Silo Pro Forage Sorghum: Shorter Plant, More Usable Leaf
See why Silo Pro's dwarf stature and tight leaf structure make it stand out for silage, grazing, and winter stockpile. We walk through the plant architecture and compare it directly to standard forage sorghum to show you what the briquetting trait delivers on the ground.
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0:00 This is Silo Pro which is a forage sorghum. It's got a brown midrib like the 400 dead, but this is a briquetting dwarf.
0:08 What the briquetting dwarf trait is is it shortens the length between the nodes.
0:13 On the plant so we have just as many leaves and probably just as much biomass in this plant but yet it's just about
0:20 Half the height as what a regular forage sorghum is, so this makes a great stand ability. This is an excellent silage crop.
0:28 Just like other forage sorghum, but it comes in a shorter statured plant so you have better stand ability and the leaves.
0:35 are really packed in here tight if you compare it here to the regular forage sorghum you can see I've got just
0:42 As much if not more leaf mass in the briquette Igor in a much shorter plant.
0:47 Yeah and another thing about this.
0:56 See there's just as many if not more on that one versus this tall product but look at the width of the leaves and the
1:06 Leaf attachment, this leaf just wraps around the entire plant. So if you're wanting to stockpile feed into the dead.
1:15 Of winter without the leaves all blowing off. These leaves are going to stick around a lot longer. Plus this short.
1:22 A compact package is going to stand better than these tall products, and so this is a great choice for silage. It's a good choice for a once over, end of season grazing, or for winter stockpile.