Grain Sorghum Being Researched Locally
Grain sorghum is receiving
increasing attention fiom farm
ers as a possible substitute for
corn and": this trend toward
grain sorghum is 'reilectei at
the Penn State research farm at
Landisville.
About one acre of grain sor
ghum is being grown at the
farm this year, the first time
sorghum has been tned on the
farm, accoiding to John Yocum,
farm manager.
Yocum noted that with the
wet weather this year, the sor
ghum had some difficulty get
ting through the crust on Ihe
ground But it’s expected that
there will be a sufficient crop
this year to give an indication
of what can be done with sor
ghum
Primaiy purpose of the woik
begun at the farm on sorghum
is to establish bird resistant
varieties
\ocum repoits that birds are
an increasing problem on many
types of farm crops. While the
pioblem is general, it is parti
cularly severe in certain loca
tions particularly in some sec
tions along the Susquehanna
River and around lakes.
He noted that in these areas
birds cause 100 per cent losses
of some corn crops It’s in aieas
such as these that bird resistant
sorghums can play an important
role, he said
Sorghums are also recom
mend in shallow soils, such as
in some areas of Berks County
Sorghums also will thrive in
much dryer conditions than
corn This makes sorghum a
good hedge against drought
This hedge becomes much moie
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Yocum noted that he helped understands the value of sor
harvest sorghum at Hershey ghum is also comparable,
and found the yields to be com- He noted that a combine can
John Yocum is shown checking wheat last year at the
Landisville research farm.
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be used to harvest gram sor
ghum Farmers will probably
have to dry the soighum, he
said.
Unless the fanner is going to
use the sorghum himself, how
ever, he should make sure in ad
vance that he has a maiket
Theie’s not a strong maiket in
the East foi soighum, Yocum
said
He emphasized that sorghums
will not compare favorably with
corn as a silage “Nothing will
compete with corn in TDN per
acre, although some othei ci ops
will produce comparable dry
matter-”
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