Key Benefits
Drought Tolerant
Very Aggressive Roots
Excellent Forage
Piper sudangrass works well as a cover crop either seeded alone or in a summer cover crop mix. It has excellent weed suppressing characteristics and produces high biomass levels. The impressive root system breaks compaction and renovates soils. Piper sudangrass is a fast emerging warm season grass with very rapid growth for short-term pasture/grazing, green-chopping or dry hay as a forage. It recovers quickly after cutting or grazing and is generally a little lower in sugar content compared to other sorghums.
Prussic acid levels increase in both sudangrass and sorghum sudangrass after a killing frost. It is recommended not to graze or cut for 10-28 days after a frost. For more information please consult with your area Bio Till Cover Crop Expert.
Technical Information
| Erosion Control |  |
| Forage Quality | |
| Nutrient Scavenging | |
| Quick Growth |  |
| Soil Building | |
| Weed Suppression | |
| Winter Hardiness | |
| Seeding Rate LBS/A | Drilled: 15 – 20 |
| Broadcast: 17 – 22 | |
| Aerial: N/A | |
| Seeding Depth | ½” – 1″ |
| Minimum Germination Temperature | 65° F |
| Interseed | Not Recommended |
| Seeds/LB | 40,000 – 43,000 |
Corn Plantings
| Trade Name | Common Name | Standard Rate/AC | Half-Life (days) | Notes |
| Clarity/Banvel 4S (DiFlexx, Distinct, Engenia, Status, XtendiMax/FeXapan) | dicamba | 16-24 fl oz | 5-14 | Wait 120 days |
| Dual II Mag 7.62E/Cinch | metolachlor | 1.67 pt | 15-50 | |
| Harmony 50WDG | thifensulfuron | ⅛ oz | 12 | Wait 45 days |
| Laudis 3.5SC (DiFlexx Due) | tembotrione | 3 fl oz | 14 | Field bioassay recommended |
Soybean Plantings
| Trade Name | Common Name | Standard Rate/AC | Half-Life (days) | Notes |
| Assure II/Targa 0.88E | Quizalofop | 8 oz | 60 | Wait 120 days |
| Harmony 50WDG | Thifensulfuron | ⅛ oz | 12 | Wait 45 days |
| Select 2E | Clethodim | 10 oz | 3 | Wait 30 days |
Technical Information
| Erosion Control | |
| Forage Quality | |
| Nutrient Scavenging | |
| Quick Growth | |
| Soil Building | |
| Weed Suppression | |
| Winter Hardiness | |
| Nitrogen Produced | – |
| Seeding Rate
LBS/A |
Drilled: 15 – 20 |
| Broadcast: 17 – 22 | |
| Aerial: N/A | |
| Seeding Depth | ½” – 1″ |
| Min. Germ. F° | 65° F |
| Interseed | Not Recommended |
| Seeds/LB | 40,000 – 43,000 |
Corn Plantings
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| Trade Name | Common Name | Standard Rate/AC | Half-Life (days) | Notes |
| Clarity/Banvel 4S (DiFlexx, Distinct, Engenia, Status, XtendiMax/FeXapan) | dicamba | 16-24 fl oz | 5-14 | Wait 120 days |
| Dual II Mag 7.62E/Cinch | metolachlor | 1.67 pt | 15-50 | |
| Harmony 50WDG | thifensulfuron | ⅛ oz | 12 | Wait 45 days |
| Laudis 3.5SC (DiFlexx Due) | tembotrione | 3 fl oz | 14 | Field bioassay recommended |
Soybean Plantings
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| Trade Name | Common Name | Standard Rate/AC | Half-Life (days) | Notes |
| Assure II/Targa 0.88E | Quizalofop | 8 oz | 60 | Wait 120 days |
| Harmony 50WDG | Thifensulfuron | ⅛ oz | 12 | Wait 45 days |
| Select 2E | Clethodim | 10 oz | 3 | Wait 30 days |