Sorghum Silage as a Feed Alternative for Backgrounding Heifers in Florida
Sorghum has been gaining attention in Florida as a crop alternative harvested as whole plant silage for inclusion in backgrounding diets as the main roughage source to fill the forage gap in winter feeding programs. The objective of this publication is to share the experience of three consecutive y...
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Sorghum has been gaining attention in Florida as a crop alternative harvested as whole plant silage for inclusion in backgrounding diets as the main roughage source to fill the forage gap in winter feeding programs. The objective of this publication is to share the experience of three consecutive years at the North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) in Marianna, Florida, using whole-plant sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) silage as the main dietary ingredient for growing heifers. County Extension agents and cattle producers can use this report to reference a range of expected weight gains, feed conversion rates, and costs when using sorghum silage as the main dietary ingredient in backgrounding beef cattle diets. Adopting this technology could increase the opportunity for producers to add value to weaned calves across Florida, where there are suitable conditions for growing sorghum.
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| spelling | doaj-art-ff08a56235b444eca5d3bb32554584312025-08-20T03:18:18ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092025-04-012025210.32473/edis-an398-2025Sorghum Silage as a Feed Alternative for Backgrounding Heifers in FloridaFederico Tarnonsky0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5563-1956Federico Podversich1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0852-790XAraceli Maderal2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2267-1131Nicolas DiLorenzo3University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida Sorghum has been gaining attention in Florida as a crop alternative harvested as whole plant silage for inclusion in backgrounding diets as the main roughage source to fill the forage gap in winter feeding programs. The objective of this publication is to share the experience of three consecutive years at the North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) in Marianna, Florida, using whole-plant sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) silage as the main dietary ingredient for growing heifers. County Extension agents and cattle producers can use this report to reference a range of expected weight gains, feed conversion rates, and costs when using sorghum silage as the main dietary ingredient in backgrounding beef cattle diets. Adopting this technology could increase the opportunity for producers to add value to weaned calves across Florida, where there are suitable conditions for growing sorghum. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/134657sorghum silagecattle feeding |
| spellingShingle | Federico Tarnonsky Federico Podversich Araceli Maderal Nicolas DiLorenzo Sorghum Silage as a Feed Alternative for Backgrounding Heifers in Florida EDIS sorghum silage cattle feeding |
| title | Sorghum Silage as a Feed Alternative for Backgrounding Heifers in Florida |
| title_full | Sorghum Silage as a Feed Alternative for Backgrounding Heifers in Florida |
| title_fullStr | Sorghum Silage as a Feed Alternative for Backgrounding Heifers in Florida |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sorghum Silage as a Feed Alternative for Backgrounding Heifers in Florida |
| title_short | Sorghum Silage as a Feed Alternative for Backgrounding Heifers in Florida |
| title_sort | sorghum silage as a feed alternative for backgrounding heifers in florida |
| topic | sorghum silage cattle feeding |
| url | https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/134657 |
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