Northern EDITION

Summer Crop

Planting

Guide

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Average to good growing conditions. Full moisture profile. Well managed. Average growing conditions. Less available soil moisture. More limited soil fertility. Marginal - limited by moisture availability, soil type, and planting time. Old Goldrush or Pacer country.

GROWING CONDITIONS/COMMENTS

Enforcer, Dominator, Tiger, Liberty & Venture Dominator, Tiger , Liberty & Venture Venture & Tiger

VARIETAL CHOICES

5 to 7.5MT/HA 2.5 to 5 MT/HA 2.5 MT/HA or less

Venture, Dominator & Enforcer

Venture, Enforcer & Dominator

Venture

Enforcer & Tiger

VARIETAL CHOICES

Tiger & Dominator

Liberty

100,000 – 120,000

LIBERTY

Medium

Height

Semi Open

Open

Open

40,000 – 75,000

40,000 – 75,000

40,000 – 75,000

40,000 – 75,000

40,000 – 75,000

Marginal Dryland

Medium Even

Medium to High Even

Medium Even

Medium Even

Low Even

Tillering Ability

30,000 – 60,000

30,000 – 60,000

30,000 – 60,000

30,000 – 60,000

30,000 – 60,000

Medium

Medium

Medium

Semi Medium Closed

Semi Open

Head Type

Favourable Dryland

WHITE

BRONZE

RED

RED

RED

Grain Colour

Very Good

Good

Very Good

Very Good

Good

Disease Resistance

All varieties available in: SELECT (Gaucho®) or SELECT PLUS (Gaucho® and Concep Π ®)

100,000 – 120,000

ENFORCER

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100,000 – 120,000

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DOMINATOR

Liberty

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IDGE

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5

IDGE

100,000 – 120,000

MedSlow

Enforcer

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3

IDGE

ST ED

5

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TIGER

Medium

Dominator

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Medium

Tiger

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VENTURE

MedQuick

Venture

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Midge Rating

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Full Irrigation

MedQuick

Lodging Resistance

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Recommended Plant Populations

Maturity

VARIETIES

Outstanding

Good

Very Good

Outstanding

Excellent

Drought Tolerance

75-80

72-77

70-75

65-75

65-70

Days to Flower Early Plant

70-80

70-75

68-72

60-70

60-65

Days to Flower Late Plant

Quick out of the ground, get up and go for the earliest plant. Quick and tough, with improved staygreen for the ability to complete grain fill while under late moisture stress. Midge Tested Ratings are: Enforcer 6, Venture 5, and Dominator 5. Pollen Power Hybrids with improved high production levels of highly viable pollen .

GROWING CONDITIONS/COMMENTS

GRAIN SORGHUM – VARIETY CHARACTERISTICS CHART

Late plant - Ergot worries

Sorghum Midge challenge

Late Plant - Limited growing days

Early Plant - Cold Start

CHOOSE BY (SPECIFIC CONDITIONS)

Ethanol

White Grain

Birdseed (Red)

Both have been sold as birdseed. Venture is the newest bright red variety. Stands alone - keenly sought after for improved livestock feeding value, brewing, food manufacturing, and birdseed. Premiums offered. Tiger has been purpose bred for ethanol with large heavy grain. Dominator has topped numerous grain starch level tests.

Good to excellent growing conditions. Full moisture profile. High inputs.

Enforcer, Dominator, Tiger & Liberty

7.5 to10MT/HA

Venture & Dominator

Absolute top end yield- full moisture profile and irrigation. High Inputs. Enforcer has massive yield potential.

Enforcer, Dominator & Tiger

10MT/HA and over

CHOOSE BY (END USE MARKETS)

GROWING CONDITIONS/COMMENTS

VARIETAL CHOICES

CHOOSE BY (YIELD TARGET)

YOUR SORGHUM VARIETY SELECTION MADE EASY

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The Massive Yielder and Yield Record Breaker

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Enforcer is a high yielding medium maturity sorghum that has broken numerous yield records across the major sorghum growing areas of Australia. It is an ideal choice for the more productive areas of Queensland, Northern N.S.W. and the Liverpool Plains.

