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Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission announces priorities and a call for proposals

Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission Call for Proposals

Priorities

  1. Weed Control
    1. Research focusing on the identification of new genetic sources for resistance to available grass control herbicides.
    2. Management research addressing herbicide treatment and farm based weed control.
  2. Yield
    1. Genetic and breeding research targeted towards increased yields in both high yielding and limited resource environments.
    2. Research focusing on best farm management practices for top yields. This priority can include but is not limited to: farm trials, extension meetings and on-farm management case studies.
    3. Identify best management practices for both full and limited irrigation practices.
  3. Standability
    1. Researching the key components attributed to standability.
    2. Proposal directed toward ensuring genetics in producers’ fields have strong standability.
  4. Sorghum Economics and Profitability
    1. Production economics focusing on farm profitability and sorghum return relative to other crops.
    2. Water economics to include but not limited: water response curves and limited irrigation returns.
    3. Basis drivers evaluating the impact of ethanol, feed markets, exports and other market drivers on interior Kansas basis markets.
  5. Disease Control
    1. Evaluate how plant health and disease resistance are influenced by management including but not limited to fertilizer, seed treatment, and seeding rates.
    2. Genetic research targeted toward plant health and disease resistance.
  6. Insect Control
    1. Evaluation of economic threshold for treatment and insect control related to profitability.
    2. Chinch bug management and control.

Research proposals outside of these priorities will be considered. Strong proposals will provide a linkage and vision for commercialization of project outcomes. For further clarification or questions regarding your proposal please contact the commission at (785) 477-9474 or [email protected].

Proposals are due by April 30, 2015.