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Mississippi Sorghum: Planting and Early Management Recommendations May 9, 2022
Grain sorghum is a drought tolerant and stable crop which may produce benefits, especially when grown in rotation systems. This article discusses key planting and management practices needed to successfully […]
Mississippi: Grain Sorghum Planting Recommendations for 2021 May 3, 2021
Grain sorghum is a crop receiving renewed interest from many Mississippi growers primarily due to strong demand and market prices in 2021. This article discusses key planting and management practices […]
Kansas Sorghum: Planting Guidelines May 23, 2018
Producers are busy in the field planting corn and soybeans, however, it won’t be long and it will be time to plant grain sorghum. Well let’s hope that Mother Nature […]
Oklahoma Sorghum: Growers Face Late Planting, Replanting Decisions May 26, 2017
This spring has presented a number of challenges to agricultural producers throughout Oklahoma, and sorghum growers have been no exception. “Most crops have struggled at some point this spring,” said […]
Planting: Within-Row Plant Spacing – Ensuring Planter Accuracy of Seed Drop Apr 3, 2017
In recent newsletters for Texas Grain Sorghum Association I first discussed row spacing for grain sorghum then especially in-row spacing of seed drop and the accuracy (or lack thereof) of […]
Texas Crop Weather: ‘Actual’ Cotton Plantings Could Be Down from ’15 Feb 17, 2016
The Feb. 5 National Cotton Council’s 35th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey indicated Texas growers intended plantings to be up 5.6 percent over the actual plantings in 2015. According […]
Texas: Sorghum Planting Rates Feb 10, 2016
Across the three counties in the Mid-Coast IPM Program, grain sorghum planting rates range from 40,000 to 120,000 seed per acre. The ideal planting rate varies due to soils, rainfall, […]
Mississippi Sorghum: Planting and Seeding Recommendations Apr 10, 2015
Strong markets are driving Mississippi growers to plant a lot more grain sorghum than what could have been, considering the recent development of Sugarcane aphids as a threat to sorghum […]
Georgia: Sorghum Planting Population Recommendations Apr 9, 2015
Most, if not all, of the fields being planted to sorghum are non-irrigated, and this changes things in terms of plant population.
