Summer annuals could hit the spot for your grazing plans

Summer annual forages such as sorghums, sudangrass and millets, typically require at least 60-degree soil temperatures to germinate, require less water than most other forages, and grow well through the heat of the summer. This makes them an ideal crop to provide additional grazing forage during our traditional summer slump or additional stored forages. They work well seeded behind winter annuals like winter wheat or cereal rye, or spring annuals like oats. They can be seeded as late as early July provided there is adequate…