Dwarf Sudan for Summer Grazing: Leafy, Regrowth, and Winter Stockpile
Watch a walkthrough of dwarf sudangrass in our summer test plot. See why this variety delivers more grazing days per acre than tall sudangrass—it stays leafy, regrowing from low growing points so animals keep eating. Learn how to use it for summer grazing, take a hay cut, then stockpile the regrowth for winter.
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0:00 This is a briquette IK dwarf sorghum sedan, and whenever we say the terms work, people assume that it's going to yield.
0:08 Less than other products, that's definitely not the case in this product. The advantage of a Blue Kiddok dwarf is
0:16 That instead of being mostly stem with a few leaves, this is mostly leaves and a few stem. The leaves are very compact.
0:27 Close to the ground, the biggest advantage of this is regroup. If you're looking for a product that has extremely.
0:36 High summer grazing capacity, this is it. It's very leafy, the growing points remain down here instead of getting up.
0:46 In the air so grazing animals can stay on top of this and it keeps regrowing and regrowing.
0:51 And regrowth it's a brown midrib so it has excellent nutritional value for a summer grazing product this will produce.
1:09 Grazing grass and also they'll be in a briquetting dwarf it stands so much better in the winter time so again if
1:16 You want a stockpile type grazing throughout the winter. This product is going to stand a lot better than sorghum.
1:24 Sedan that gets eight or ten feet tall and will also retain its leaves much better as well. Yeah, and one of the
1:30 Common uses that this is take one. Grazing off in the summer time or a hay cutting off in your summertime, allow it to regrow and then use the accumulated regrowth as winter stock. A very versatile product.