Sweet Forever BMR: High-Quality Grazing That Stays Leafy
See how Sweet Forever BMR's photo-period sensitive genetics keep forage quality high through fall. Learn why this sorghum-sudangrass hybrid stays leafy longer than standard varieties, resists drought stress, and works for both summer grazing and winter stockpiling.
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0:00 This is sweet forever BMR sweet forever is a unique product in what we have out here because it's photo period sensitive. So in addition to being a brown midrib.
0:10 Which gives it high quality grazing characteristics. The photo period sensitive gene prevents this plant from growing reproductive until there's 12.
0:19 Hours and 20 minutes of daylight left. We're here middle of September right now. This stuff has been growing since the third week in June. It's 8 feet tall, very.
0:29 Very leafy but as you can see absolutely no seed heads forming yet. It's compared to the non-photoperiod sensitive types are in full head so what this allows it.
0:39 To do is you can grow for a long period of time without it going reproductive, which keeps the forage quality much higher as well as eliminates the risk of.
0:47 Having unwanted seed, a couple of other things that are advantages of this product. Whenever any grass plant heads out, the quality drops pretty.
1:00 Dramatically because the plant is starting to add fiber to that stem to hold the seed head up to other things that happen that are also undesirable.
1:19 No more leaves. You can see this is still adding leaves. All the products that have headed out have stopped producing leaves, and finally this plant will continue to.
1:32 Produce root growth in addition to top growth until it heads out which it won't do for a couple more weeks. You know, the other thing about a photoperiod.
1:41 Sensitive plant like this is able to withstand drought periods better. A lot of times, other non-photoperiod sensitive varieties can be induced into.
1:50 Early maturity with drought stress where this plant it just kind of stops growing but it's not gonna go reproductive because it's not being triggered until 12 hours and 20 minutes of daylight so it tends to be more drought tolerant as well.
2:02 Very flexible product because it is a sorghum sedan so it does have high regrowth potential if you want to graze it the summer but because it keeps its quality so long into the fall it's a great product for winter stockpiling as well.