Safe T Graze Sudan Grass Seed
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Hay: 70 lbs per acre
Safe T Graze Sudan Grass Seed is a hybrid sorghum-sudangrass summer annual built to fill the feed gap when cool-season grasses slow down in the heat. It’s heat and drought resistant, puts up 10 to 20 tons per acre, and keeps coming back after each cutting—making it a strong fit for hay, grazing, baleage, and green chop. High sugar content keeps palatability up, and the finer stem makes it easier to put up quality hay when you need summer feed in the barn.
Key Features of Safe "T" Graze Sudan Grass Seed
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Safe “T” Graze is built around Piper parenting, and that bloodline is what separates it from a standard sorghum-sudan. Piper sudan grass seed crosses run around 400 ppm prussic acid compared to 1,200 ppm on Greenleaf crosses—that difference is a meaningful gap when you’re grazing cattle through the summer. It also means finer stems at harvest, which shows up in hay quality.
On the production side, tonnage is where Safe T Graze gets attention—10 to 20 tons per acre with strong performance across multiple cuttings. If you’ve been running pearl millet as your summer annual, the big difference is regrowth. Pearl millet is a one-cut crop; Safe T Graze keeps coming back after each harvest, and that’s where the tonnage advantage adds up. High sugar content keeps palatability up and supports weight gain and milk production during the summer slump when other forages aren’t keeping pace.
A few things worth knowing before you plant: soil temperature matters more with this one than most. If it goes in too cold, it stunts and stays that way all season—no recovering from it. Plant May through July 10, use 50 lbs per acre for pasture and green chop, and bump to 70 lbs per acre if you’re putting it up for hay. Seeding depth is ¾ to 1 inch.
One honest caution: heavy nitrogen, drought stress, and frost can all create favorable conditions for nitrate poisoning. Stop at 60 lbs of actual nitrogen per acre and keep that in mind when conditions get stressful. A lot of producers use Safe T Graze Sudan Grass Seed as drought insurance—chop and feed or bale it when summer pastures get short and you need a reliable backup.
