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What is Sugargraze?
1. Multi cut World’s best Sweet Sorghum Hybrid
2. Brix 16% to 18% in Juice – High Energy
3. Soft Stems with soft internodes – Best Digestibility
4. Suitable for silage and Hey Making
5. Drought tolerance – Withstands in less water
6. 2.5 mts height with no lodging
7. Highest yield capable up to 100 Mt per hector
Sugargraze Characteristics • Warm season perennial grasses
produced as annual crops • Highly productive C4
photosynthetic pathway – Increased productivity in stressful
environments
• Height – some types reach 15 ft. tall
Why Sugargraze for Forage
Sugargraze Characteristics • High yield
– Tillering – side shoots developing from auxillary buds increase yield potential
• Greater leaf mass than corn • Regrowth for multiple harvests
• Optimum temperature for growth 86o F – high levels of photosynthetic activity above 100o F – minimal growth occurs below 60o F – plant at 50o F soil temperature
Why Sugargraze for Forage
Parametre Sugargraze Corn/ Maize
Seed Cost / Acre Less High
Yield per Acre (Green) 30 to 35 Mt 25 mt to 30 Mt
Green Fodder Very Sweet Normal
Silage Very good Quality Avaerag Quality
30% lesser water than Corn 30 to 35 % more water required
1 inch water produces - 2 Mt 1 Inch water produces - 1 Mt
Fertiliser 30% lesser than Corn 30% more Than Sugargraze
Nitrogen 25% lesser than Corn 25% more Than Sugargraze
Sweetness - Brix % 16 % to 18 % No Sweet Juice
Temparature Very good in Heat Tolarance Medium Tolarance
Drought Good in Drought Tolarance Require more Irrigation
Water Use Efficiancy Very High Very low
Root Zone System Very Efficiant in Water finding Poor root establishment
Leaf Structur Very wide leaf blade Medium leaf blade
Mycotoxin Problem No Yes
Water Requirement
SUGARGRAZE vs CORN
Sugargraze Advantages Over Corn High yields on less water
– Yields similar to corn with 30%-50% less water – Yields of 1.75 to 2.5 tons of biomass per inch of
water Vs. corn yields of 1 ton per inch of water – Lower energy & water pumping costs – Annual estimate for Texas Panhandle:
irrigated sorghum system saves 400,000 acre-inches and pumping costs over irrigated corn silage
Why Sugargraze over Corn Silage?
• Heat tolerance • Drought tolerance
– Very high water use efficiency – Large, efficient root system finds water – Growth resumes after drought-induces dormancy – Water loss reduced by plants • wax coating on leaves • leaves roll along midrib to reduce leaf surface
Why Sugargraze over Corn Silage?
Sugargraze Advantages Over Corn • Lower soil fertility requirements than corn
– 30% Less nitrogen—60 kg for sorghum Vs. 100 – 150 Kg for corn
• Later planting with similar tonnage • Greater total leaf area with re-growth for
multiple harvests. • Minimal mycotoxin concerns
– Aflatoxin – Fumonisin
Why Sugargraze over Corn Silage?
Economic Advantages Over Corn • Environmental
– Water conservation – Reduced phosphorus excretion (with BMR 6 types)
Why Sugargraze over Corn Silage?
FYM N P K
Sweet - SSG JUMBO Feb to Sep 8 to 15 30 X 15 5000 30 25 10 25 2 to 3 55 to 60 20 to 25
Multicut NUTRIFEED Mar to Sept 2 to 3 30 X 25 5000 30 25 10 25 5 to 8 35 to 40 days 25 to 30
Green/Silage Sorghum SUGARGRAZE Mar to August 5 to 6 30 X 15 5000 30 25 10 25 1 to 2 80 days 25 to 30
Low Lignin Sorghum ADVANTA-BMR Mar to August 10 30 X 15 5000 30 25 10 25 3 TO 4 55 to 60 20 TO 25
Dual prupose Maize NUTRICORN Mar to August 8 TO 10 45 X 20 5000 30 25 10 Single 75 to 80 Days 28 to 35
Dual Purpose Sorghum PAC - 501/ 537 May to July 3 45 X 20 3000 60 20 15 25 2 cuts 80 days 20 to 22 mt
Dual Purpose Bajra PAC - 931/ 909 June to July 1.5 45 X 15 3000 30 15 10 Single 90 days 18 to 20 mt
Annual Grass Makkhan Grass Oct to Dec 6 to 8 45 X 10 5000 30 25 25 5 to 8 25 to 30 days 12 to 15
Lucerne DELIGHT Oct to Dec 6 to 8 45 X 20 5000 30 25 10 25 5 to 8 25 to 30 days 12 to 15
Approx. yield per
cut per Acre - Mt
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Season Crop Advanta Hybrid Sowing PeriodSeed Rate
per Acre - Kg
Spacing in
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Winter
Fertiliser in Kg per Acre After every
Cut N
No.
Cuttings
Duration each
Cut - Days
• Jumbo, Nutricorn (PAC-740), Sorghum, Bajra are notified by GOI
• Nutrifeed and Sugargraze tested 3 years in AICRP-ICAR
• Lucerne – Notified variety and Annual Grass is 2 years testing data in SAU (P)
Different Forage Crops – POPs..
Cost/Hector Local SSG Jumbo Nutrifeed Sugargraze Napier
Seed Rate 37.5 25 7.5 12.5 30000
Seed Cost 937.5 1125 5325 4250 30000
Cost of Cultivation
Ploughing 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200
Sowing 450 400 600 400 1500
Irrigation 1500 1500 1500 1500 2200
Fertiliser 965 965 1000 900 1200
Pest Control 300 300 300
Total Cost of Cultivation Rs. 5052.5 5190 9625 8250 36100
1st Cut Yield per Ha 40 mt 50 MT 60 50 30
Revenue 44000 55000 66000 55000 33000
2nd Cut Yield per Ha 25 mt 40 Mt 70 40 35
Revenue 27500 44000 77000 44000 38500
3rd Cut Yield per Ha 35 mt 70 30 35
Revenue 0 38500 77000 33000 38500
4th Cut Yield per Ha 50 40
Revenue 55000 0 44000
TOTAL REVENUE per Ha 71500 137500 275000 132000 154000
Net Revenue per Ha 66447.5 132310 265375 123750 117900
Feeding Benefits
Green Fodder Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hay Yes Yes
SILAGE Yes Yes
Cost of Cultivation