Forage species

HAY-KING

Sorgho fourrager

Palatability and high nutritional quality!
HAY-KING forage sorghum is a Hi-Gest® variety (low in lignin) that can be eaten better than other conventional sorghum varieties and improves animal performance.

Fonctionnal benefits

  • Abundant production in summer;
  • Excellent nutritional qualities.

The benefits in detail

HAY-KING is a high-performance forage sorghum with abundant production in summer.

Agronomic profile :

  • Leafy hybrid with high tillering;
  • Abundant forage production in summer: 10 to 15 t M.S/ha and 3 to 4 yields;
  • Great flexibility of use: mowing/grazing.

Zootechnical profile :

- Excellent nutritional qualities :

  • low in lignin (Hi-Gest® variety), HAY-KING has better fibre digestibility;
  • rich in soluble sugars;
  • low in cyanogenic carbohydrates (grazing from 60 cm high);

- Excellent palatability and feed intake;
- Excellent animal performance (in dairy cattle and mixed ration with 18% sorghum, HAY-KING improves daily milk production by 12% compared with the control).

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