The Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission board of directors invested heavily to fund proposals targeted at furthering sorghum growers productivity and demand. The commitment, which was approved during the Sept. 13 board meeting, concludes the request for proposals cycle that began April 2017.
The Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission board and staff dedicated the past several months to reviewing proposals in a process focused on weed control, market development and sugarcane aphid solutions. A total of 18 proposals were received and 10 were ultimately funded.
"This culminates the board's efforts in requesting, reviewing and establishing funding for projects intended to assist the sorghum industry and more importantly, the sorghum farmer," said Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission Executive Director Jesse McCurry.
McCurry said the board continues to emphasize its commitment to funding projects that will support increases in field-level productivity as well as market-level demand and value enhancements, which continue to be seen as a valuable means of increasing opportunities for farmer profitability.
Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission will continue to provide support for increasing in-bound and out-bound trade teams as well as technical support in collaboration with United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP) and Kansas Department of Agriculture to grow international markets.
Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission invests funds from sorghum farmers to enhance profitability for the producer.