Pro-Max™ Low-Lignin Hybrid Sudangrass
Characteristics:
Pro-Max™ is a unique product in the marketplace! New Pro-Max™ BMR Low Lignin Hybrid Sudangrass is the first true sudangrass with the BMR trait. Pro-Max™ provides producers the next level of improvement in high quality summer forage for direct pasture or hay and more efficient animal gain.
Notable Characteristics:
- First true sudangrass with the BMR trait
- Reduced lignin content (~20% vs. Piper)
- Improved Fiber Digestibility
- Greater Animal Preference
- Improved Animal Performance
- 20% greater gain/head/day
- 20% greater grain per acre
- More complete forage consumption-less wastage
- Has Hi-Gest™ BMR trait
Promax leaf (left)vs. conventional (right).
Forage Quality tests: (University of Illinois on-farm tests)
Suggestions for Raising Sudangrass:
Plant 1/2 to 1 inch deep for the best stand. Seeding rates for grazing 25-30 pounds per acre. Soil temperature should be in the 60-65 degree range at planting time. No-till planting works following grain; or into pastures or into alfalfa stands where it works for your forage use.
Start grazing at 25-30 inches. Leave 6-8 inch stubble (for best regrowth and yield) then rotate paddocks. Harvesting for hay at 40-49 inches gives the best yield, total digestible nutrients (TDN) and highest protein levels. Crimping with your swather will help cure sudangrass for better and quicker hay harvesting. Sudangrass for silage should be cut before full flowering and allowed to cure over night before chopping for silage pit (high water content can lower silage quality). Leave 6-8 inch stubble for best regrowth and yield. Do not graze until growth reaches 24": do not graze or harvest wilted or frozen forage. Pro-Max™ cannot be used for horses.