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Sorghum

Also through our parent, Channel Bio Corp, we offer a sorghum product line featuring some of the top performing products in the industry. Among these products you'll find the sorghum to fit your needs.
 

Midwest Seed
Genetics, Inc.
A division of
Channel Bio Corp.

P.O. Box 518
1617 E 10th St
Carroll, IA 51401

ph 800.369.8218
fax 712-792-6725
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41B12 Maturity Group:  Early
Tech Sheet
  • Excellent dryland performance
  • Performs well on marginal western soils
  • Strong head extension
  • Has shown good performance with pre-flower stress
  • Good harvestability and head exertion
440 Maturity Group:  Early
Tech Sheet
  • Early bronze that shows strong yield potential across all environments
  • Semi-open heads exhibit attractive bronze grain
  • Sparse leaf canopy and good stalk quality contribute to an attractive field appearance
450 Maturity Group:  Med-Early
Tech Sheet
  • Medium maturity, high test weight
  • Cream colored grain which shows consistent performance in all but the most severe dryland environments
  • Short, uniform stature gives beautiful field appearance
  • Semi-sparse canopy with good standability
490 Maturity Group:  Med-Early
Tech Sheet
  • Top-yield potential sorghum for this maturity
  • Consistent performance in dryland; also responds to limited and full irrigation
  • Keep at moderate populations for top agronomic performance
  • Tolerant to head smut and pathotype 1 mildew
530 Maturity Group:  Med-Early
Tech Sheet
  • Sharp looking cream color grain with uniform head height
  • Smaller seed size - monitor planting rates
  • Excellent yields under limited moisture conditions
  • Strong vigorous roots
  • Excellent stay green and standability
56B88 Maturity Group:  Medium
Tech Sheet
  • Excellent yield potential with high test weight grain
  • Shows exceptional performance in the eastern and southeastern sorghum areas
  • Use on your best non-irrigated or irrigated acres for top performance
56R85 Maturity Group:  Medium
Tech Sheet
  • High test weight with bright red seed
  • Excellent yield potential
  • Handles pre-flower stress well
  • Keep at moderate plant populations
  • Wide area of adaptation
580 Maturity Group:  Medium
Tech Sheet
  • Excellent pre-flowering stress tolerance gives strong adaptation to western dryland environments
  • Semi-open heads with bright cream colored grain
  • Not recommended for areas where downy mildew is a problem
62R10 Maturity Group:  Med-Full
Tech Sheet
  • Medium-full, high yield potential red seeded sorghum
  • Excellent plantability from large seed
  • Downy mildew field tolerance to pathotype 1 and resistance to head smut
  • High test weight grain with good head exertion
     
Sugar II BMR
Tech Sheet
  • Brown Midrib sorghum with potential for increased digestibility and reduced lignin
  • Sweeter stalks and leaves with higher sugar content
  • 3-way sudan cross (full fertile)
  • Lush, dark green foliage, fine stemmed sorghum
  • Excellent leaf- to- stem ratio
Sugarcane
Tech Sheet
  • Male-sterile sorghum
  • High sugar content
  • Extra sweetness concentrated in stalks and leaves
  • Great all-purpose sweet sorghum
  • Use for early silage, baling, stacking or grazing
  • Competitively priced
Sugar Gold
Tech Sheet
  • Excellent all-around forage sorghum
  • Potential to produce large grain head
  • Excellent drought tolerance and standability
  • Medium height 7 to 8 foot tall plants
  • High grain-to-stover ratio
  • Medium season
 
 
 
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