Oregon farmers begin first biomass sorghum harvest

Biomass Power & Thermal
By Anna Austin October 21, 2010

Members of the Agri Energy Producers Association, a grower owned co-op in Oregon, are harvesting their first high-biomass sorghum crop this year.

Currently operating in Ontario and Hermiston, Ore., Agri Energy Producers Association will harvest about 1,500 acres of a hybrid sorghum developed by energy grass seed company Ceres Inc., with which the co-op is working closely. “We have a lot more members who weren’t required to grow this year because we were late getting things going, but next year we’ll have all of our members planting their entire allotment,” said Lance Wells, AEPA co-founder. “Our first full year of production will be 2011, and we will need additional co-op members and acreage to meet the demand for these energy crops.”

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