AF7401

AF7401

AF7401

Product catalog summary
Overview: The document provides detailed information on the AF7401 hybrid forage sorghum, highlighting its genetic advantages, field positioning, and management practices for optimal yield and quality.
Specifications: AF7401 is a hybrid forage sorghum combining BMR-6 and Brachytic dwarf genetics, offering high yield and superior forage quality. It is suitable for various field conditions, including tough dryland and high-yield dryland, with specific suitability ratings for different soil and environmental conditions.
Field Positioning: The sorghum is highly suitable (HS) for high yield dryland, limited irrigation, full irrigation, and areas prone to anthracnose and fusarium. It requires appropriate management (MA) for tough dryland and no-till conditions.
Characteristics & Ratings: AF7401 has a late relative maturity of 110-115 days to the soft dough stage, with excellent ratings for yield, forage quality, palatability, digestibility, and standability. It has moderate resistance to downy mildew and anthracnose.
Management and Production Guide: The sorghum is highly digestible, requires less water than corn, and performs well on less productive soils. It is recommended to plant at soil temperatures of at least 60º F, with a seeding rate of 15,000-20,000 seeds per pound. Fertility management includes maintaining nitrogen and potassium levels and addressing soil pH issues.
Harvest Recommendations: Harvest is optimal 110-115 days after emergence, ideally when 80% or more of heading has occurred to the soft dough stage. Protein levels are highest before heading, while energy increases as harvest is delayed.
Safety Considerations: To avoid nitrate and prussic acid poisoning, manage nitrogen applications carefully, avoid harvesting drought-damaged plants immediately after rain, and allow time for prussic acid to escape before feeding silage.
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Catalog excerpts

AF7401-1

AF7401 All-Star Full Season Silage with Grain • High yielding performance • BMR-6 for superior forage quality • Brachytic dwarf genetics provide stout stalks for excellent standability • Economical performance and efficiency CHARACTERISTICS & RATINGS Late Relative Maturity 110-115 Days to Soft Dough Stage BMR-6 Midrib 15-20 Seeds/Lb (1,000) - check seed bag Continuous Grazing Not Rated Rotational Grazing Not Rated Yield for Maturity Forage ^Qual ity Potentia Palatability Digestibility Seedling Vigor Recovery After Cutting Plant Uniformity Standabil ity Downy Mildew Anthracnose Fusarium Wilt Poor Excellent Based on Alta Seeds research trials relative to other Alta Seeds products. AF7401 represents the newest generation of hybrid forage sorghums. This product features a genetic combination of BMR-6 and Brachytic dwarf that enhances both productivity and efficiency. AF7401 has reduced internode length creating a compact, leafy and prolific plant. However, it will yield with taller sorghums due to the standability and tillering attributes of the Brachytic dwarf characteristic. Producers will have the best of both worlds, excellent forage qualities and a dependable high-yielding feedstock. FIELD POSITIONING Tough Dryland MA High Yield Dryland HS Limited Irrigation HS Full Irrigation HS No-Till MA Poorly Drained Soils S Anthracnose Prone Area HS Fusarium Prone Area HS Observed Suitability and Field-By-Field Positioning HS = Highly Suitable S = Suitable MA = Manage Appropriately X = Poor Suitability

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AF7401-2

Strengths: • Highly digestible and consistent form of quality silage • High levels of structural carbohydrates in stalks and leaves for overall increased animal performance • 40 percent greater IVTD forage quality rating over standard forage sorghum • Requires approximately 30 to 35 percent less water than corn for similar productivity • Excellent standabilty from Brachytic dwarf genetics • Excellent heat and drought stress tolerance • Performs well on less productive soils • Potential to equal or exceed corn silage in milk production Seeding: • Soil temperature must be at least 60° F • Avg....

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