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Mexican Grain Buyers Mission Visits Kansas Elevators, Farm Top: USCP Chairman Bill Greving (right) shares a laugh with Cargill's Steve Wise (center) and a member of the Mexican grain buyers' team (left) Bottom: Kansas sorghum grower Clayton Short (right) discusses his farming operation with members of the Mexican grain buyers' team The U.S. Grains Council, in conjunction with the United Sorghum Checkoff Program, hosted representatives from Mexico on a sorghum buying mission to Kansas May 18th-20th. Kansas sorghum grower and USCP Chairman Bill Greving of Prairie View accompanied the group in Kansas. The buyers, who represent large livestock feeders and co-ops, traveled from the Texas gulf coast to Kansas and toured several central Kansas locations. The goal of the mission is to strengthen export markets to Mexico for the sorghum industry. “Mexico is a major market for U.S. produced sorghum that is used by major feedlot operations in Mexico,” said Virgil Smail, Executive Director of the United Sorghum Checkoff Program, “The expanding sorghum use by feedlots in this area is important for growing the value of sorghum in today’s market.” The mission in Kansas began with a tour of the ADM corporate headquarters.The group continued on to the DeBruce grain facility in Abilene, Kansas, and also toured the ADM Farmland Grain Company site in Salina.
On May 20, the group toured Cargill Ag Horizons then traveled to Assaria to visit the farm of Clayton Short, a sorghum producer and Kansas Grain Sorghum commissioner. The Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association presented the trade team with Kansas Grain Sorghum caps. They also visited AgMark, a grain marketing organization in Concordia, Kansas, and Scoular, an agriculture marketing company in Downs, Kansas. USCP and the U.S. Grains Council hope to build lasting relationships through the participation in this mission and future missions and hope to move more grain as a direct result. Upcoming missions will take buyers to Nebraska, Arkansas, Louisiana and back to Texas and Kansas. KANSAS SORGHUM NEWS FEED 4-24-09--Growers Say Out of State Trial Attorneys Miss the Point in Kansas Atrazine Lawsuit read more 4-23-09--City of Hillsboro Supplies Atrazine Lawsuit Records to Growers Associations read more 4-14-09--Kansas Growers Ask Marion County Attorney to Investigate Open Records, Open Meeting Violations read more 4-2-09--Kansas Farming Communities Targeted by Trial Attorneys for Atrazine Lawsuit read more
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Kansas Sorghum Producer Named President of
Bill Greving of Prairie View, Kansas was elected chairman of
the United Sorghum Checkoff Board of Directors at its first
meeting in Washington, DC in November 2008. The Board accomplished
many tasks that will allow the checkoff program to efficiently
move forward The Board members were sworn in by Secretary of
Agriculture Ed Schafer on Tuesday morning and immediately
began their meeting, including orientation by USDA’s
Agriculture Marketing Service and election of officers.
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United Sorghum Checkoff Board On 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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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.
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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