Location Grower Cultivation type Row configuration Year
Jimbour, Darling Downs Matthew and Craig McVeigh Dryland Single Skip 2026
Variety Yield
(b/ha) *
Yield
(b/ac) *
Length
(decimal) **
Length
(imperial) **
HVI class ** Micronaire Strength
(gms/tex) **
Uniformity
(%) **
Turnout
(%) *
Siokra 253B3XF 8.72 3.53 1.16 37 41-2 4.2 30.6 83.2 48.3
CSX 1320B3XF 8.64 3.50 1.28 41 41-3 4.2 34.0 84.6 48.0
Sicot 761B3XF 8.30 3.36 1.24 40 41-3 4.5 32.8 7.2 46.6
Sicot 743B3XF 8.29 3.36 1.27 41 41-4 4.4 31.2 81.9 46.3
Sicot 606B3F 7.86 3.18 1.17 37 41-3 4.9 31.6 83.2 45.5

* Commercial Ginned Yield.

** Quality Data following 25-Saw Gin.

Planted 03/12/2025
Seed imbibation date 03/12/2025
Establishment method Rain Moisture
Previous crop Long Fallow Sorghum
Field conditions score 2.0
Row configuration Single Skip
Planting speed (km/hr) 9.0
Planting depth (cm) 2.5
Planting rate (kg/ha) 10.4
Monitor rate (seeds/m) 12.0
Soil temperature at planting (°C) 20.8
Planting uniformity index
Defoliation date 30/04/2026
Days to defoliation 148
No. of defoliation
Rainfall (mm) 365
Effective Rainfall (mm)
Picking date 10/06/2026
In-crop irrigations 0
Crop ETc
Total nitrogen (kg/ha N) 115.0
Pre-plant nitrogen (kg/ha N) 115
Post-plant nitrogen (kg/ha N) 0
Phosphorus (kg/ha P) 8.0
Potassium (kg/ha K) 0.0
Zinc (kg/ha Zn) 1.0
Flowering mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha) 70.00
Cutout mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha) 100.00
Total mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha) 170.00
Helicoverpa Sprays 0
Mirid sprays 3
Mite sprays 0
Whitefly sprays 0
Total sprays 3
Siokra 253B3XF CSX 1320B3XF Sicot 761B3XF Sicot 743B3XF Sicot 606B3F
Auslot number 26/138 26/420 25/661 26/166 26/065
Seed/kg 12160 12470 11500 11655 11490
Final establishment/m 9.5 8.2 8.9 8.5 9.3
Establishment (%) 79.2 68.3 74.2 70.8 77.5
Siokra 253B3XF CSX 1320B3XF Sicot 761B3XF Sicot 743B3XF Sicot 606B3F
Plant height (cm) 91.9 78.4 83.7 82.7 83.9
Total nodes 15.4 15.7 16.8 15.6 16.1
NAWF 8.7 9.1 8.8 9.1 8.9
1st position retention (%) 88.2 96.6 89.6 97.5 93.1
VGR
Siokra 253B3XF CSX 1320B3XF Sicot 761B3XF Sicot 743B3XF Sicot 606B3F
Plant height (cm) 113.9 104.5 110.4 110.9 106.2
Total nodes 21.0 20.6 21.2 21.2 20.9
Interim boll count 118.3 124.3 110.7 116.3 114.7
Siokra 253B3XF CSX 1320B3XF Sicot 761B3XF Sicot 743B3XF Sicot 606B3F
Final plant height (cm)
Final total nodes
Final boll count 136.3 138.7 113.3 129.0 121.3

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