04 January 2021
Local events have been scheduled or are being prepared in Turkey, Hungary, Austria, and other countries. Budapest, January 27th through 30th, 2021, Sorghum ID will be present at the Agromashexpo trade fair. This is an international event focusing on innovation, which covers a large number of agricultural sectors. Budapest, February 25th, together with the French-Hungarian […]
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04 January 2021
Run by the FNPSMS (France) and the PZPK (Poland), the campaigns will promote the benefits of maize and sorghum, as well as the agronomic complementarity of the two crops. The campaigns are also aimed at bringing the high-quality genetics of European maize and sorghum seeds to the forefront. The programmes will take place differently […]
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04 January 2021
In France November 12: Press conference on Sustainable Biomass Production and Its Role for Bioeconomy. Sorghum ID took part in a press conference alongside the BFF (Biomass for the Future) association. BFF aims to optimise the production of lignocellulosic biomass from Miscanthus and sorghum and thus help attain “the zero CO2 emissions by 2050” target […]
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04 January 2021
“If I were to plot sorghum production in Russia, it would be a sinusoid”, Artem Gorelov explains as an introduction. The figures confirm it: between 2002 and 2010, grain sorghum areas fluctuated between 20 000 and 50 000 hectares, “which is nothing at the scale of our country”, he points out. Then during 2011-2016, […]
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04 January 2021
In the EU, grain and feed sorghum areas have increased by 18 percent in 2020: up 20 percent and up 12 percent, respectively. This rising trend has equally been witnessed in Eastern European countries such as Russia and Ukraine, indicating the producers’ growing interest in this crop, whose resilience to adverse weather is a […]
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22 October 2020
Sorghum production has increased steadily in Europe, influencing the configuration of the seed market. In 2019/20, the available seed supply limited the development of the sorghum industry, at times. This is why the seed market actors have increased their planted areas strongly, for the 2020/21 season. The increase is estimated at 59 percent at […]
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22 October 2020
When Daniel Grandis started his career with KWS in 2011, sorghum was already a catalogue product, especially biomass sorghum. As to grain sorghum, its development took off in 2014. To-date, the experienced agronomist is Product Manager for hybrid crops, covering southern Europe and Turkey. “I am in charge with a wide area, but as […]
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22 October 2020
Farmers regard jimsonweed as a competitor species to their crops. However, it is its toxicity that they fear most, since its grains, stalks, and leaves contain strong alkaloids (scopolamine, atropine, and hyoscyamine), which may prove dangerous even at low levels. Jimsonweed presence in the harvested crops must remain below a threshold that has been […]
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22 October 2020
December 1st: Webinar in Hungary Since the conference that had been scheduled for Budapest on October 16th, 2020 together with the French-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce was cancelled, another meeting will be held on December 1st. The event will have a “mixed format”: it will be open to the people who will be able to […]
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31 August 2020
In all the countries where a promotion programme for sorghum cultivation has been implemented, acreages are increasing. For grain sorghum, the increase is most significant in Central Europe: +85% in Austria and +50% in Hungary. In Western Europe, significant progress can also be seen: +21% in France and +10% in Spain and Italy. While […]
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31 August 2020
Fungfeed is a company offering a range of hypoallergenic dog and cat food, which is rich in rare proteins and produced according to sustainability requirements. Developed by a team consisting of a biologist and a nutritionist, the products are based on insects, locally bred from co-products of agriculture and food processing. The other components […]
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31 August 2020
Julie Toussaint discovered agriculture during her thesis. Since then, this scientist with a research background has never left the sector, developing a predilection for varietal creation and later sorghum. “I am convinced that it is thanks to seeds and varietal choice that tomorrow’s agriculture will meet the new challenges it faces, and that sorghum […]
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31 August 2020
For its next European Congress, Sorghum ID has chosen France and more particularly the historical production basin of sorghum: the region of Toulouse. Like the latest edition, this major event will gather professionals (researchers, producers, processors, economists…) from all over the world.
