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General Sorghum


Overview

Sorghum has a variety of uses including food for human consumption, feed grain for livestock and industrial applications such as ethanol production. The area planted to sorghum worldwide has increased by 66 percent over the past 50 years while yield has increased by 244 percent. Around half of the sorghum produced is fed to livestock and half is consumed by humans and used in other applications.  October 2005 . . . General Sorghum



Marketing

Processing/Manufacturing

Production

Businesses/Case Studies

  • Maasdam Sorghum Mills, Lynnville, Iowa - This family business has processed sorghum since 1926. A steam engine powers the mill and augers. They can produce 600 gallons of sweet sorghum a day during September.
  • Twin Valley Mills, Ruskin, Nebraska - This small mill owned and operated by three grain sorghum producers converts food-grade sorghum into grain sorghum flour.


Links checked January 2008.

 
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