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Explore the potential of sorghum in the poultry industry with insights from Chromatin's overview. Discover key strategies for successful hybrid cultivation, economic comparisons, and the benefits of integrating sorghum into poultry feeding practices.
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Opportunities for Sorghum use in the Poultry Industry Raleigh, 17 April, 2013
Chromatin Overview – Focused on Sorghum • 20+ million pounds of seed inventory produced and distributed annually • Seed delivered to approximately 4 million acres each year • Developing sorghum for traditional and renewable markets
Crop Water Use L.R. Stone
Tipping Points for Yield and Economics Growing Season Water Supply Limited Irrigation Water Not Limiting Stressed Rainfed • Where is the yield tipping point? • How do economics affect the tipping point? • World vs U.S. cropping systems • How are we going to feed the world in the face of declining water supplies? • Chromatin is using this approach to target markets and product development No Water Sorghum Corn
Multi-year Studies in Kansas & Nebraska • Yield comparisons, n = 202: • Corn and sorghum hybrid tests at same location, KS, NE • Cropping-system or rotations studies with both crops in same year in same rotation • Production Costs and Returns: • 2012 Corn and Sorghum Cost-Return budgets, KSU, UNL • Localized costs and market prices used for each location
Economic Comparison Sorghum/Corn Price Ratio: 100% Corn yields where Economic Tipping point = 132bu/a
Economic Comparison Sorghum/Corn Price Ratio: 93%100% Corn yields where Economic Tipping Point = 110132bu/a
Gains made by corn breeding Price Ratio = 100%, Years: 1991-20012002-2011 Corn yields (bu/a) where Economic Tipping point = 146127 Benefit to corn breeding for drought tolerance
Opportunities for Sorghum Corn Yield (bu/a)
Chromatin Hybrids for Coastal Plains For detailed hybrid information visit www.chromatininc.com/seed.html • Keys to Successful Hybrids in this environment • Med to Med-Full maturity to capture long growing season • Excellent leaf disease resistance (MDMV, anthracnose, and Downey Mildew) • Excellent emergence as no-till and strip till are used • One or two hybrids with double crop potential