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GW-1160

GW-1160 Medium early bronze grain sorghum dryland hybrid. Open head for spraying headworms and dry down at harvest. Standability of this hybrid is great it stays healthy during grain fill and pre boot.  It has consistently made 5000-6000 lbs/acre or 80-120 bushel yields even with stressful conditions of Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota. It does well in areas of the southern US up to North Carolina and Pennsylvania. GW-1160 has really strong disease resistance and performs anywhere South of I-94.

Adaptation Ratings:
  • Relative Maturity: Medium-Early
  • Days to Midbloom: 58-62 days
  • Yield Potential: 5,000-6,000 lbs or 80-120 bushel
  • Strong dryland stress tolerance
  • Strong disease resistance and weatherability
Plant Profile:
  • Grain Color: Bronze
  • Test Weight: 60 lbs average
  • Threshability: Excellent
  • Plant Height: 38-42"
  • Standability: Very Good
  • Root Strength: Very Good
  • Head Type: Semi-Open
  • Head Exertion: Very good even on dryland
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Seeding Rates:
  • Seeds per pound: 15,000
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Seeding Method
Dryland Lbs/Acre
Irrigated Lbs/Acre
Dryland Seeds/Acre
Irrigated Seeds/Acre
Planter
4-5
5-6
60,000-75,000
75,000-90,000
Drill
5-6
6-7
75,000-90,000
90,000-105,000

  • Home
  • Sorghum
    • Sorghum Sudangrass >
      • 19011 BMR Dwarf (NEW)
      • Sweet Six BMR Dry Stalk
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      • Sweet Bites
      • BMR Grazing Blend
      • 20270 BMR Late Maturity (NEW)
      • Super Sugar Delayed Maturity
      • Sweet Forever BMR PPS
      • Yield Max PPS
    • Grain Sorghum >
      • GW-1160
      • GW-19016
    • Forage Sorghum >
      • GW-475 BMR MS DS
      • GW-400 BMR MS JS
      • GW-2120 MS JS
      • GW-600 BMR Dry Stalk
      • GW-19040 Dwarf (NEW)
      • Silo-Pro Brachytic Dwarf BMR
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    • Wildlife
    • Millet
    • Triticale Seed
    • Wheat Seed
    • Barley Seed
    • Oats
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