Products in Seeds & Traits: Sorghum

Sorghum is a drought tolerant crop that uses about one third less water to produce approximately the same energy and nutrition as corn. With superior salinity and drought tolerance it’s an ideal crop for arid or marginal land. Globally Nuseed is advancing sorghum’s use as a highly digestible livestock feed, for ethanol production, and as a high fiber gluten-free food ingredient.

LG SEEDS® Silo-Max 100 is a sugarcane aphid tolerant addition to the Golden Acres® forage lineup. Delivers excellent tonnage and performs well under limited or fully irrigated western environments.

SS405 is a late maturing, tall silage hybrid with high tonnage yield performance. Due to a high sugar content, stalks are very sweet and juicy. It is adapted for all but the shorter, cooler growing seasons in the northern Great Plains and at higher elevations. In its northern area of use, it may not produce a head. Plant height reaches 10 to over 12 feet with very good standability. In some areas it is grown for bio-mass ethanol production.

LG SEEDS® 4880R is a high yielding hybrid which provides excellent uniformity and attractive field performance.

LG SEEDS® 3180B has high yield potential under limited irrigation or on moderate to favorable dry land.

LG SEEDS® Ton-A-Milk has excellent standabaility, drought tolerance and good disease protection make this a must-plant forage product.

LG SEEDS® H-390W produces consistent performance from a uniform medium-early hybrid.

LG SEEDS® 2840B produces impressive yield in the medium-early maturity range.

LG SEEDS® 340 BMR is a yield-packing brown midrib (BMR) hybrid featuring the Brachytic Dwarf trait for shortened internodes.

LG SEEDS® 3960B shows exceptional tolerance to sugarcane aphid. Open-headed with good weathering resistance.

LG SEEDS® 2950B produces uniform plant with good head exsertion at harvest.

SP4555 is a versatile hybrid BMR sorghum x sudangrass that can meet most summer forage needs. It is well suited for use as emergency feed. This hybrid is best used for hay, haylage and greenchop. Other uses include grazing and ground cover. SP4555 has a good leaf to stem ratio that helps provide good quality with proper management.

LG Seeds® 1510C is an excellent early option for western KS, NE and northeast Co. Performs well in other northern areas.

Chomper is a fast growing, fine leafed hybrid with excellent palatability. This hybrid provides a high quality product that can be used for grazing, hay, cut & carry as well as silage. Chomper has a high leaf to stem ratio and has a quick regrowth, making it suitable for multiple cuttings.

LG SEEDS® 2730B produces uniform plant with good head exsertion at harvest.

LG SEEDS® 2620C provides excellent staygreen and standability. Well adapted to western high stress environments.