Broom corn

Broom corn or sougrum has all kinds of used the fancy color ones are used for crafts. The orange can be used to extract syrup.   This is a very quick growing crop  takes very little water or soil inputs.   We are in zone 6b 

  We planted a test plot. July 4th. Before frost we had 8 ft tall grain heads. We got turn it into hay. We got 7 tons from one acre. This is wonderful for finishing off your grass fed pork or steers.    We seeded about 3.5 pounds a acre 

  What a wonderful old fashioned grain.