Full season
Mega Sweet Summer Forage
Irresistable
Mega Sweet forage sorghum is attractive to stock at any stage of growth, increasing its feed value and sweetness as it matures.Mega Sweet can be planted early in the season, mid-season or late-season for late summer and carry-over feed. Mega Sweet can be used for grazing or quality silage production but should be your first choice for grazing cattle. This sorghum hybrid is especially well-suited to beef enterprises and can deliver exceptional weight gains. This is a sweet sorghum x grain sorghum hybrid. |
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RECOMMENDED PLANTING RATEMarginal dryland: 2-4 kg/ha Favourable dryland: 5-6 kg/ha Irrigation: 8-12 kg/ha |
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Mega Sweet
KEY FEATURES
- Flexible grazing option for beef, providing standover feed late in the season
- High energy stover and white grain delivers high metabolisable energy for conversion to meat or milk, especially with pit silage
- Provides more feed for longer, or more cuts of silage, due to its strong regrowth capability.
- Mega Sweet delivers the biggest biomass yield over the life of the crop to feed more stock
- Known to be highly sweet and palatable delivering improved utilisation in the field and in the feed trough.
For more information about Pioneer brand Mega Sweet forage sorghum, please refer to the accompanying technical fact sheet.
TRAIT RATINGS
Early Seedling Vigour
Beef Grazing
Dairy Grazing
Sheep Grazing
Hay Making
Fast Feed
Late Summer Carry Over Feed
Pit Silage
Round Bale Silage
RATING: 1 = poor 9 = excellent
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