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State of Technology in Sorghum
Tim Lust, CEONational Sorghum Producers
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•Sorghum is a known crop many farmers have grown at some point•There is ample information available on growing sorghum•Sorghum is an annual, so it will not tie up land•Sorghum can be rotated
-Farmers can try sorghum at least once-Rotation prevents disease and other pests from causing agronomic and environmental issues
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Agronomy
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Seed Industry•The state of technology in sorghum is now
•Sorghum has a well-established seed industry founded in the 1950s
•Seed supply issues can be easily addressed
•Any hybrid can be readily produced using existing infrastructure
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Yield, Yield, Yield
•Average sweet sorghum yields are about 28 tons per acre
•Average biomass sorghum yields are about 11 bone dry tons per acre
•Data exist showing sweet yielding 72 tons per acre and biomass yielding 26 bone dry tons per acre
•These only represent the industry’s most recent attempts at breeding for sugar and cellulose yield5
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Water• Water-sipping
•Grain sorghum uses one-third less water than other grain crops
•Sorghum silage uses half the water that other silage crops use
•Sweet sorghum uses half the water that other sugar crops use
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•Sorghum can be grown in northern areas
•When used as a secondary feedstock to corn stover or other crops, sorghum’s benefit in the north is even better
•Sweet sorghum for syrup is produced as far north as Minnesota and Wisconsin
Geography
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Sorghum has two organizations
looking out for its interests
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Two organizations,One industry
•Primary activities are policy & regulatory advocacy•Funded by voluntary membership dues•Organized in 1955
•Primary activities are research & marketing•Cannot lobby•Funded by producer checkoff dollars•Organized in 2008
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Two organizations,One industry
•Supported by sorghum grassroots•Focused solely on sorghum
•Represent the mechanism by which sorghum is supported and organized
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Pathways•NSP has a proven track record of securing pathways
Grain sorghumGrain sorghum fiberGrain sorghum stover
•Expect biomass sorghum pathway soon
•Working with stakeholders to understand needs on sweet sorghum
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Crop Insurance and Farm Policy
•NSP has a proven track record of Farm Policy wins
•Represented in DC by Combest, Sell & Associates, led by former House Ag chair Larry Combest and his chief deputy Tom Sell
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Crop Insurance Products•Financing at the farmer level can be very difficult without crop insurance
•NSP had language inserted into the 2014 Farm Bill instructing the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) to develop crop insurance products for sweet and biomass sorghum
•We understand preliminary recommendations on these products have been made to RMA
•Most likely outcome is a pathway for written agreements with RMA insuring sweet and biomass sorghum based on grain sorghum
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•Sorghum can produce sugar, starch and cellulose, all in a single species, and possibly all at the same time in a single plant
•One of the most diverse species on Earth
Our breeders can customizethe crop to fit your needs
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Genetics
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Customizability•Dry stalk for better biomass harvest –or not•Naturally senescent – or not•BMR, lower fiber•Higher fiber•High sugar
•High fructose•High glucose•Higher sucrose
•Heads for greater starch content•No head
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What others are saying
“…this program intends to focus on energy sorghum as a model system because of its
potential for improvement through breeding, its resources for genetic analysis,
its geographic adaptability, and its commercial utility.”
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•In late 2014, DOE announced a $30 million funding opportunity centered around sorghum
DOE
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