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20 November 2025

Virtues of Sorghum

  Health, environment, food security, sustainability, soil fertility…The assets of sorghum cover all of today’s concerns. At the conference, the participants summarised the above traits by creating an impactful message made of key words, by way of advocating for this promising crop. Virtues of Sorghum The animation below emphasizes some of the key words chosen […]

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Cirok alapú takarmányozási kísérlet eredményei brojlercsirkék és kacsák esetében

20 November 2025

Sorghum: a Sustainable Feeding Solution for Monogastrics

  Sorghum has gradually come to be a new raw material in monogastric feeding in Hungary. In her presentation, Dr. Orsolya Varga, R&D Manager with Bona Farm-Bábolna Feed Ltd., spoke about the economic and environmental advantages of the crop and the results of trials carried out in poultry operations.   A Cereal that is Apt […]

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Szakmai poszterek és kutatási prezentációk a Cirokkonferencia Budapest 2025

20 November 2025

Fourth European Sorghum Conference – One Thousand and One Reasons to Invest in a Promising Crop

    Between October 8 and 9, 2025, Budapest hosted the fourth European Sorghum Conference. Over two hundred industry actors, from twenty-seven countries (researchers, producers, industry operators, and decision-makers) responded to the invitation made by the Sorghum ID organisation and the FNPSMS, which had a clear message:   Two Days of Discussions on Innovations and […]

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08 September 2025

Smart. Smarter. Sorghum – KWS at the European Sorghum Congress

  Sorghum is gaining momentum – not only as an agronomic alternative, but as a strategic response to the challenges of modern agriculture. As a co-designer of sustainable and future-oriented farming systems, KWS aims to enrich traditional crop rotations by integrating Sorghum as a resilient and resource-efficient C4 crop. KWS has been actively engaged in […]

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29 August 2025

Grain and Forage Sorghum – Responses to the Future Challenges of Agriculture

  The Importance of Sorghum for Europe In recent years, sorghum has been receiving growing attention across Europe, particularly in response to the challenges of climate change, water scarcity, and the need to diversify crop rotations. It is one of the most dynamically expanding arable crops on the continent, playing an increasingly vital role in […]

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29 August 2025

Sorghum – A Crop for the Future

  As climate change continues to challenge global agriculture, sorghum is stepping into the spotlight as one of the most resilient and versatile crops of our time. Known for its remarkable tolerance to drought and heat, sorghum is becoming increasingly important not only for sustainable farming but also for feed and nutrition.   Researchers and […]

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29 August 2025

Evaluating Grain Sorghum Hybrids for Yield and Feed Quality Under Romanian Drought Conditions

  Romania’s maize sector is under pressure. Over the past three growing seasons, persistent drought has led to widespread crop failures, with yield losses reaching 100% in some regions. The national maize area has contracted from 2.5 million hectares in 2022 to under 1.5 million hectares in 2025. As farmers shift toward winter cereals for stability, […]

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Szakmai üzleti megbeszélés és kapcsolatépítés a Cirokkonferencia résztvevői között

27 August 2025

Get in touch with the key actors in the sorghum industry.

  Access our exclusive service of networking. To allow the conference participants to make the best of this event, the organisers will provide designated areas for business meetings. Thus the interested persons will be able to set up business meetings in the respective areas. Bookings for such meetings will be opened soon on a networking […]

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Rafael Parrella, John Duff és Francis Borges cirok bioenergia szakértők

27 August 2025

Diversification Workshop

  Sorghum – a raw material in step with the times Thanks to sorghum’s genetic diversity and to the European breeders’ work, many sorghum varieties exist today that have high biomass yields and/or compositions that are well-adapted to various types of bioenergy production. Thus methane, bioenergies, paper, plasticisers, and dyes are some of the outlets […]

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Experts on food with sorghum

27 August 2025

Food Workshop

  Agrifood industry operators can rely on sorghum in all confidence. It is a crop that meets today’s consumers’ expectations at all levels: health, traceability, and local production under environment-friendly conditions. Sorghum is a source of plant proteins, iron, B6 vitamins, niacin, phosphorous, potassium, and others. Energising and rich in antioxidants, sorghum is also gluten-free […]

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