Tiger

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For any Sorghum Paddock on any Farm

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Enforcer

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Tiger is a medium maturity hybrid with excellent grain size and a wide adaptability. Being tough and resilient, Tiger is outperforming competitor hybrids in both trials and full commercial situations, and has yielded over 10T/ha dryland.

• M  assive yield potential – for consistent, high paddock averages

THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TIGER

• F  or good farmers, good paddocks, good growing conditions

• Very tough and adaptable

• Yield Record Breaker on many farms

• Medium maturity

• First choice for irrigation

• Medium tillering

• Ideal for the early plant and cold start.

• Proven 10MT/Ha yielder

• Highly consistent trial performance • Very large, heavy grain

• Five star standability • Purpose bred for Ethanol • Midge tested 3 • Excellent early plant, cold start performer

Angus Blair and John Alexander in John’s Enforcer crop on “Carnamah”, Dalby. “We were looking for a high yielding variety for a good paddock. Enforcer was awesome, yielding 13.69 t/ha!”

ENFORCER HIGHLIGHTS: • 1  3,190 Kg/Ha at Windy Station Research Trial in 2007/08



Paul Krieg of Glen Royal Farms, Brookstead, in an Enforcer crop that yielded 11.68t/ha last season.





• Plant some next to your favourite hybrid.

Arthur Salisbury in Sid Godwin’s Tiger crop on “Tanderra”, Springsure. Sid’s grandson Riley stands in the same Tiger crop in the photograph on the front page.

• 11,630 Kg/Ha at NSW Ag Trial Ed Simson’s “Plantation”, Bundella (Topped the Trial) 2007/08 • 13,200 Kg/Ha over Yield Monitors at “Kamarla”, Emerald Hill 2007/08

Murray Maddern and Arthur Salisbury in Murray’s crop of Tiger on “Brigadoon”, Bowenville. “We plant Tiger early every year. It’s vigorous out of the soil and a proven all-rounder on our farm. Tiger is very reliable with an excellent grain size.”

• W  inner Pittsworth Show Dryland Sorghum Competition, 2007/08, 2008/09, & 2010/11 • W  inner 2010 Toowoomba Show RASQ Dryland Sorghum Crop Competition. (D.C Saal Pty Ltd “Waco” PITTSWORTH) For more detailed agronomic details for Enforcer, refer to the Grain Sorghum Varietal Characteristics Chart on Page 3.

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A medium maturity sorghum, widely recognized as a consistent reliable performer that brings home solid yields where other more fancied hybrids have failed in tougher growing seasons. It also has the ability to put on very high yields under favourable conditions, achieving 11.55 MT/Ha dryland.

John Lund, “Wondabah”, Clermont.

Venture

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The Medium Quick Industry Benchmark.

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5

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A Tough Hybrid that will suit any growers looking for a reliable quicker maturing grain sorghum. Venture has been bred for those tougher growing conditions. It features outstanding drought tolerance with minimal tillering to assist grain fill in tougher environments.

• V  ery Consistent and Reliable for Harvest Security

Elwyn Huston, “Wylandra”, Pirrinuan. “Venture is a quick, even flowering sorghum that stands well and is ideal for double cropping. Venture is easy to harvest and will yield given the right conditions.”

• Proven High Yielder-over 11.5T/Ha • W  ill suit any farm , and growing conditions marginal to favourable • Outstanding Pre-flowering Moisture Stress Tolerance

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• Large very open head, easier to harvest • Excellent pollen producer to combat ergot James Smith from “Alma Downs”, North Star, grew Venture that yielded 5 tonne per hectare on his “Kepajoy” property.

• Midge Tested Rating 5 • Proven Weathering Tolerance.

2009/2010 Pittsworth Show Dryland Grain Sorghum competition. 1st Place – Dominator, Black & Co 2nd Place – Dominator, Glen Royal Farms. 3rd place – Tiger, RC&CF Krieg.

• Medium quick maturity • For more marginal conditions • Minimal tillering • Highly staygreen Excellent standability • Improved drought tolerance • Suits red bird seed market • Midge tested rating 5 • Semi open head • Excellent replacement for MR Goldrush, MR Pacer, 86G87.

