Tight stockfeed supply has led many graziers to consider planting annual summer forage crops. As soils warm up through mid-spring, it becomes possible to plant millet and (subsequently) forage sorghum crops. But two notes of caution.
Unless under irrigation, millet or sorghum sowings should only be considered on paddocks that have already been fallowed to preserve soil moisture from late winter. Without proper preparation (fallowing) before now, any dryland millet and sorghum sowings will be totally reliant of summer rains to grow. Is that a risk you’re willing to take?
Also, be mindful that soil residues of Group B herbicides can seriously damage millet and sorghum crops. So best not to consider these summer forages where sulfonylurea or imi hebicides were sprayed earlier in the year.
Forage Sorghum and Millet Crops