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22 June 2020
The rise in sorghum prices is mainly due to a combination of two factors: Chinese demand for sorghum has been on the rise since April. China is a country to which US exports have been regular. However, in 2019, US sorghum production has fallen sharply: it was 8.7 MT compared to 9.3 MT in […]
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22 June 2020
Ferenc Farkas is an experienced agronomist. During his studies at the Georgikon University of Agricultural Sciences in Keszthely, he completed several internships in the field and on farms in Austria and the United States. Since June 2012, he has been managing the Hungarian subsidiary of Euralis Semences, the market leader in Hungary for sorghum […]
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22 June 2020
Hungary in December A conference will be held in Budapest on December 1, 2020. Organised in partnership with the Hungarian-French Chamber of Commerce, it is aimed at downstream professionals in the sector: both animal feed and human food manufacturers. Several experts will present the specific advantages of sorghum seeds: nutritional values, absence of tannins, […]
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22 June 2020
A rich website in continual growth. The Sorghum ID website has been designed to provide exhaustive information on sorghum for professionals (farmers and processors) and for all those who want to know more about the crop. To help Internet users find the right answers to the questions they may have, we have structured our resource […]
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22 June 2020
Sorghum is experiencing a new boom in the areas of activity of seed collector Soufflet. Initially, this crop, little known to farmers in the Cher, Nièvre and Yonne regions, developed to the detriment of rapeseed. Over the past 2 years, the latter has been facing planting problems due to dry conditions and difficulties in […]
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27 April 2020
Today’s consumer is hungry for healthy and fully traceable products that are produced locally in environmentally friendly conditions. Sorghum is one of those virtuous cereals on which food professionals can rely with confidence. DOWNLOAD THE FOOD GUIDE The guide is available in English, French, Turkish, Persian, German and Hungarian.
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23 April 2020
“A few years ago,” Hermann Tappler told us, “most Austrian farmers didn’t know how to grow sorghum and didn’t even imagine it could be part of their rotations. The damage caused by corn rootworm and the increasing pressure of this pest led them to consider introducing new crops into their farms”. RAGT, a seed […]
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23 April 2020
Alexandre Calendreau is in charge of the Formulation Department at IDENA, a company whose business is formulating products for animal feed. According to him, if currently sorghum is not used more in animal feed, it is because there are still preconceived notions that no longer have a reason to exist, thanks to European genetics.
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23 April 2020
At the initiative of two young French entrepreneurs, “La Pépite” is a new balanced and gourmet snack that could soon be born. Special features: organic, additive-free, 100% vegetal and … enriched with ancestral cereals, particularly sorghum. For its creators, “Within its core concept, La Pépite carries the future of our agriculture and of our […]
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20 April 2020
The cultivated acreage in sorghum grain and sorghum silage are increasing in Europe. The choice of variety being a determining success factor, more and more farmers are turning to star-sorghum: the hybrids proposed by European seed companies. In order to meet the market needs, the acreage dedicated to seed production in the EU 28 […]
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18 February 2020
Industry, animal feed, human food…Sorghum has many assets to convince you. Industry? Sorghum can be used in different outlets: biofuels, methanization, biomaterials… Animal feed? A real delicacy for animals: sorghum is a raw material without tannins that is very much appreciated by poultry, pigs and ruminants… Human food? Sorghum is conquering European plates and […]
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18 February 2020
This is the title of the complete guide that Sorghum ID has just published for animal feed manufacturers. All the useful information is grouped together: grain composition, absence of tannins, nutritional and energy values, and uses in poultry, ruminants, pigs, etc. DOWNLOAD THE ANIMAL FEED GUIDE The guide is available in French, English, Turkish, […]
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18 February 2020
According to a recent survey of French producers, the profitability of sorghum is one of the 3 main motivations for farmers to grow it. Production costs: limited and under control. On average, under French production conditions, an estimated €323 /ha of operating costs have to be foreseen: €115 /ha for seeds, €128 /ha of […]
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18 February 2020
The main benefits of sorghum as seen by farmers Sorghum ID, Arvalis-Institut du végétal and the ProSorgho association recently took the initiatives of launching a survey conducted among a hundred grain sorghum producers in France, to better understand their motivations for producing sorghum. This sample represents several production basins: notably the South-West (the historical […]
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18 February 2020
Increasing yields Over the last 50 years, thanks to genetic progress, grain sorghum yields have doubled from 3 to 6T/ha. This is shown in the graph below (source: Arvalis-institut du végétal). Tolerance to cold and vitality from the start. Seed companies are making major research efforts on the criteria of tolerance […]
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18 February 2020