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• High yield potential – proven 10MT/Ha yielder

• Large creamy white grain with better feed values 2008-2009 & 2010-2011 Goondiwindi P & A Society Dryland Field Sorghum Competition.

1st place – Liberty, James Smith, “Alma Downs”, North Star, NSW.

David Wise, “Wynwood”, Bowenville.

“I like Liberty very much; we grow it every year. It yields well, stands up and is very reliable.”

Liberty is extremely adaptable has industry leading standability, and should have a place on any farm.

• Suits ANY farm – extremely adaptable

• More marketing options available

• Good standability

• Good drought tolerance – very tough.

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40,000 – 50,000

50,000 – 75,000 Galah

Phil Paterson (NFW) & John Hornick, “Windsong”, Brookstead, in John’s Galah crop that yielded 3.31 t/ha.

40,000 – 50,000

50,000 – 75,000 Sunoleoic 06

25,000 – 40,000

25,000 – 40,000

25,000 – 40,000

20,000 – 25,000

20,000 – 25,000

20,000 – 25,000

Your new Birdseed and Confectionary Option

The tough, high oil Mono with quick drydown

Outstanding stress tolerance and performance

COMMENTS

All Varieties SELECT treated with Gaucho® Insecticide for Soil Insect Control

Very Good

Very Good

Excellent

Marginal Dryland

Very Good

Very Good

Very Good

Stress Tolerance

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• Good disease resistance and standability to protect your yield potential.

• Features good head inclination and a quick drydown for an easier harvest.

• Excellent yield for maturity, to make the most of seasons that may turn dry.

• Proven, high yielding birdseed and dehulling variety – the planting seed is black, but it produces a striped seed at harvest.

GALAH - The Birdseed and Dehulling Alternative

40,000 – 50,000

50,000 – 75,000

Favourable Dryland

N/A

Medium Tall Birdseed Semi – Erect

Advantage

Medium

Limited Irrigation

Full Season

Galah

High 44 – 50% Medium

Semi – Pendulous Mono

Medium Quick

Full Irrigation

Medium

Sunoleoic 06

High 45 – 50% Tall

Disease Resistance

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Semi – Erect Poly

Medium Quick

Oil % Potential

IDGE

Recommended Plant Populations

Full Season

Height

Liberty has many traits not seen in white varieties before, such as good standability, staygreen drought tolerance and midge resistance, combined with the inherent genetic benefit white sorghum has of very high yields.

Advantage

Head Type

“I have a good market for Liberty. It averaged 4t/ha this year and I am quite happy with that in CQ. Liberty is a regular variety on our property.”

Type

Steve Saal, “Golden Downs”, Clermont.

Summer Plant

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Early Spring

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VARIETIES

The white choice with more marketing options.

SUNFLOWER – CHARACTERISTICS CHART

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Liberty

For detailed agronomic Information, please refer to the Grain Sorghum Characteristic Chart on Page 3.

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Advantage

Sunoleic 06

More Yield, More Oil, More Often – Proven and Trusted.

The High Yield, High Oil, Quick Dry Down, Water Efficient Mono. Sunoleic 06 is a medium maturity monounsaturated sunflower with excellent yield potential, consistently higher oil % and a quicker dry down to allow an easier, faster harvest. A standout in seasons that turn dry. Quicker to harvest than others.

• Proven and Trusted • Ideal Maturity, will shorten as planting date gets later

Peter Obst in Sunoleic 06 at Ken & Bev Obst property, “Glenmore Downs”, Clermont, QLD.

• Industry benchmark for Stress Tolerance

“Sunoleic 06 is quick to dry down & does not mess about. I find it has tolerance to TSV”.

• High Oil Potential Poly • Has been used in other markets • Can flex yield to suit all growing conditions- from best to worst.

Mike Wagner, “Toonba”, Springsure.QLD, in Advantage. ‘We grow Advantage regularly in the renowned Golden Triangle area of Central Queensland. Advantage is a good reliable poly sunflower’. • Medium maturity mono with a very quick drydown to harvest

Paul Newell, HSR Seeds breeder in Advantage crop.

