…Gackle underscored the USDA’s vital role in supporting soybean farmers and expressed interest in collaborating on issues like trade, biotechnology, and biofuels. National Sorghum Producers (NSP) Chairwoman Amy France praised…
New Legislation Aims to Support Farmers’ Financial Needs for 2024
…Endorsed by major agricultural groups like the National Sorghum Producers, the legislation proposes economic assistance targeted for the 2024 crop year. Under the FARM Act, payment calculations would be based…
Industry Reactions to the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024
…more people amid global famine. Peter Laudeman from U.S. Wheat Associates highlighted the commitment of American farmers to this mission. Craig Meeker of the National Sorghum Producers underscored the moral…
AgNet Weekly: AFBF on EPA’s PFAS Rules
The Environmental Protection Agency announced its final rule to designate the two most common PFAS chemicals as hazardous materials under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or CERCLA,…
AgNet Weekly: Ag Policy Expert Fran Miller
Joining us this week is Fran Miller, senior staff attorney and professor with the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law and Graduate School. We’re talking about policy…
AgNet Weekly: Representative John Duarte (R-CA)
Congress couldn’t pass a farm bill in 2023, but will it happen this year? Congressman John Duarte, a Republican from California, is unsure if we will see it pass in…
AgNet Weekly: Greg Ruehle on Policy for Sorghum Producers
Sabrina Halvorson stops by the National Sorghum Producers booth at the Commodity Classic and speaks with Executive Director Greg Ruehle. Topics include the Farm Bill and sorghum in California. Each…
Greg Ruehle, Executive Director, National Sorghum Producers, Talks Farm Bill
Greg Ruehle Executive Director, National Sorghum Producers AgNet Media’s Sabrina Halvorson stopped by the National Sorghum Producers booth, at the Commodity Classic, and spoke with Executive Director Greg Ruehle. Sabrina…
World Food Prices Lower in August
…by ample global supplies from a record harvest in Brazil and the start of the harvest in the United States of America. Among other coarse grains, world prices of sorghum…
Land-Grant Universities to Receive More Than $33 Million
…include the development of new blends of vegetable cooking oils and on-farm trials of biodegradable mulches. Other projects will be looking at quantifying carbon sequestration in sorghum, optimizing nitrogen management…
Grains for Heart Health
…they are important for a heart-healthy diet. As a key feature of heart-healthy diets, whole grains like sorghum, oatmeal and brown rice are rich sources of dietary fiber, may improve…
Farm Bureau Analysis: 2022 Crop Losses Top $21 Billion
…million in losses of other grains including crops such as grain and silage sorghum. Soybeans valued at nearly $700 million also succumbed to drought conditions in Kansas. Nebraska’s losses mirrored…
Sorghum: A Useful Pollinator Food Source
…grown in the Central Plains and Southeast United States. Additionally, when sorghum is infested with sorghum aphids — which are known to feed on all types of sorghum — large amounts…
NSP Announces Winners in its Sorghum Yield Contest
Announcing the winners in a sorghum industry contest. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. National Sorghum Producers announced the winners of the 2022 Sorghum Yield Contest. This year’s…