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GW-1160

GW-1160 Medium early bronze grain sorghum dryland hybrid. Open head for spraying headworms and dry down at harvest. Standability of this hybrid is great it stays healthy during grain fill and pre boot.  It has consistently made 5000-6000 lbs/acre or 80-120 bushel yields even with stressful conditions of Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota. It does well in areas of the southern US up to North Carolina and Pennsylvania. GW-1160 has really strong disease resistance and performs anywhere South of I-94.

Adaptation Ratings:
  • Relative Maturity: Medium-Early
  • Days to Midbloom: 58-62 days
  • Yield Potential: 5,000-6,000 lbs or 80-120 bushel
  • Strong dryland stress tolerance
  • Strong disease resistance and weatherability
Plant Profile:
  • Grain Color: Bronze
  • Test Weight: 60 lbs average
  • Threshability: Excellent
  • Plant Height: 38-42"
  • Standability: Very Good
  • Root Strength: Very Good
  • Head Type: Semi-Open
  • Head Exertion: Very good even on dryland
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Seeding Rates:
  • Seeds per pound: 15,000
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Seeding Method
Dryland Lbs/Acre
Irrigated Lbs/Acre
Dryland Seeds/Acre
Irrigated Seeds/Acre
Planter
4-5
5-6
60,000-75,000
75,000-90,000
Drill
5-6
6-7
75,000-90,000
90,000-105,000


  • Home
  • Sorghum Sudangrass
    • 19011 BMR Dwarf
    • 20270 BMR Late Maturity
    • Nutri-King BMR 6
    • Sweet Six BMR Dry Stalk
    • Super Sugar
    • Sweet Bites
    • Super Sugar (Delayed Maturity)
    • Sweet-Forever BMR PPS
    • Yield Max PPS
    • BMR Grazing Blend
  • Grain Sorghum
    • GW-1160
    • GW-19016
    • GW-9320
    • GW-9417
  • Forage Sorghum
    • GW-600 BMR Dry Stalk
    • GW-19040 Dwarf
    • Silo-Pro Brachytic Dwarf BMR
    • GW-400 BMR MS JS
    • GW-475 BMR MS DS
    • GW-2120 MS JS
  • Tech Sheets
  • Wheat Seed
    • TAM 204
    • Deliver
    • SY Razor
    • OK Corral (NEW!)
    • TAM 105
    • TAM 111
    • TAM 112
    • TAM 115 (NEW!)
    • WB Winterhawk
  • Triticale Seed
    • TriCal 813
    • TriCal 348
    • TriCal Flex 719
    • Graze All 1
    • Graze All 2
    • Texan
  • Contact Us
  • Millet
  • Wildlife
  • Seed Treatment
    • NipsIt
    • Concep III
    • Captan
    • Storcide II
    • Thiram
  • Field Days 2022
  • Photo Gallery
  • Links
  • Research
  • Oats
    • Jerry Oats
    • Hytest Oats
  • Barley Seed
    • Tambar 500
    • Pennbar 66
  • Freight Solutions
  • Careers
  • Product Feedback