• Consistently high oils • Handles tougher growing seasons • Excellent Yield Potential • Quicker to harvest than others • Highly Water Use Efficient - will make the most of available soil moisture.

Adam Drysdale, Freestone via Warwick in his crop of Sunoleic 06.

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Highly Productive Not Good Wrap Excellent Preferred Best Choice

15 to 25

15 to 35

15 to 25

15 to 25

15 to 25

15 to 25

Irrigation Kg/Ha

You’ve come to the right place.

• Exclusive genetics, with specific traits to make your crops more productive.

8 to 12

8 to 12

8 to 12

8 to 12

8 to 12 4 to 7

8 to 12

Favourable Dryland Kg/Ha

• A complete range - that means any forage grower in Australia can choose at least one highly productive hybrid to suit their specific needs. • BMR specialization – We are at the forefront with this exciting new technology, with three specific BMR hybrids to suit your production system.

4 to 7

4 to 7

4 to 7

4 to 7

4 to 7

HSR Seeds are the BMR specialists in the Australian forage market, and will continue to bring forward industry leading genetics to the Australian livestock producer chasing best return on investment for summer forage plantings. HSR Seeds have already released three advanced BMR hybrids: • BMR Revolution for intensive, high production. • BMR Choice, a silage specialist.

28,000 – 40,000 15° and rising Lush

28,000 – 40,000 15° and rising Hunnigreen (Ultra Late)

35,000 – 50,000 15° and rising Everlush (Ultra Late)

28,000 – 40,000 15° and rising BMR Choice

28,000 – 40,000 15° and rising BMR Supreme (Ultra Late)

28,000 – 40,000 15° and rising

• BMR Supreme - the only Ultra Late flowering, sweet BMR forage on the market.

BMR Revolution

Planting Soil Temp (degrees c)

Seed Size Seeds per Kg

Marginal Dryland Kg/Ha

• Specially selected forages to suit our environments and differing management systems.

VARIETIES

Excellent Spring Summer Excellent Sudan Grass Sorghum Lush

Excellent Summer Late Summer Hunnigreen

Sweet Sorghum Sweet Sorghum

Good

Excellent Pit/Wrap

Excellent

Sweet Ultra Late Best Choice Very Good

Hay and Bulk Ultra Late Excellent Very Good Pit/Wrap Best Choice Late Spring Summer Everlush

Sudan Grass Sorghum

Very Good

Best Choice Excellent

Silage Best Choice Very Good Not Preferred BMR Sorghum Spring Summer Sweet Sorghum BMR Choice

Excellent BMR Sorghum Spring Summer Excellent Sweet Sorghum BMR Supreme

Excellent Best Choice Spring Summer BMR Sorghum Sudan Grass BMR Revolution

HSR Seeds is setting new standards in total feed values for forage sorghums in Australia. Our industry leading range of forage sorghum hybrids are unmatched by any of our competitors. We offer to you:

Very Good

Good

Best Choice (Pit)

Sweet Ultra Late Best Choice Best Choice Excellent

Excellent Wrap

Versatile Best Choice (Wrap) Not Preferred Best Choice

Best Choice

COMMENTS Quality Silage Stand Over Hay Range Grazing Intensive Grazing Plant Time Genetic Type VARIETIES

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If you are a serious livestock producer, then you want a lot of feed, you want it to be high quality, you want your animals to eat it, you want it to be safe, and you want it to be easy to manage.

“Our Heart is in the Paddock”

Our research and development programmes in forages are directed to providing a complete range of BMR varieties, so that you will have access to a superior feed quality BMR alternative to the current traditional type forage you may be growing now.

HSR Seeds Forages - “The BMR Alternative” A BMR Forage to suit your needs, whatever your forage programme demands Traditional Forage Types

Your New BMR Alternative to Use

Hay, Everlush, Superdan/Superdan 2

BMR Revolution

Sweet and Ultra Late, Everlush Hunnigreen, Sweet Jumbo LPA

BMR Supreme

Silage, Chopper, Mega Sweet

BMR Choice

Quick feed, Intensive Grazing, Lush, Bettagraze, Speedfeed 2, Sprint Range Grazing, Standover, Hunnigreen, Sugargraze, Mega Sweet

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BMR Revolution

BMR Supreme

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BMR Revolution

BMR Supreme

Your Best Option for a Highly Productive, Highest Quality Summer Feed.

