Managing Nitrogen and Potassium in Brown Midrib Sorghum Sudan Grass

Project Leader:
Quirine Ketterings,
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Department of Soil and Crop Sciences,
Cornell University,
817 Bradfield Hall,
Ithaca,
NY,
14853

(607-255-3061)
qmk2@cornell.edu

Project Cooperators: Jerome Cherney, Tawainga Katsvairo.

Staff Member: Dr. Tom Bruulsema tom.bruulsema@ppi-ppic.org

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The agronomic management of BMR sorghum sudangrass is not well defined because BMR sorghum sudangrass is a relatively new crop to the Northeast USA. Optimal fertilizer recommendations are not currently known. Analysis of forage characteristics, including crude protein (CP), neutral detergents fiber (NDF), digestibility, relative milk yield per ton and milk yield per acre need to be evaluated. This information is required for assessing the suitability of BMR sorghum sudangrass as a forage for high producing dairy cattle