August 29, 2012
Check Out Our Websites! – TGSP offers two new websites for you to find information. Texas Grain Sorghum Association (TGSA) which concentrates on state legislative issues can be found at www.texasgsa.com and Texas Grain Sorghum Board (TGSB) which enhances the sorghum through research, marketing and education can be found at www.texassorghum.org. The websites offers various information including: a list of …
August 15, 2012
Jeff Stapper Awarded Sorghum Extension Agent of the Year – Jeff Stapper, County Extension Agent in Nueces County, was presented with Texas AgriLife’s Sorghum Extension Agent of the Year award at the Extension Agent’s annual meeting held at the end of July. Mr. Stapper’s regional director, Monty Dozier, noted that Jeff uses a variety of methods to reach producers related …
July 24, 2012
Texas A&M Agencies Plan Formal Name Changes – Seven state agencies of the Texas A&M system will be officially renamed at the Board of Regents meeting set for Aug. 2, 2012. Texas A&M has the goal of maintaing a stronger agency brand for the future to maximize the benefits of the shared equity in the Texas A&M name. A new …
July 10, 2012
Sorghum Checkoff Looking for Leadership – The United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP) is launching a new program to look for the next generation of leaders in the sorghum industry. The program is looking for interested applicants who are actively engaged in growing sorghum. Those who get accepted into the program will have both hands-on and a classroom style education. The class …
June 28, 2012
Sorghum Seed Industry Gets Newly Converted Lines – The United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP) is currently funding the re-instated Sorghum Conversion Project in conjunction with MMR Genetics (NuSeeds America) and USDA-ARS to make more of the world’s sorghum available to breeders through newly converted germplasm. The researchers selected 44 sources of germplasm grown around the world that could not be grown …
June 12, 2012
Crop Insurance Debate Still Making Ripples – As Farm Bill discussions continue, crop insurance still remains a hot topic. Producer groups urge congress to leave the crop insurance section of the Farm Bill the same as the one in 2008, as it is a safety net and a leverage to be able to continue to produce the safest and most …
May 30, 2012
Grain Sorghum Inches Closer to Becoming an Advanced Biofuel – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a notice of data availability (NODA) concerning renewable fuels produced from grain sorghum under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) program. The National Sorghum Producers (NSP) has worked for over two years with EPA to get grain sorghum listed as an advanced biofuel …
May 15, 2012
Staples Awards Disaster Grants – Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced awards of $2.1 million in federal disaster relief grants to Texas cities and counties who are still suffering the effects of the severe drought from last year. The communities being awarded are: Concho County, Falls City, Lawn, Leakey, Real County and Sabine County. The funds were made available from a …
May 1, 2012
Sorghum Growers Needed for Study – The United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP) is funding an in-depth study that involves tracking all data used by sorghum growers to raise, harvest and market their sorghum crop. The study will begin in June 2012 and participating growers will be asked to provide information relating to all inputs and outputs relating to their crop. …
