Growers Working Together
The leadership and staff of the Kansas Sorghum Producers (KSP) are pleased to present its 2024 Annual Report, based on the theme and entitled Accelerating Progress, a comprehensive overview of the organization’s achievements and ongoing initiatives. In this report, you will find: A message from KSP’s new President, Shane Ohlde, discussing how our organization has made… Read More
Hear from Maddy Meier and Dr. Rodrigo Onofre as they provide information to sorghum growers throughout the state on the upcoming Sorghum Connection series, presented by the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission and K-State Research and Extension. Read More
A key effort to highlight the American farmer’s role in the production of sustainable aviation fuels has taken flight. Many airline and agricultural organizations, including Kansas Sorghum Producers, American Airlines and the Renewable Fuels Association, signed onto a letter to the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairs and Ranking Members urging for recognition of… Read More
Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association leadership, staff, and membership hosted their annual Sorghum Day at the Statehouse on February 6, 2024 and met with key legislators on policy priorities important to sorghum producers in Kansas. Arriving at the Statehouse fresh from the Association’s recent board reorganization and 2024 policy resolution updates, President Shane Ohlde (Palmer),… Read More
The Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission held their Winter 2022 Board Meeting in Salina, KS, on January 27, 2022 in order to hone in on the year ahead and receive reports from state and national staff deeply ingrained in U.S. sorghum industry advancements. The Commission is composed of sorghum farmers from the nine USDA Crop Reporting… Read More
Marketing Year 2020-21 was a meaningful one for grain sorghum that welcomed great international demand for U.S. growers’ premium quality crops, and you can see the economics at work from that demand in the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission’s 2021 Annual Report. The Annual Report is a snapshot of the Kansas sorghum industry containing information on… Read More
Parker Vulgamore, Scott City, KS MANHATTAN, KS – The Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association recently named Parker Vulgamore as the organization’s Collegiate Fellow for 2022. In this role, Vulgamore will assist Kansas Grain Sorghum connect smart policy solutions with farm-oriented programming at the state-level as well as assist staff of National Sorghum Producers with similar… Read More
Continuing a trend as 2021 comes to a rapid close, back-to-back record sorghum sales this year may see farmers planning around grain sorghum in the new year as China makes big purchases just as harvest wraps up in our state. Read More
Sorghum harvest is near 91 percent completed by late November, 2021, according to USDA as foreign sales pick up the pace and the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission prepares for its 2022 Winter board meeting open to the general public. Read More
DropXL Sorghum is a State of Kansas research investment to develop water-optimized sorghums to increase yields within drought-stressed environments. The research, which began as farmers’ vision for the future of their sorghum crop as well as their communities, is coordinated by State agencies and the Center for Sorghum Improvement, housed at Kansas State University. The… Read More
Sorghum harvest for 2021 in Kansas nears its end as Andale, KS farmer Kent Winter discusses the growing season in retrospect with an eye also on the future. Read More
U.S. Economy and Grain Market Impacts International Grain Trade Issues Domestic Grain Supply and Demand Factors A recording of a special Grain Market Outlook Forum that was held as part of the Commodity Tailgate event at Kansas State University on Saturday, October 16th, at the International Grains Program Center on the campus. It featured: K-State… Read More
Official estimates for this year’s grain sorghum production rolled out as USDA released its October WASDE on October 12. Reflecting a good growing season throughout the Sorghum Belt, grain sorghum production is forecast higher overall from last month. Kansas is again set to lead the nation in sorghum acreage at 3.6 million acres with 268… Read More
We highlight the United Sorghum Checkoff Program’s new partnership with Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever centered in Kansas to help growers implement conversation practices that fit their farm and tie together profitability and sustainability for the benefit of farmers’ bottom lines. Read More
The Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission met on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 to discuss and approve its Fiscal Year 2022 budget in the amount of $1,010,589. Chairman Kevin Kniebel, a farmer near White City, noted in the Commission’s press release that this year’s budget “reflects not only the momentum of the crop, but also a continued… Read More
In this Kansas Sorghum Update, Sanders Barbee discusses her Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship with Kansas Grain Sorghum and National Sorghum Producers this year, building sorghum sustainability data and capturing premiums for the sorghum industry nationwide in low carbon fuel markets. Read more about her work and experience with both organizations this year in the Summer… Read More
Meeting at American Ag Credit in Great Bend on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission approved a new budget for Fiscal Year 2022 in the amount of $1,010,589. “This budget reflects not only the momentum of the crop, but also a continued focus on research results and making a difference for farmers”… Read More
Kansas Department of Agriculture – Grain growers in eastern Kansas who plan to campaign for a seat on one of the state’s five grain commodity commissions — corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers or wheat — should be gathering petition signatures now to meet the Nov. 30, 2021, filing deadline. The 2022 election will cover districts VII, VIII… Read More
Sorghum for BIRDS initiative showcases a deep connection between upland habitat and grain production PF/QF, USCP – Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have partnered with the United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP) to offer conservation cost-share opportunities for sorghum producers in western Kansas. The new sustainability initiative – Sorghum for BIRDS (Building Innovative, Resilient, and Diverse agricultural Systems)… Read More
The Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission will hold its Fiscal Year 2022 budget meeting on September 8 in Great Bend. This meeting is open to the general public but space may be limited. For more information, contact Commission staff. Hear also in this week’s Kansas Ag Report Sorghum Update, above, from Commissioner Max Tjaden of… Read More
