{"id":2280,"date":"2022-07-01T14:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T14:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasrowcrops\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2022-07-01T14:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T14:59:43","slug":"late-planting-of-grain-sorghum-across-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasrowcrops\/2022\/07\/01\/late-planting-of-grain-sorghum-across-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Planting of Grain Sorghum Across Texas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This item was first prepared for Texas Grain Sorghum Association\u2019s \u201cSorghum Insider\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><u>South &amp; Coastal Texas<\/u><\/p>\n<p>With record high prices on grain sorghum in much of Texas, some have wondered if the prices might stir interest in <u>Central &amp; South Texas<\/u> of planting a mid-and late summer sorghum crop for fall production.\u00a0 Texas A&amp;M AgriLife does not have data on the potential for these crops if planted in Central Texas, the Coastal Bend, and far South Texas.\u00a0 Historically this has never been a practice.\u00a0 AgriLife Extension agents Vidal Saenz, Hidalgo Co., and Jaime Lopez, Nueces Co. contributed to the following comments on possible late grain sorghum for South Texas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the soil moisture status? The U.S. Drought Monitor, <a href=\"http:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/\">http:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu<\/a>, indicates dry and moderate drought conditions in the Corpus region.\u00a0 Without good soil moisture (and no irrigation) then planting is problematic.<\/li>\n<li>Though some Lower Rio Grande Valley farmers will plant late corn (mid-July to Aug. 1), this has not been done for grain sorghum. Cooler temperatures in the fall are nice, but if a freeze occurs in November (the case the past two years; January is more normal) then sorghum is hurt.\u00a0 Corn handles cooler temperatures better than grain sorghum.<\/li>\n<li>Bird damage is expected to be especially harsh (likely closer to town) on late grain sorghum. There are not feasible, cost-effective means to control it.<\/li>\n<li>A high potential level of sugarcane aphid on late grain sorghum is also a concern.<\/li>\n<li>Planting a fall crop could sap needed soil moisture and nutrients for the typical spring crop.<\/li>\n<li>Fall crops of any kind in south and coastal Texas are subject to tropical storm risk.<\/li>\n<li>There is no crop insurance for a late planting.<\/li>\n<li>Sorghum prices as of 6\/29 were about $12.00\/cwt in the LRGV, but ~$10.40 in Nueces Co.<\/li>\n<li>Farmers in the region have commented that late summer\/fall crops usually don\u2019t do as well.<\/li>\n<li>There is the hope that input costs will be lower next spring compared to now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>High Plains<\/u><\/p>\n<p><em>20<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Hailout\/Replant\/Late-Plant Guide, Texas High Plains<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This annual guide for the High Plains is posted on the main page at <a href=\"http:\/\/lubbock.tamu.edu\/\">http:\/\/lubbock.tamu.edu<\/a>\u00a0 This information is centered on the Lubbock region. \u00a0But it can be extrapolated in all directions.\u00a0 There is still time in the lower High Plains for grain sorghum plantings to near mid-July if hybrid maturity is shortened.\u00a0 Prices for grain sorghum are strong as in addition to export, ethanol plants in the High Plains are also using grain sorghum.<\/p>\n<p>For the South Plains, last plantings of June 25 in the northwest South Plains to about June 5 in the Lamesa region is good for medium maturity.\u00a0 Shorter maturity hybrids in the Lubbock region are OK to about July 10, the 15<sup>th<\/sup> to the south.<\/p>\n<p>AgriLife\u2019s experience is the true early maturity hybrids yield about 15-20% less than medium-early hybrids.\u00a0 Some producers find it an acceptable risk to push the medium earlies a little late for more yield potential.<\/p>\n<p>The above replant guide has many of the \u201cfirst things\u201d a High Plains farmer (or surrounding region) needs to consider for late grain sorghum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sugarcane Aphid in the Texas High Plains\u2014First Report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lubbock Extension entomologist Dr. Pat Porter reports small sugarcane aphid colonies are present on grain sorghum at our AgriLife Center station.\u00a0 Do not discount the needed scouting, etc. that for any grain sorghum in the region.\u00a0 For AgriLife sorghum insect info., see <a href=\"https:\/\/extensionentomology.tamu.edu\/resources\/management-guides\/sorghum\/\">https:\/\/extensionentomology.tamu.edu\/resources\/management-guides\/sorghum\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Calvin Trostle, Extension Agronomy, TAMU Dept. of Soil &amp; Crop Sciences, Lubbock, (806) 746-6101, <a href=\"mailto:ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu\">ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu<\/a>;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This item was first prepared for Texas Grain Sorghum Association\u2019s \u201cSorghum Insider\u201d South &amp; Coastal Texas With record high prices on grain sorghum in much of Texas, some have wondered if the prices might stir interest in Central &amp; South Texas of planting a mid-and late summer sorghum crop for fall production.\u00a0 Texas A&amp;M AgriLife does not have data on the potential for these crops if planted in Central Texas, the Coastal Bend, and far South Texas.\u00a0 Historically this has never been a practice.\u00a0 AgriLife Extension agents Vidal&#8230; <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasrowcrops\/2022\/07\/01\/late-planting-of-grain-sorghum-across-texas\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1756,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,65,23,10],"tags":[87,221],"class_list":["post-2280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-202","category-agriculture","category-july","category-sorghum","tag-grain-sorghum","tag-late-planting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Late Planting of Grain Sorghum Across Texas? 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