Milo Yield

fregienewbee · Aug 28, 2008

For anyone that grows milo, what is a good yield per acre? I'm planting food plots and need some point of reference for my soil tests.

Thanks.

Larry in Michigan

Anonymous-0 · Aug 28, 2008

Wouldn't worry about yields for a food plot. On irrigated with needed fertilizer or lots of rain 8000-10,000 pounds would be excellent and goes down from there. No rain at the right time and it suckers out making more green heads later and late freeze gets it on dryland the yield is toast. Use to be it needed to head out in August and no pressure from aphids, green bugs or head worms with timely rains and late freeze for 2000-4500 pound dryland yield. Anything over that is a plus and under is mediocre.

fregienewbee · Aug 28, 2008

Milo;

Thanks for the response. Mine started heading out about two weeks ago. We really need some rain--supposed to get some tonight.

Larry in Michigan

Goose · Aug 28, 2008

I never figured it in pounds per acre, I always simply went by bushels per acre.

I raised dryland, and in a good year would see yields of 120-150 BPA.

Milo is crazy stuff. In a dry spell it will go dormant, then when you get rain it will come right back. But, as someone else said, if that happens to late in the season and you get an early frost the frost gets it.

Our dry spells here in Nebraska are usually late July and into August, so I'd pick a medium season variety, plant it early, and hope it would be headed out by the time the weather got dry.

It's also itchy as heck to combine.

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