By Rome Ethredge
Late planted Grain Sorghum is maturing now and looks ok where it got some rain. Where it didn’t get much, the yield is progressively lower but better than dryland corn. White sugarcane aphids came into some fields early but in many, as in below pictured field, populations weren’t high until after black layer, so not a problem. Could desiccate for easier harvest, no advantage in reducing moisture though.
Here’s a link to a useful Sorghum checkoff article about desiccation.
Here’s a link to a story I wrote about Grain Sorghum.
https://montana.growingamerica.com/features/2019/04/whether-he-sleeps-or-gets-seed-sprouts-and-grows
Ultra Late Corn
Here’s corn planted after the first corn crop in the same field in deep south Georgia, and it just hit black layer. Looks real good. Drydown will be slow with short days and lower temperatures but grower has drying facilities.