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Forage Sorghum

FS-ONE BMR

Medium Maturity
Sweet, highly palatable stalks, Good regrowth

Strengths: General Agronomic Ratings:
compact hybrid with a high leaf-to-stem
ratio. It will resist lodging and tiller Silage yield 8
profusely. To ensure the best balance
between quality and yield, FS-ONE BMR Nutritional value 9
should be harvested at soft dough.
Drought tolerance 8

Lodging resistance 9

Plant Characteristics: Disease & Insect Traits:

Days Genotype BMR Brachytic MDMV MT
Usage Silage
Days to Boot 75-80 Loose Head Smut MT
Days to Soft Dough
Plant Height 110-115 DM Race 1 & 2 S
Seed Color 6’-7’
Red Fusarium S

Charcoal Rot MT

Greenbug C HR

Greenbug E S

All ratings are general. Different pathotypes, races, and biotypes of diseases and insects can cause ratings to change.
All ratings are based on local field screenings and university screenings
HR= High Resistance, HT= Highly Tolerant, T= Tolerant, MT= Moderately Tolerant, S= Susceptible
1= Poor, 10= Excellent

Management Notes:
FS-ONE bmr is a BMR-6 brachytic dwarf that will produce exceptional quality silage, without
sacrificing yield. It will produce more milk per ton than traditional forage sorghums. It should
be grown under a single cut system.