Bioenergy sorghum offers versatility

Southwest Farm Press
Ron Smith
May 12, 2011 11:30am

•Bioenergy sorghum offers flexibility.
•Able to adapt to market changes.
•Tolerant to stress factors.

Bioenergy sorghum offers traditional row crop farmers flexibility for rotation and end uses for the versatile crop.

“Biomass sorghum is versatile. Farmers may produce forage or biomass feedstock, depending on demand,” said Dr. Jason Wight, of Texas AgriLife Research.

Because biomass sorghum is an annual row crop, it offers farmers the versatility to be able to go into and out of production as markets and farm needs change. “It’s also a higher biomass producer versus corn and switchgrass,” he said.

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