Helping Farmers Worldwide Prosper With ‘Sorghum - The New Super Crop’

Providing an answer to the ever-increasing problem of uncontrolled weed growth Advanta has made a game changing difference to sorghum farming. With Igrowth Advanta assists weed control by reducing their usage of water and nutrients and preserving them for the sorghum crops. Igrowth gives the farmers a chance to terminate the growth of weeds without adversely affecting the growth of crop plants, thus ensuring a higher and healthier yield.

Addressing the problem of sugarcane aphids creating havoc in sorghum fields, Advanta has developed and designed a reliable solution, Aphix. It tackled and overcame the SCA issue and proved to be a blessing to the farmers. Apart from controlling the massive outbreak of SCA it also protected and promoted the growth of their sorghum crops.

Enabling the plants to overcome early growth challenges and produce a healthy and abundant yield, Vertix is a source of assurance to multiply the profits of farmers. It protects the seeds from pests and pathogens that begin early and continue to plague the plant throughout its growth cycle. With better seed germination and optimized plant growth Vertix improves the seed potential and final yield of crops.

BMR is the most reliable in getting maximum forage Sorghum returns. It’s the most advanced technology in forage sorghum hybrid for fortified nutrition in beef cattle. It offers increased palatability and digestibility, supporting more weight gain in the animals. Delivering more energy per pound, this trait creates a superior source of nourishment that also improves milk production/ha.

Brachytic Dwarf is a cutting-edge forage sorghum technology that offers the best trait for superior standability and high leaf-to-stalk ratios. It produces sturdy, versatile, and high-yield plants with comparable tonnage to normal height sorghums.

Dry Stalk for reduced moisture levels, for earlier baling and storage.

Sorghum biofumigant technology are a type of sorghum that has been bred to produce compounds that can control nematodes and soil diseases. These compounds are released when the sorghum is chopped and incorporated into the soil. Biofumigant sorghum are high in glucosinolates that produce the biofumigant effect.They offer a number of advantages for sustainable farming systems are: can help to manage nematodes and diseases, reducing the need for pesticides; they can improve soil health, making it more fertile and productive from the combination of high biomass yield and carbon/nitrogen ratio. Overall, Advanta sorghum biofumigant hybrids are a promising new crop that has the potential to revolutionize sustainable agriculture.

Photoperiod Sensitivity (PS) is an innovative technology that opens a wider production window for growers. Photoperiod Sensitive Sorghum remains vegetative until day lengths become less than 12.5 hours. Thus, giving sorghum growers the flexibility they need with a wide harvest window, allowing them to get maximum value from every sorghum acre.

Low prussic acid (LPA) sorghum multi-cut hybrids has been bred by Advanta Seeds to have a lower level of hydrocyanic acid (HCN) in leaf and stems. HCN is a poisonous substance that can be harmful to animals if consumed in high levels. LPA sorghum hybrids are a safer option for farmers to grow, as they are less likely to cause poisoning when direct grazing fodder at early plant growth stages. It allows farmers to be grazing sorghum crops with the highest fodder quality. LPA sorghum multi-cut hybrids reduced risk of poisoning and increase fodder quality as could be delivered at early stage of growth.

While the world has been struggling with climate change and increasing drought, we have been investing in developing traits and exploring management techniques that can help deliver more dependable outcomes in the harsh environments. Along with our partners University of Queensland, and Queensland’s Department of Agriculture in Australia we have completed 5 years research on identifying sorghum genes with improved heat tolerance to incorporate it into new varieties. Today we are deploying those discoveries and developing adapted superior genetic hybris with heat stress tolerance and climate resilience.