From 6 to 9 February in Izmir, at the Agro Expo exhibition, Sorghum ID welcomed many visitors. This trade show has the double advantage of being very well attended and of mobilizing a diversified public: farmers, breeders, seed companies, processors, retailers, officials, press… are all present. Agro expo was an opportunity to observe the […]
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18 February 2020
Agros 2020 in Moscow and Agro Animal Show in Kiev are aimed at farmers, breeders, seed companies, feed manufacturers, retailers, officials and journalists. They come in large numbers and are looking for technical information. They have many questions on sorghum growing in these countries. For some, sorghum is a new crop on which they […]
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18 February 2020
Once his PhD thesis “Wheat Improvement in Zambia Using Incomplete Rust Resistance” was in his pocket, Walter headed to Mexico. He then worked as a post-doc at CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Centre). But soon enough, together with his family, he went back to Africa: in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, he worked again on African […]
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20 December 2019
The sorghum grain is round and pointed. It presents a great diversity of hue and size (diameter from 4 to 8 mn). Its TKW (Thousand-kernel-weight) varies from 6 to 70 g. CARYOPSIS GERM The germ is located at the back and bottom of the kernel. It contains lipids (unsaturated fatty acids), B vitamins, low […]
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20 December 2019
The summer of 2019 was marked by a severe heat wave in many European countries. The mainstream media took hold of this news, with a question for the agricultural world: which crops are best adapted to global warming? Among the answers given: sorghum is in the spotlight. We have seen sorghum … In the […]
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20 December 2019
It all started with a happy event: “I was pregnant and I wanted to continue putting on my red lipstick on a daily basis” explains Elodie Carpentier, co-founder of Rouge Français, “but I became more attentive to the composition of my usual cosmetic products. I then became interested in the formulations and the result was […]
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20 December 2019
Direct exchanges with Romanian producers and industries in Indagra, Romania This major professional meeting was held in Bucharest from October 30 to November 3. Sorghum ID and its local partner APPR (the association of Romanian maize and sorghum producers) joined forces to introduce sorghum to Romanian producers, or refresh their knowledge on the crop. […]
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20 December 2019
Given the weakness of its own production (45 000T), historically, Spain is accustomed to importing supplies from the rest of Europe: France, Ukraine and Russia, for almost all of its needs. But since May 2018, it has extended the supplier countries to a new player: the USA. Due to the China-US trade war, which […]
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22 October 2019
At the end of October, with almost all European sorghum harvested, it is possible to draw up a first inventory of production. It appears that European production (EU-28 + Ukraine and Russia) comes close to 1.3MT. This is a good level of production, higher than the previous harvest. It can be explained mainly by […]
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22 October 2019
Sorghum ID will take part in many European exhibitions: Agro Farm, Moscow, Russia, from 29 to 31 January 2020. Agro Farm is an international technology show for animal and silage productions. It covers a wide range of topics in the area of livestock production: cattle, pig and poultry farming, aquaculture, goat, sheep, rabbit and […]
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22 October 2019
Choose the right variety. We must choose a biomass sorghum, able to grow 5 meters high and to produce a very high biomass volume: up to 80 tons / ha in green. To be resistant to lodging, this biomass sorghum will have the characteristic of being woody, and therefore unsuitable for the production of […]
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22 October 2019
Farmers are unanimous: sorghum consumes little fertilizer and its good resistance to diseases and pests limits the use of plant health products. This is an asset for the environment and for economic results.
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22 October 2019
Bologna, a province of northern Italy produces 90% of Italian sorghum. In addition to motivated producers, there are also highly committed distributors and processors who find in sorghum a raw material full of assets. Venturoli company, sorghum seed distributor: « Thanks to the genetics available in Italy, Italian producers have been able to appreciate […]
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22 August 2019
The Agri’vrac fair is the only major event dedicated to professionals in cereals, fertilizers and animal nutrition. The 3rd edition, which will take place in September, is an important event for sorghum stakeholders in southwestern France and Spain. France as a major hub for international agri-food trade and sales of cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, fertilizers and […]
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22 August 2019
More and more farmers are growing sorghum. This crop gives them both diversification and a response to climate change (let us not forget that 85% of agricultural land is not irrigated!). Another convincing argument: thanks to the star-sorghum genetics, yields are improving. As a result, the acreage is increasing and the supply is becoming more […]
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22 August 2019
One of the reasons that lead Marco Bergami, an Italian farmer, to introduce sorghum in his crop rotations, is his awareness of global warming. But beyond this motivation, he discovered a motivating and profitable crop.
