (check) Monsanto Grain Sorghum M N N 4.3 58 0 19.9 7288 8.3 26.8 43.6 80.1
6 Canex BMR 208 Sharp Brothers Seed Forage Sorghum ME Y N 7.1 66 7 20.3 4467 8.3 24.7 42.3 82.2
6 Dairy Master BMR Richardson Seeds Forage Sorghum ML Y N 7.8 67 8 21.8 2374 7.5 26.3 44.5 82.6
6 FS-25E Monsanto Forage Sorghum L N N 8.4 67 16 29.8 4563 6.5 31.8 52.9 73.4
6 FS-5 Monsanto Forage Sorghum M N N 7.9 67 1 25.7 4320 7.3 28.4 46.9 77.0
6 Maxi Gain Coffey Seed Sorghum/Sudan PS N N 10.0 71 0 30.1 0 6.2 37.5 60.1 68.5
6 Millennium Walter Moss Seed Forage Sorghum L Y N 7.9 69 8 21.7 2319 7.7 26.0 43.9 83.5
6 Nutri-Choice II NC+ Hybrids Forage Sorghum ML N N 5.9 62 19 25.4 6718 7.2 29.5 49.5 75.6
6 P84G62 (check) Pioneer Hi-Bred Int. Inc. Grain Sorghum ML N N 4.0 59 1 18.3 7235 7.9 26.9 44.4 79.6
6 RedTop Plus BMR Production Plus Forage Sorghum ML Y N 7.0 68 6 20.4 3040 8.2 26.4 44.7 80.8
Silage,
Ton/Ac
@ 65%
Moist.
Grain
Yield,
lbs/Ac
Crude
Protein,
%
ADF,
%
NDF,
%
IVTD,
%