Sorghum production is highly recognized as the fifth most important cereal production in the world following wheat, maize, rice and barely.

So because of its drought resistivity, the production areas are mostly the drier regions.



However, in recent years, maize tends to replace sorghum probably due to its value.

Sorghum is used as a sample food, for brewing beverages, as a livestock feed (fodder, forage or silage), for manufacturing industrial goods, as fuel and many other forms.


SITE SELECTION FOR SORGHUM PRODUCTION
Sorghum is adapted to a wide range of ecological conditions and possesses better heat resistance than any other cereal.

Select a fertile and well drained soil. Although, it can tolerate water logging soil condition better than millet and maize.

Make sure to avoid planting sorghum after sorghum, rather form the habit of rotating sorghum with legumes or cotton where applicable.

Select a site with little or no striga.

FIELD MANAGEMENT FOR SORGHUM PRODUCTION
Field measurement is very important because, accurate field measurement will guide the farmers to know the actual area of his farm.

The use of Geographical positioning System (GPS) has simplified the rigour of land measurement.

For area calculation, select AREA, from the main menus of GPS receiver.
Enter START, then walk around the perimeter of the farmland you want to measure.

Select CALCULATE to see the area inside the path walked through. The AREA’s unit can be converted to any unit in the GPS receiver.

LAND PREPARATION FOR SORGHUM
Sowing is done on flat land or on ridges.

In most parts of Nigeria especially, sorghum is sown on ridges and old ridges are destroyed and new ones are made in the old furrow.
Proper soil tillage is (sometimes) necessary to obtain good yields.
Good land preparation ensures that the site selected is clear edit any debris or stumbles from previous crops before the onset of rains.
Gather and burn all the debris- to avoid carryover of pests and disease from previous season.
Till the soil into smaller crumbs and in the process turn silver to cover the weeds.
Tillage may involve ploughing, harrowing and ridging.
Ploughing may be necessary after 3-5 years of continuous harrowing while harrowing and ridging are done yearly.
Ploughing is deep cultivation while harrowing pulverizes the soil and ridging helps to create a good bed for root establishment, prevent lodging, improve drainage in water logged areas and concentrate nutrients from top soil near the crop for easy access.



VARIETIES AND SEED SELECTION FOR SORGHUM
Some of the good varieties sorghum seeds are:-

1. SAMSORG-14 (KSV-.

2. SAMSORG-17 (SK5912).

3. SAMSORG H1-4 (Hybrids).

4. SAMSORG- 40 (ICSV-400).

5. SAMSORG-41 (ICSV-III).

6. CSR 01 (Farafara Ex Kano).

7. CSR 02 (Farafara Ex Katsina), and

8. BES.



PLANTING DATE, TIME AND METHODS FOR SORGHUM PRODUCTION
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