National Sorghum Checkoff Begins Collections
July 1, 2008, the Sorghum Promotion, Research and Information Order officially began collections for a program that will ultimately contribute to the improved development of the sorghum industry.

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Our Kansas Feed, Food and Fuel blog has current postings on the latest news about ethanol and feedgrains.
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• Ethanol and DDGS Information

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• Sources of Sorghum Flour for Food Use

About Kansas Grain Sorghum

Grain Sorghum-it's also called milo. Kansas producers grow over 40 percent of the nation's grain sorghum every year. Kansas is the nation's leading producer of grain sorghum.

2007 Production Figures Are Big in Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service released final 2007 production numbers on January 11. 2007 Kansas sorghum production was strong at 212 million bushels, up 46 percent from last year, according to ag statistics final 2007 numbers released earlier this month. And combined Kansas feedgrain production (sorghum and corn) is 730 million bushels, compared to 490 million bushels in 2006. That's a 49 percent increase.

Total US sorghum production was 505 million bushels. Kansas growers value grain sorghum because it is well suited to perform well in many types of soils and weather. Kansas is a diverse state with soils ranging from sandy to clay to loam, and with summertime weather patterns ranging from hot and humid in the east to hot and dry in the west. With these varying weather and soil conditions throughout Kansas, grain sorghum is a crop that Kansas farmers can depend on.

Most of the grain sorghum produced in Kansas is used as livestock feed. However, the market is expanding with new uses including the production of ethanol, a clean burning fuel for automobiles and starch based biodegradable products like packaging materials. In Kansas, grain sorghum used at the states ethanol plants. The byproduct of ethanol production is distillers' grain, which is valued as a high-nutrient livestock feed. Interest is also growing among consumers who are interested in reaping the benefits of adding nutritious food grade grain sorghum to their diets.

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Kansas Sorghum  Leader News

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KGSPA President Greg Shelor of Minneola shows Senator Pat Roberts the new Sorghum Grower magazine during a recent office visit. Shelor recently ended his term as National Sorghum Producers President, but as past-president, he continues to play an important role on the national level. In late March, he was in Washington DC in late March to outline sorghum’s farm bill priorities before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

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