Description
Sorghum is an important part of the diets of many people in the world. It is made into unleavened breads, boiled porridge or gruel, malted beverages, and specialty foods such as popped grain and syrup from sweet sorghum..Sorghum cane is a large cane plant in the grass family. It’s easily identifiable as a cereal grain by the flush head of seed at the top of the cane, but what truly gives it away is its towering height. Sorghum cane will reach heights of 8 to 10 feet..Grain sorghum is typically what most people would think of when sorghum is mentioned for upland wildlife cover. It is a sturdy plant, typically 3-5 feet tall and provides a high value food and cover source in late fall and winter..Sweet sorghum is predominantly grown to produce sorghum syrup. Unlike grain sorghum, sweet sorghum is harvested for the stalks rather than the grain and is crushed like sugar cane or beets to produce a syrup..Plants grow 5 to 6-foot-tall producing juicy green stalks that yield a flavorful, amber-colored syrup. Round, cognac-colored seed can be ground to produce a nutritious flour that is high in antioxidants.
