Congress 2025

The 4thEuropean Sorghum Congress to Take Place in Budapest from October 8th to 9th, 2025

A versatile cereal, sorghum has continued to grow within the European agriculture and its processing industries.

Under the slogan « A thousand reasons to invest in sorghum », the European Sorghum Conference will include a host of topics, such as the innovations and the success stories recorded so far by this ever-expanding industry. Join us to discover the latest breakthroughs and the outlook for this promising crop!

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Main Topics

Main Topics

This year, innovation and outlets remain at the heart of the topics that will be discussed at the conference:

  • Breeding – to meet climate and agronomic challenges;
  • Innovating agronomic techniques – for optimal yields;
  • Sorghum processing – for food, feed, and biofuel.

Next Stop: Budapest

Hungary was one of the main European sorghum producers in 2024, with nearly 50 000 hectares of planted area – recording an important increase over the past previous years. This year, it is Budapest that will host the fourth European Sorghum Conference, which will allow everyone interested to discover the virtues of the cereal, as well as its many usages.

With a sorghum processing industry that is among the most developed in Europe – especially in the feed sector – Hungary has prospects and success stories that will be brought to the forefront of this major European ag conference.

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Preliminary Agenda – Days 1 and 2

  • 09:00 – Welcome coffee 
  • 10:00 – Plenary session

10:00 – Introduction to the sorghum industry: overview and economic data

10:20 – Sorghum in Hungary – Success stories; round table

11:20 – Sorghum industry structuring abroad: testimonials

12:00 – Plenary session conclusions and details about the conference workshops

  • 12:00 – Lunch
  • 14:00-18:00 – Workshops

The Congress will include three workshops. Each of them will focus on a specific end product and will consist in sharing the experience of those involved in the sorghum processing and use.

– Feed sorghum (SWOT analysis of the feed sorghum industry; debunking preconceptions about using sorghum as feed and discussing preconceived ideas around this crop, as well as its qualities and relevance in swine breeding and other feed lot industries);

– Food sorghum (key aspects of sorghum flour: milling, pre-gelatinization, flakes; sharing one’s experience with pasta, crackers, and other product launches on the French market);

– Sorghum for various uses (agronomic and nutritional qualities; presentation by the EBA; overview of the EU sorghum industry; new growth opportunities for the sorghum industry, and other topics).

  • 19:30 – Cocktail and dinner on the Danube river
  • 09:00 – Welcome coffee 
  • 09:30 – Poster session

Presentation of posters by the participants; three to five minute time-slots per presentation

  • 10:00 – Opening speech
  • 10:20 – New food sorghum opportunities

Presentation of Sorghum project by Agroscope: from good sorghum varieties to different end food products.

  • 10:45 – Workshop summaries

The workshop coordinator will make an overall presentation of the workshop topics and conclusions.

  • 12:00 – Lunch & cocktail

The conference will take place at the Budapest Congress Centre.

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Over 30 Speakers

Researchers, economists, processors, agronomists, seed producers, climatologists, geneticists – over thirty speakers from five different continents will share information on the latest sorghum products and recipes, on the crop’s genetic progress, and on the challenges of the industry.

High Attendance

The Budapest edition of the conference will host an important number of attendants, especially from the feed industry. Thus more than two hundred participants are expected to attend the conference. Farmers, producer associations, co-operatives, ag companies, seed producers, research institutes, scientists, and processors will all gather together to share their experience and learn about sorghum-based food and feed, as well as about energy self-reliance through the production of sorghum biofuel or ethanol.

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