The Complete Package Mid Rib, Sweet, Ultra Late Flowering. BMR Supreme is our latest Brown Mid Rib release. It is a breakthrough in that it is also a true Ultra Late Flowering forage sorghum, and has a Sweet Sorghum pedigree. This hybrid has a unique rolled leaf characteristic which means that the stem, when cut, shows the easily digested rolled leaves instead of a hard pithy stem.

• Brown Mid Rib (BMR) Forage Sorghum (12 gene BMR)

• New Brown Mid Rib Forage

• Extremely vigorous hybrid, which can be regrazed as early as 4 weeks

• Sorghum x Sweet sorghum • Superior 12 gene BMR pedigree

• Most versatile hybrid available, it can be used for grazing, hay and silage

• Ultra Late flowering • Very large, sweet & palatable leaves

• B  MR technology has the ability to boost live weight gain and milk production by 20% over conventional hybrids (due to the BMR 12 gene characteristic with much lower levels of indigestible lignin plant components)

• Excellent for standover grazing • Excellent for silage/wrap • Can grow to 3 metres high.

• E  xcellent (WUE). One Mega Litre (ML) can produce 4-6 Dry Matter Tonnes /Ha (1 ML is equivalent to 100 mm rainfall) Paul and Shane Bourke, “Myrtleholme”, Gladfield via Warwick.

• Will tolerate heavy grazing

“BMR Revolution fits well into our feeding system, as grazing, hay or silage. BMR Revolution has outstanding vigour and the dairy herd strip graze the feed with no wastage. It’s fed off at waist height and production always lifts.”

• P  rovides excellent summer feed for all ruminants with production potential over 20 DMT/ha from minimal in crop water.

WHO SHOULD GROW BMR Revolution? Any livestock producer seeking a highly palatable, highest quality feed and lots of it. BMR Revolution is the perfect choice for intensive grazing, quick regrowth, hay and silage.

BRM Supreme growing on Hicks family property “Billabong”, Moura, Qld.

WHO SHOULD GROW BMR Supreme? Because of its soft stems and big juicy leaves, it makes very good hay and silage wrap, as well as providing plenty of bulk for pit silage if allowed to grow close to full maturity. It is outstanding as standover feed for late summer into autumn. It is also an excellent choice for extensive range grazing.

Cows Love BMR Revolution

Dairy cattle grazing BMR Supreme.

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BMR Choice

Lush

The Brown Mid Rib Silage Specialist.

Highly Productive, Quick Feed. Lush is one of the most popular summer forages in Australia. Having been marketed for over 20 years, Lush has found a new niche with livestock producers as intensive management skills have been introduced more widely to forage sorghums. Lush is very quick to first grazing, has excellent regrowth and low prussic acid levels. It has proven to be a highly productive forage for beef, and dairy producers.

BMR Choice has been specially bred to suit the silage market. In one of our farmer trials BMR Choice was grown under extremely tough dryland conditions for pit silage and still managed to yield 24.95 tonnes per hectare, with a Relative Feed Value of 117. BMR Choice can also be cut early when the plants are 1 metre to 1.5 metres in height to make very good quality hay.

• Silage Specialist • Superior 12 gene BMR pedigree

Mel, Cam and Josh Mengel, “Kia Ora”, Nobby.

• Sorghum x sweet sorghum type

“ We have always liked Lush for both grazing and baling. It is leafy, productive, makes terrific hay, and cures well. In the paddock it’s always eaten first and right to the ground! “

• BMR Technology boosts growth and milk productivity by 20%



• Highly digestible • Grows to 3 metres high • Produces a white head of grain • Excellent for silage or early grazing

• Sudan grass x sorghum type

• Makes good hay if cut early

• Low prussic acid levels

• Is an excellent intensive grazing option.

• Suits intensive grazing and highest stocking rates



• Fine stemmed, especially at higher planting rates



• V  ery leafy forage with excellent leaf to stem ratio



Mike Henry “White Park”, Hodgson Vale, QLD. “I have not opened the BMR Choice silage pit yet, but it looks like it will do the job with our Dairy herd”.

