SORGHUM PROFITABILITY SEMINAR TO BE IN RED CLOUD FEBRUARY 2

The Nebraska Grain Sorghum Producers Association (NeGSPA) and Grain Sorghum Board announce their annual Sorghum Cropping Profitability Seminars. Red Cloud will be the site of one of two Nebraska Sorghum Profitability Seminars to be held the first week in February. The meeting is supported in part by the Sorghum Check-off and the University of Nebraska Extension and will be held at the Red Cloud Community Center on Thursday, February 2, with registration and refreshments starting at 8:30 a.m. The meeting is scheduled to run from 9:00 am through 3:00 pm. The other similar meeting is on Wednesday, February 1 at at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Exhibition Building in Fairbury.
The Sorghum Profitability Seminars, sponsored in part by the Sorghum Checkoff and the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service, focus on new ideas and updates on production and management information to make sorghum production more profitable. The program is designed to provide farmers information they can apply immediately to their operations and gives them a chance to offer input on the sorghum check-off.
This year’s topics include Current Markets, Defining Risk, Recognizing Opportunities by AgWest Commodities; Managing Sorghum for Success by Dr. Kraig Roozeboom, Kansas State University; Nutrient Management by Dr. Dave Mengel, Kansas State University and Randy Pryor, UNL Extension Educator; Focus on Pheasants by T.J. Walker, Nebraska Game & Parks Commission; Sorghum Checkoff-Renewed Optimism, Bill Greving, USCP Board Member, Prairie View, KS; Marketing Sorghum Beyond the Border by Kevin Roepke, U.S. Grains Council; Protecting Nebraska’s Agriculture by Duane “Dewey” Lienemann, UNL Extension Educator; and Weather Outlook-Will LaNina Bring Dry Conditions by Al Dutcher, UNL State Climatologist.
The noon meal will feature a unique sorghum soup and sandwich lunch. Vendors will have exhibits to showcase new products, production/management information, and new technology. There is a nominal fee at the door however, members of the Grain Sorghum Producers Association will be admitted free.
Producers, or anyone interested in the program, wanting more information are encouraged to contact the Webster County UNL Extension Office in Red Cloud at 402-746-3417 or email Dewey Lienemann at dlienemann2@unl.edu or Barb Kliment at the Nebraska Grain Sorghum Board/NeGSPA office at 402-471-4276 or email: sorghum.board@nebraska.gov.