The Collaborative Sorghum Investment Program, a partnership of the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission, United Sorghum Checkoff Program and Kansas State University, has named its first advisory board. The CSIP was formed in early 2016 to increase demand, yield and value for the domestic sorghum industry.
The advisory board brings the collective talent and experience of Larry Lambright, Chromatin consultant; Florentino Lopez, Sorghum Checkoff executive director; Stephen Bigge, Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission chairman; Gary Kilgore, K-State agronomy professor emeritus and Kansas Grain Sorghum commissioner; Gary Pierzynski, professor and head of the K-State Department of Agronomy; Cassie Jones, assistant professor and coordinator of undergraduate research of the K-State Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, and Sarah Sexton-Bowser, managing director of the Center for Sorghum Improvement.
The expertise of this board represents decades of successful sorghum breeding, animal nutrition, research and extension, market development and farming, the CSIP said in announcing the board members.
“The career knowledge brought by this group of individuals is second to none in the sorghum industry. I am excited to bring the diverse expertise of this team together to focus on the important work of CSIP.” Sexton-Bowser said.
Additional advisory members can be appointed with approval from the Advisory Board and contributions of $500,000 to the program.
The CSIP will work to increase national sorghum yield average to 100 bushels per acre, build an annual 1.25-billion-bushel market demand and decrease the trade discount to no greater than a 2 percent discount relative to corn.
Source:k-state.edu