Sorghum Producers Call for Ethanol Support
(RFD TV) Sorghum producers take to the field to highlight biofuel’s roll in rebuilding the ag economy. Kansas farmer Rocky Ormiston planted the message “#SupportEthanol” using the latest in precision agricultural tools and a mix of red and white/yellow sorghum varieties.
Tim Lust, National Sorghum Producers’s CEO, speaks with RFD-TV’s own Tammi Arender on how much of the U.S. sorghum crop is used to produce ethanol and RFS exemptions.
Lust explains, “On an average basis, about 30 percent of our crop goes into ethanol. So, it’s certainly something that is important for our Kansas and Texas ethanol plants.” READ MORE includes VIDEO
Kansas farmer ‘plants’ ethanol support message (Kansas Farmer)
Excerpt from Kansas Farmer: Ormiston planted the design using customized equipment on a DB80 John Deere planter, which drops seeds in a pre-set pattern guided by satellite, aerial and drone imagery. Details on the process were featured in this summer’s issue of Sorghum Grower magazine. READ MORE