Sorghum Smart Talk

In this episode NSP and USCP External Affairs Director, Jennifer Blackburn, discusses succession planning with Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Agriculture Law, Tiffany Dowell Lashmet. Lashmet is in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University and was engaged in a private practice working at a complex litigation firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico, prior to her position at Texas A&M.

Lashmet is known for her award-winning blog, the Texas Agriculture Law Blog and her podcast "Ag Law in the Field".

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Listen in as we discuss telling the story of agriculture live at Commodity Classic 2019 with National Sorghum Producers board member Amy France and Field to Market President Rod Snyder.

Amy and her husband grow row crops and raise black angus cattle in Western Kansas. Rod has served as president of Field to Market since March 2014. He is particularly recognized for his work at the intersection of agricultural and environmental issues.

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In this episode we sit down with Gary Mao, founder of Northwest Grains International and discuss his perspective on U.S. sorghum trade with China. 

Mao moved to the U.S. from China around 15 years ago and has successfully built a comprehensive worldwide network of suppliers including numerous partnerships within North America through his own company located in Minneapolis, MN.

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In this special episode we had the opportunity to visit with Paul Huang of Jun Jie Agriculture Trading Co., the largest Chinese importer of U.S. sorghum, about China trade and demand for U.S. sorghum.

Jun Jie imports approximately 2 million metric tons of U.S. sorghum each year.

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Sorghum Checkoff Quarterly Report

1st Quarter 2019

Oct.-Dec. 2018

 

Time Stamps:

00:11 - Intro - John Duff

01:00 - Welcome - Florentino Lopez, Executive Director

02:22 - Communications Direct - Jennifer Blackburn, External Affairs Director

06:11 - Crop Improvement - Justin Weinheimer, Crop Improvement Director

12:31 - Market Development - Doug Bice, Market Development Director

21:47 - Renewables - John Duff, Renewables Program Director

24:31 - From the Field - Brent Bean, Director of Agronomy

28:50 - Regional Update (East Region) - Brent Crafton, Regional Director

32:52 - Regional Update (Texas) - Shelee Padgett, Regional Director

34:07 - Regional Update (Kansas) - Zach Simon, Regional Marketing Director

36:32 - Significant Events - Jennifer Blackburn, External Affairs Director

39:55 - Conclusion - John Duff

In this episode sorghum farmer and Leadership Sorghum Class II graduate Greg Glover from Amarillo, Texas, along with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Economist Mark Welch, Ph.D., join us to discuss the Master Marketer program and their perspective on grain marketing. Glover discusses his current marketing tools and strategies as well as what he plans to implement in the future.

In this episode we visit with Tom Sleight, president of the U.S. Grains Council about global grain issues. We discuss the importance of international grain trade and efforts of the U.S. Grains Council on behalf of sorghum farmers. With the current trade situation, market development remains a priority for the Sorghum Checkoff and organizations such as the U.S. Grains Council.

In this episode, we discuss grain storage options and considerations with John Miller. Grain storage is not for everyone, but for those who choose to utilize grain storage, we have provided a list of farm storage resources including a list of bin and bagger companies.

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As planting will commence soon and trade negotiations are ongoing, this episode was created with South Texas producers in mind to provide an update on current markets and the work USCP and USGC are doing on behalf of growers to strengthen and expand market opportunities for sorghum.

Guests include:

Marc Hathaway - West Plains LLC

JC Lomeli - Gavilon, Manager of Rio Grand Valley Locations

Reece Cannady - U.S. Grains Council, Manager of Global Trade

Hunter Wilde - Sorghum Producer, Rio Grand Valley

The Sorghum Checkoff in partnership with AM Racing and Niece Motorsports are promoting sorghum use in ethanol with the sponsorship of the #22 racing truck driven by Austin Wayne Self.

Self made an appearance at the Sorghum Checkoff annual December board meeting in Lubbock, Texas, where he was able to answer questions and inform the board members more about the sport's appeal to consumers. Learn more at SorghumCheckoff.com.