WHO SHOULD GROW Lush? Anyone wanting quick feed and lots of it. Lush is highly productive, with quality leafy feed. Due to its vigorous growth it lends itself to intensive grazing systems, and highest stocking rates.

• Ideal for early grazing • Makes excellent hay due to high leaf content and regrowth ability.

Crawford’s BMR Choice at Kumbia QLD.

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Everlush

Hunnigreen

Highly palatable Ultra Late Flowering forage.

Sweet Leafy Feed for Longer - and a Safer Option. Hunnigreen is an Ultra Late flowering sweet sorghum that will not flower until daylight hours are less than 12 hours, 20 minutes. This provides leafier, high quality feed right through the summer. This also means your cattle are at less risk from sorghum ergot with Hunnigreen, as ergot only infects the plant at flowering. Hunnigreen can provide up to three months leafier, safer grazing than some older traditional type sweet sorghums. Example below:

Everlush is one of a new range of top quality forage sorghums from HSR Seeds that will make grazing management easier. Because it will not flower until day length is less than 12 hours 20 minutes, it will maintain a high leaf to stem ratio, with less rank, stalky feed.

• Ultra Late Flowering for more quality feed for a longer grazing period



• I mproved palatability for higher intake per head and improved productivity • Sudan grass x sorghum type • Very fine stems and leaves • Excellent for hay making • Safe low prussic acid levels • Ideal for early grazing.

Variety

Planting Date

Days to Flower

Date of Flowering

Hunnigreen Advantage

Hunnigreen

1st October

160

12th March

70 days (Over 2 months!)

Sugargraze

1st October

90

29th December

Ergot Risk at Flowering

No risk until early March At risk from late December onwards

WHO SHOULD GROW Hunnigreen? Anyone looking for a lot of leafy sweet feed to carry them through all summer and into autumn. Anyone who is has concerns over ergot infecting their earlier flowering forages. Hunnigreen is an ideal extensive range grazing hybrid, and provides excellent standover feed or silage. It is also very drought tolerant.

• Sweet sorghum x Sweet sorghum hybrid Glynn Carpenter, Nanango, QLD.

• Highly drought tolerant

“Everlush handled the big wet well. It grew with lots of vigour, was very productive & we heavily grazed it for months”.

• Excellent for silage • Leafy with excellent palatability • E  xcellent standover feed for late grazing into autumn and winter

WHO SHOULD GROW Everlush? Farmers seeking a truly versatile forage that will provide quality feed and a bulk of it. It is an excellent hay variety and being highly palatable is a great choice for intensive and extensive grazing situations.

• Can be grazed all summer • Ultra late flowering means more feed for longer • Will not run to head as quick as some sweet sorghums, so less exposure to Ergot risk.

Will West “Caloona Charolais” Tamworth, NSW. “Everlush is an excellent feed with the stalks being smaller and more palatable than other forage sorghums. It produces outstanding hay and silage and is easier to graze with low prussic acid levels.Overall very versatile with a bulk of early to late feed”. Hunnigreen provides high quality sweet feed from spring through summer, into autumn.

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Dent

102 CRM

Moderate

Very Good

Very Good

40 - 75,000 (Silage 45 - 80,000) 40 - 75,000 (Silage 45 - 85,000) 40 - 75,000 (Silage 45 - 85,000) 40 - 75,000 (Silage 45 - 90,000)

75 - 85,000 (Silage 75 - 95,000) 75 - 90,000 (Silage 75 - 100,000) 75 - 90,000 (Silage 75 - 100,000) 75 - 90,000 (Silage 85 - 100,000)

25, 000 25, 000 25, 000

30 - 90,000 (Silage 75 - 100,000) 40 - 90,000 (Silage 75 - 100,000)

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55 - 90,000 (Silage 75 - 100,000)

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25, 000

7

9

9

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55 - 75,000 (Silage 75 - 90,000)

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25, 000

7

5

9

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55 - 75,000

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Marginal Dryland

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Favourable Dryland

8

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Stalk

Lodging Root

All Varieties are available as SELECT treated with Gaucho® for Soil Insect Control

