Bounty Forage Sorghum

We recommend Bounty Forage Sorghum. It tolerates repeated heavy grazing, recovers well between grazings and suits heavier soils. It has excellent seedling vigour, strong tillering and a high leaf-to-stem ratio, and under ideal conditions you can expect four or more grazings over summer.

Our sheets recommend 15–20 kg/ha for Bounty Forage Sorghum, while the 2026 guide gives 10–20 kg/ha, so use the lower end in drier conditions and talk to us about your paddock. Sow in late spring or summer once soil temperatures reach 16°C and rising, into good soil moisture with some chance of follow-up rain.

Start grazing Bounty Forage Sorghum when plants reach about 1–1.5m tall. Don't graze below 15cm if you want good regrowth. Slashing after grazing promotes even regrowth, and rotational or strip grazing lets plants recover. Early maturing types like Bounty need strict grazing management to keep both yield and quality high.

Bounty Forage Sorghum has low prussic acid potential, but all sorghums carry some risk. Young or stressed plants, such as those hit by drought or frost, carry the most. Wait until plants reach the recommended height, feed stock before turning them in, and make sure a sulphur-containing lick is available. Introduce animals gradually.

We recommend Bounty Forage Sorghum for areas with 350mm+ rainfall. It is drought tolerant, produces high dry matter and thrives in challenging conditions. It suits soil pH of about 5.0 and tolerates low pH. Sow into good moisture in spring, and the crop can keep producing through summer.

Yes. Bounty Forage Sorghum is suitable for grazing, silage and hay, and it has the potential for a high dry matter yield. Its high leaf-to-stem ratio helps feed quality. Stems become coarse if the crop is left too long, so cut or graze on time. Starting early keeps stems finer.

We don't recommend forage sorghum, including Bounty, for grazing horses. Sorghum species have long been linked to health problems in horses, even when prussic acid risk is low. Bounty is suited to cattle and sheep. For horse paddocks, talk to us about our Equi1st Pasture Mix or a suitable summer-active grass instead.

Yes. Bounty Forage Sorghum seed is coated and treated with Gaucho and Thiram to help protect seedlings during establishment. It is early to mid maturing with excellent early vigour. Monitor for insect damage after sowing, control weeds before planting, and fertilise to support germination and establishment.

A summer forage such as Bounty Forage Sorghum works well as a weed break, producing feed on land that would otherwise sit bare. Spray out persistent weeds first and prepare a good seedbed. Bounty then establishes quickly and produces feed, and the paddock is ready to resow to pasture in autumn.

It depends. Shirohie Millet can go in earlier, at 14°C soil temperature, and has no prussic acid risk. Bounty Forage Sorghum needs 16°C and rising but produces more total dry matter, handles heavy grazing and gives four or more grazings under ideal conditions. For the longest feed window, some growers sow both.