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Overview
High Gain BMR is a mid maturing sorghum x sweet sorghum cross - ideal for pit silage.
• Mid maturity around 70 days
• Brown Mid Rib - higher digestibility and energy
• Grows to 3 m tall
• White grain head
• Bred for the silage market
• Makes good hay if cut early (1–1.5 m)
• BMR genetics improves feed value up to 19%
| Variety | Hi Gain BMR | |
| Type | Sorghum x sweet sorghum |
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| Seeding Rate (kg/ha) | Marginal dryland | 4-7 |
| Good dryland | 8-25 |
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| Irrigation | 25-50 | |
| Recommended Seed Treatment | Superstrike® | |
| Minimum soil temperature at planting (deg °c) |
15 degrees and rising | |
| Days to grazing | 42-70 |
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| Usage Suitability | Grazing | Very Good |
| Green chop | Excellent | |
| Silage | Pit or wrap | |
| Hay | Very good | |
| Stock Suitability | All | |
| Grazing Management |
Strip/heavy grazing pressure/range graze |
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