Silage Crops for Dairy and Beef Cattle II: Sorghum and Other Forage Crops

Marcelo Wallau , , , Adegbola Adesogan, Diwakar Vyas, andKevin Korus

Release Date: 9/2/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-aa269-2022

Agriculture

Abstract

This publication is a second article on silage crops for dairy and beef cattle that explores crop choices and agronomic aspects of silage production in Florida, from planting until preparing to harvest for sorghum, sorghum x sudan, pearl millet, and cool-season small grain silages. Written by Marcelo Wallau, Joao Vendramini, Adegbola Adesogan, Diwakar Vyas, and Kevin Korus, and published by the UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, February 2022.

About this Publication

This document is SS-AGR-461, one of a series of the Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2022. Revised April 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Wallau, M., Vendramini, J., Adesogan, A., Vyas, D., & Korus, K. (2022). Silage Crops for Dairy and Beef Cattle II: Sorghum and Other Forage Crops. EDIS, 2022(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-aa269-2022

Authors

Marcelo Wallau

Contact

Specialist

University of Florida

associate program leader for agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension, and forage Extension specialist and associate professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agronomy

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Maria E. Mailhos

forage team, Department of Agronomy

João Vendramini

center director, Texas A&M AgriLife Stephenville Research and Extension Center, former professor and forage specialist, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center

Adegbola Adesogan

Specialist

University of Florida

professor, Department of Animal Sciences, and director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems

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Diwakar Vyas

Specialist

University of Florida

research associate professor, ruminant nutrition, Department of Animal Sciences

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Kevin Korus

County agent

University of Florida

Extension agent III, Ph.D., agriculture and natural resources, UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County

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