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22 August 2019
Let’s take the case of a short rotation, based mainly on winter crops such as rapeseed, wheat and winter barley (a classic rotation in France in the Center, Burgundy or Poitou Charente). In this situation, the introduction of sorghum results in longer rotations. This is because sorghum is a “real” spring crop, which is sown […]
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21 August 2019
The objectives of summer cover crops are mainly to cover the soil quickly, produce sufficient biomass to feed the soil and avoid the escape of nitrates to the groundwater. For a succesful sorghum cover, several techniques are possible: – direct sowing, very soon after harvest to take advantage of soil moisture, – sowing after stubble […]
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21 August 2019
Sorghum grown from European genetics and production is the guarantee of a rigorous selection and excellent quality of seeds. Results: it is productive, profitable, sustainable and offers many outlets. We have to advertise it! This is done with the “star-sorghum” name that will be found in all of Sorghum ID’s communications. And as a […]
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08 July 2019
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04 July 2019
Founded less than two years ago, in September 2017, the young European inter-branch sorghum organization currently has 30 members. These members are European organizations, national organizations and companies that represent all the links in the sorghum value chain, from seeds to the consuming industry. Sorghum ID was created with the aim of developing the […]
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04 July 2019
Sorghum is a hardy species that is generally not exposed to pests. Although most often the pest pressure remains low and does not justify intervention, some parasitic attacks can occur, especially in high temperature conditions. You will find below the different pests that can be found in vegetation on sorghum: Borer insects : Sesamia […]
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04 July 2019
The protein content of sorghum varies between 10 and 12% depending on the soil and climate context. This very interesting data places sorghum at the same level or even slightly higher than other cereals commonly used in animal feed such as wheat, barley or maize. Grain sorghum can be grown in most European countries. […]
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04 July 2019
France. “Sorghum: multipurpose plant: what are the new promising markets?” Day on 15 May in Toulouse, at the initiative of CIRAD and Arvalis, in partnership with Sorghum ID. During one day, 65 professionals (scientists, institutes, seed companies, first and second transformation industries) shared their experience with sorghum. All of sorghum’s outlets were discussed: human nutrition, […]
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04 July 2019
Tomorrow’s agriculture must remain efficient and profitable, but also meet new societal challenges including environmental challenges. For this, we must explore new cultural practices. We will explore new ways to help farmers adapt to new practices. Explanations from Jean-Luc Verdier, Engineer at Arvalis-Institut du vegetal, in charge of sorghum activities.
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04 July 2019
For Monia Caramma, from the company Macaronicus SA (www.apuntino.com), in view of its potential in the food industry, sorghum is still underused today. She explains why.
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17 April 2019
In Italy and Spain, the planned acreage increases are minimal. It is in France that acreages are expected to increase most significantly (around + 10%), particularly in the Central West, where demand for seeds (particularly early varieties) is strong. In Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, the increase is estimated between +5 and + 10%. The […]
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17 April 2019
Not only does sorghum have a favorable chemical composition, but it is also the most energetic cereal for poultry. It can be incorporated up to 40% in feed formulations, while making sure to adapt this incorporation rate according to the growth or production stage. For example, during early phases, it is best to limit […]
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17 April 2019
Study trip to France, conference in Spain, conferences and trade show in Ukraine … In February and March sorghum mobilized producers and processors on all terrains. In France, Sorghum ID presented the different potential uses of sorghum in animal feed to Russian and Ukrainian partners. The group consisted of journalists specialized in animal nutrition […]
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17 April 2019
Challenges, reasoning, pre and post-emergence, hoeing, selectivity, in 3 minutes tops, Sandrine Volan engineer at Arvalis, Institut-du-végétal gives you her practical advice.
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17 April 2019
Fabienne Coletti, an Italian farmer, started growing sorghum in 2017 when she converted her farm to organic farming. Two harvests later, she notes that results are convincing both for returns and for profitability.
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27 February 2019
Thanks to its root system, sorghum improves the soil structure. Moreover, it brings a lot of benefits in crop rotations. Farmers who have grown sorghum over several years have been convinced.
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27 February 2019
Sorghum has a reputation of high tannin levels. This is an image handicap, as the presence of tannin in animal feed is a significant anti-nutritional factor for monogastrics. Indeed, it was prove than even 1% tannin lowered by 7% the energy value of sorghum with pigs and 11% with poultry. But European sorghum do […]
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27 February 2019
PARIS 17 JANUARY. SORGHUM IN HUMAN FOOD. « There are many uses of sorghum in human food. Now we have to raise awareness on them.» This was the conclusion of the meeting organised by FNPSMS (Sorghum ID) and Céréales Vallée, on the topic of human food. Thirty participants from French, Italian, Belgian and Dutch seed […]
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27 February 2019
European varieties meet all your needs The European catalogue (EU and non EU) offers a broad and diversified selection, for grain and for silage, for all existing uses. The 8 pillars of European seed research 1. Yield and stability 2. Early harvest varieties, but also tolerance to low temperatures for the emergence and flowering […]
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11 December 2018
Paris, 17 January: sorghum in human food. Conference in Paris, 23-25 Avenue de Neuilly, 75116, from 9:30am to 3pm. Baziège, 21 January: meeting of the French sorghum value chain at the initiative of Arvalis – Vegetal Institute. On the agenda: 2018 crop year results, markets, crop protection novelties, results of grain and silage varieties, news of […]
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11 December 2018
“The future is about sorghum”. This promising theme mobilised some 200 specialists from the whole world, during the 2nd European Sorghum Congress, which was held in Milan on 7 and 8 November. During 2 days, researchers, producers, transformers… pooled their knowledge, experience and questions. They all agreed: sorghum has a lot of development potential […]
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11 December 2018
In 2018, the EU-28 acreage increased by 6%, to reach 145,640 ha, which is a 9,000ha increase. As is shown by the graph hereunder, this increase can mostly be seen in Romania and Hungary, but also in France and Italy. In 2018, the EU-28 production increased by 14%, to reach 829,000 t. This spectacular increase […]
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11 December 2018
Testimony of Li Zhao Yu– Head of Beijing Office of France Export Cereal, China.
