Variety earliness effect on field drying of biomass sorghum

In a long term simulation (140 years), the late sorghum variety achieved the highest dry biomass production (16.5 Mg ha−1) followed by the medium-late (15.4 Mg ha−1) and early (15.1 Mg ha−1) variety. The early variety had the highest probability (0.66) of being baled at a moisture content ≤ 18%, followed by the medium-late (0.53) and late (0.37) varieties. The early variety, also having the shortest average field drying (9.2 days), was considered the most suitable for the selected environmental conditions.