The Nebraska Sorghum Producers Association (NeSPA) together with the
Nebraska Grain Sorghum Board (NGSB) and Nebraska Extension announce
the 2020 Sorghum Symposium to be held January 30, 2019 at the Nebraska
College of Technical Agriculture, 404 E 7th Street, Curtis, NE 69025.
Registration begins at 9:00 AM.
The program continues the tradition of offering a farmer-focused
educational program designed to provide timely and useful information
to help sorghum growers make confident, informed production and
management decisions as they plan for the 2020 crop. “Making
decisions amid many uncontrollable variables is a real challenge,”
says Lynn Belitz of Fullerton, President of NeSPA.
“We’ve designed a program to help producers better understand
their options.”
Program presentations include Al Dutcher UNL, Climatologist, with a
weather outlook; Dr. Brent Bean, Agronomy Director for the National
Checkoff, will focus on sorghum production and management. A D.C.
/Farm Bill implementation update will be provided by the Office of
Congressman Adrian Smith. Strahinja Stepanovic from the Stumpf
Research Center will discuss performance and row spacing. Nate Blum,
Executive Director of NGSB and NeSPA will discuss leveraging digital
media to meet consumers. Zach Simon, Regional Marketer at the National
Checkoff will provide a markets update. Chuck Burr, West Central
Research and Extension Center will share the latest results of the
Sorghum TAPS Program.
“The TAPS program is designed to showcase best crop management and
marketing practices by allowing individuals or teams to compete,”
said Mike Baker, Chairman of the Nebraska Grain Sorghum Board and
participant in this year’s competition. Winners are categorized by
most profitable, most water efficient and highest yielding. “The
results are pretty remarkable and may actually challenge current
management decisions by many growers,” Baker added. The day’s
program will conclude with the annual membership meeting of NeSPA and
an update report by the Nebraska Grain Sorghum Board. All sorghum
growers and allied industry are invited to attend.
“Farmers are making decisions now for the 2020 crop,” adds Belitz.
“This program is designed to provide information they can apply
immediately to their operations.”
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