Summary

Key production tips for Tennessee grain sorghum, with a timeline from planting to harvest and benchmarks for growth stages. Covers planting conditions and seed treatments, seeding rates and how to calculate final stands, hybrid selection, nitrogen and other fertilizer needs, and irrigation timing to avoid yield loss from drought stress. Also summarizes scouting thresholds for major insects, disease management and fungicide timing, weed-control options and atrazine limits, plus desiccant use ahead of harvest.