Maximus

Olympiad

Nero IT

Sirus

Amadeus

Recommended Population

Maximus

Moderate

Good

40 - 75,000

Dent

112 CRM

Olympiad

Moderate

Very Good

75 - 85,000

Dent x Flint

112 CRM

Nero IT

Moderate

Very Good

Limited Irrigation

Dent

118 CRM

Moderate

Cob Rot Rust

Disease Reactions

Husk Cover Stress Tolerance Turcicum Leaf Blight

Full Irrigation

Large Flint

118 CRM

Amadeus - (Gritting) Sirus

Grain Type

Maturity

VARIETIES

MAIZE – CHARACTERISTICS CHART

Amadeus

“Our Heart is in the Paddock”

A new high quality grit maize, widely adapted with an excellent disease package. Amadeus provides a clean bright grain sample of the highest quality.

“Our Heart heart is in the paddock” Paddock”

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Amadeus is a new grain maize which has good gritting potential. Contracts are available with Defiance Maize Products.

• 118 CRM

• Grit variety

• Widely adapted with good disease resistance

• Consistent high yields relative to current commercial gritters.

• Good drought tolerance so will perform under dryland as well as irrigated.

Try a paddock of Amadeus this year up against your favourite gritting corn.

Scott Bartley, Hermitage, via Warwick.

Stewart Free, Hamilton Farm, Clifton. QLD.

“We compared Amadeus to two other grit corns last season and it easily came out on top. It met the tough quality specs at the gritting mill & was sold first. Amadeus was a pleasure to harvest & the crop looked really good all the way through”.

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Nero IT

Olympiad

Open your cropping options up with Nero IT maize (imazethapyr tolerant).

Your First Choice for Quality Silage and Stock Feed.

Introducing HSR Seeds new 112 CRM IT corn. With an improved yield on Hannibal of over 3% and offering flexible management with the IT characteristics, Nero IT offers the Australian grain and silage grower an excellent choice in maize selection.

Olympiad is a full season robust leafy hybrid with excellent grain yields. It performs very impressively under both dryland and irrigated conditions. Because of its high starch kernel characteristic it delivers higher quality feed values.

W E N • 112 CRM

• High yielding grain and silage hybrid

• IT grain variety for more cropping options

• C  o-Jointly Australian Grain Yield Record holder (21T/Ha - 8 T/Acre)

• Good drought tolerance

• Cold Start specialist - can plant at 10 degrees C and rising

• Dryland or irrigated potential

• H  ighly adaptable and reliable – consistent performer

• High quality, heavy dense grain • Suitable for use in previously Imidazolinone herbicide treated fields.





• S  uited to all maize growing areas across NSW & QLD.

eg., where Flame® herbicide has been used in the previous peanut crop.

• Highest quality silage • Makes an excellent stock feed choice • Excellent husk cover and disease resistance • High starch Dent Kernels

Arthur Salisbury & Ben Marshall in Nero IT crop at Emerald, QLD. WHO SHOULD GROW NERO IT? Growers seeking a reliable high yielding mid maturing maize that will provide high quality silage and stockfeed while allowing the additional use of Lightning Herbicide® as a weed management tool, or for growers with plant back issues arising from imidazolinone herbicide treated fields.

Phil Hemmings, in Qlympiad “Maganda Park”, Emerald, QLD. “Our Olympiad looks really good”.

• Tough, drought tolerant • Medium maturity (112 days CRM).

Sirus Chase the Big Yields Sirus is a new versatile hybrid which produces quality silage or grain. A big robust plant type which will reward you if you are aiming at the top end yields. • 118 CRM





• Dent corn/softer starch

• Top end yield potential • Good disease package.

Ian Brown, “Wytara Holstien Friesian Stud”, Warwick, QLD. “I grew both Sirus & Olympiad for silage last summer. The maize silage has maintained good production figures in tough cold & wet conditions”.

Jeff Barbeler, Kingaroy, in Nero IT.

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Contact your local

HSR Seeds representative

Arthur Salisbury on 0408060887

Toowoomba QLD

or visit our website

www.hsrseeds.com.au Wondai Head Office 07 4169 0011

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