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.

https://www.sorghumcheckoff.com/news-and-media/newsroom/2017/09/15/sorghum-and-the-use-of-a-harvest-aid-product/

Here’s Grady County Agent, Ty Torrance in dryland field late planted that got very little rain. Some white sugarcane aphid came in late here.

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.