An agreement between the Sorghum Checkoff, the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission and Kansas State University seeks to increase grain sorghum productivity and expand markets by 2025. Starting next month, the coordinated efforts of the Collaborative Sorghum Investment Program will operate through the Center for Sorghum Improvement at Kansas State University. However, industry leaders say the results will impact sorghum producers throughout the country. Sorghum Checkoff executive director Florentino Lopez says the program will serve as a platform aimed at investing checkoff dollars to increase producer profitability and enhance the sorghum industry. The program seeks to increase the national average yield from 61.95 bushels per acre to 100 bushels per acre by 2025 through research. The program will also work to develop marketplaces, attributes, qualities and other factors capable of increasing demand for U.S. sorghum to 1.25 million bushels of sorghum by 2025.
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