INTRODUCTION
 The genus Sorghum includes three distinct types used as forage crops. They are Sudangrass, Sorghum X Sudangrass and Forage Sorghum. The three plant types have different physical appearance, growth habits and modes of principal forage utilization.
Sudangrass
• Very fine stems and narrow leaves
• Profuse tillering
• Rapid regrowth after cutting or grazing
• Primarily used in intense grazing or hay
Sorghum X Sudangrass
• Moderately coarse stems and wide leaves
• Low tillering
• Moderately slow regrowth after cutting
• Primarily used in pasture, silage or coarse hay
Forage Sorghum
• Coarse stems and wide leaves
• Very slow tillering
• Very slow regrowth after cutting
• Primarily used as a one-cut silage crop
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