How Double Team Sorghum Works:

Seed + Herbicide System

Two Essential Components.

One Coordinated Plan.

Double Team works by pairing a sorghum hybrid containing the DT Trait with FirstAct herbicide. The trait allows the crop to tolerate the labeled FirstAct application; FirstAct controls susceptible grass weeds. Planting the trait without the planning for Firstact —or applying FirstAct to sorghum without the correct trait— does not deliver the intended system.

On the left is a green and white bag with the label "DT Trait" in green text and "Double Team Sorghum" in black text sits next to a white bottle with the label "FirstAct Herbicide" in black text with the triangular-shaped logo for ADAMA in brown.

Learn how DT Trait sorghum hybrids from Warner Seeds
and FirstAct herbicide from ADAMA work together as the
Double Team Sorghum Cropping System:

Choose a Warner Seeds DT Trait hybrid suited to geography, maturity, yield environment, and field needs. Confirm DT1 or DT2 trait.

Secure FirstAct herbicide before the season and review target weeds, labeled rates, additives, crop stage, and rotation restrictions.

Verify the planted trait, scout weeds, apply within the trait-specific window, and complete all stewardship requirements.

Why Planning Both Components Matters

The seed and herbicide may move through different channels, but the field decision is a single system decision. Coordinating both purchases before planting reduces the risk of having the right seed without the required herbicide—or the herbicide without verified DT Trait® sorghum.

A farmer in a blue t-shirt pours sorghum seed into the hopper of a planter pulled by a large tractor.
An image of a green sorghum plants growing after an application of FirstAct herbicide. Brown, dead grass fills the furrow between sorghum rows.

What Double Team Controls

FirstAct is a post-emergence grass herbicide for use only with DT Trait® sorghum. It controls labeled grass weeds; it is not a stand-alone broadleaf weed program. Build the complete weed-control plan with your retailer or crop consultant and follow the label for sequential applications and tank-mix restrictions.`

(Double Team) was one of our better yielding fields of grain sorghum this year.
- Scott Poffenberger, Poolesville, MD
Double Team Sorghum has provided a viable - and potentially superior option - from traditional grain crops, at a most efficient cost of production.
- Mike Cline, Staunton, VA
With the Double Team technology, we can now grow grain sorghum on acres that we could not in the past.
- Trey Gilchrist, Kingfisher, OK
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Grassy Weed Reference Chart

Grass Species% Yield ReductionSources
Johnson Grass100%Bean (1991)
Shattercane80-96%Stahlman and Wicks (2000), Original Veseckt et al (1973)
Longpine Sandbur42%Thompson, Dille, and Peterson (2017), Original Fabrizius (1998)
Yellow Foxtail44%Stahlman and Wicks (2000), Original (Feltner et al (1969b))
Barnyardgrass44%Stahlman and Wicks (2000), Original (B.A. Smith(1990))
Prairie Cupgrass42%Stahlman and Wicks (2000), Original (Stahlman and Northam (1992))
Texas and Brown Panicum80%Garcia et al (2019)

Seeding Rate

If planting in 20 inch rows or less always use the higher rates. Increase seeding rate by 20% if planting is delayed significantly to account for lower tillering rates.

Yield GoalSeed/acre
<80 bu/acre< 4,500 lbs/acre25-30,000
80-125 bu/acre4,000-5,600 lbs/acre40-55,000
125+ bu/acre7,000+ lbs/acre55-70,000
IrrigatedIrrigated80-120,000