to be applicable to a broadcast crop.

Since I'm "milo-challenged".....never been around anyone who grew milo/sorghum............I thought milo was grown in rows.............those guards appear to be for the purpose of separatng tangled plants so they would feed evenly thru the cutters, such as might be the case if the crop were broadcast-sowed.

(Hey............can't help it.........they don't let me out much!)