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Sweet Bites

Sweet Bites 

Sweet Bites is a vigorous high yielding conventional forage grass for hay, grazing, or silage. This hybrid has excellent regrowth making it suitable for producing multiple cuttings. This hybrid offers a higher leaf to stem ratio than other similar hybrids making it a leader in its field for quality and yield. Stem sugar, protein content, and yield potential make Sweet Bites a proven choice for summer forage production. Harvesting for maximum yield is when the plant reaches 40-50 inches in height, or when the field is 50% boot stage. Generally speaking the first harvest can be made 50-55 days after planting.  

Additional Characteristics:
  • Anthracnose resistant
  • Downy mildew resistant
  • Water requirement - very efficient
  • Early seeding vigor - excellent
  • Low cost cover crop
  • Harvest at the boot stage or 40-60 inches 
  • First cutting 40-60 days
  • Second cutting 25-30 days
  • Third cutting 25-30 days
Seeding Rates:
  • Seeds per pound:  19,500
Seeding Method
Harvest Stage
Dryland Lbs/Acre
Irrigated Lbs/Acre
Dryland Seeds/Acre
Rainfed/Irrigated Seeds/Acre
Drilled
Boot
20-35
45-50
380,000-
​665,500
877,500-1,170,000

  • Home
  • Sorghum
    • Sorghum Sudangrass >
      • 19011 BMR Dwarf (NEW)
      • Sweet Six BMR Dry Stalk
      • Nutri King BMR 6
      • Super Sugar
      • 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
  • Other Crops
    • Wildlife
    • Millet
    • Triticale Seed
    • Wheat Seed
    • Barley Seed
    • Oats
  • Photo Gallery
  • Customers
    • Contact Us
    • Seed Treatment
    • Tech Sheets
    • Product Feedback
    • Field Days
  • Join the Team