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11 December 2018
Among the press coverage published after the 2nd European Congress, the Belgian news site “feed navigator” produced a remarkable video. SEE VIDEO
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26 October 2018
1. After sorghum, you can sow a winter crop as well as a spring crop, but… you have to take this into account when choosing your sorghum variety. If the farmer wants to sow wheat or winter barley, he will have to sow early and semi-early varieties of sorghum, in order to be able […]
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26 October 2018
Field days in Bulgaria and Iran, conference in the French agricultural cooperative Terre Atlantique and press trips for Austrian, Hungarian, Turkish and Iranian journalists… the months of August and September were intense in events for Sorghum ID. The press trips were focused on discovering the French sorghum value in the region of Toulouse. A […]
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26 October 2018
59.8 million tons: estimates for the global harvest of sorghum sown in 2018 Despite an increase in acreages, especially in the top exporters (Argentina, Australia, US), the global production appears to be dwindling. This can mainly be explained by the decrease in Australian production (-400,000 tons). At the time of writing, harvest is on-going […]
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23 October 2018
Profitability, diversification, input savings, quality of genetics, earliness, simplicity… 4 farmers tell us all about the many assets of sorghum
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27 August 2018
Silage sorghums BMR without grains – Dual-purpose use sorghums – Grain Sorghum – Silage sweet sorghums BMR with grains The existing broad genetic diversity of sorghum is a real opportunity for the nutrition of ruminants. However, this diversity can also be seen as difficult in managing the feeding of a cattle herd. The aim of this article is […]
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27 August 2018
In order to show farmers the genetic progress of sorghum, Sorghum ID implemented 9 field trials in different countries, from Austria to Iran. They were implanted thanks to local partners and visits are organised in each of them. The table hereunder shows dates and locations. On each platform, 20 to 25 hybrids (grain and silage) […]
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27 August 2018
For Eric Zambon, Henri-Bernard Cartier, Herve Clamens, Thierry Duviau and Yvon Parayre, sorghum is profitable and does not need much water.
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09 July 2018
“Sorghum the safe bet for the future” Le 7 & 8 novembre 2018 à Milan Hotel Sheraton (Milan Malpensa International Airport). This event is open to a very broad audience: trade organisations and agricultural producers, scientists and technical institutes, collectors and traders, national and European administrations, seed and plant production companies and all stakeholders involved […]
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25 June 2018
Miguel Lardeux, Head of monogastric market in Arterris On the monogastric market, sorghum represents about 3,000 tons of rax material out of the 17 to 18,000 tons of processed feed.
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25 June 2018
Still little known in Europe, sorghum can count on information relays in the specialised media. Since the launch of the information campaign orchestrated by Sorghum ID in September 2017, numerous articles have been published in the agricultural press. Be it the sorghum’s environmental, agronomic or economic assets, its outlets or even its cultivation techniques … […]
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25 June 2018
After Bulgaria, Spain and Romania, sorghum is the talk of the town in the South-West of France. And it is only the beginning. Sorghum ID in Bulgaria to promote sorghum with animal feed industries: In the framework of the promotion plans, Sorghum ID participated on 20 April in a conference organised by BFMA (Bulgarian […]
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12 June 2018
The Healthy Crop LTD, headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, are pioneering the consumer sorghum trend with their first product, lil’POP, a packaged popped sorghum snack. Founder, Sydney Chasin, diagnosed with coeliac disease at age 7 and grown up in a small US farm town, has been consuming sorghum grain in a multitude of applications—everything from […]
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03 May 2018
www.francebierechallenge.fr The very young Ô de MILA beer, naturally Gluten-free, was silver medallist at the 2018 Competition! Located in Occitanie (a region in the South-West of France), the SOMA company prepares its Ô de MILA beer by getting involved in all stages, from the farmer’s field to the final consumer. Ô de MILA’s “Naturally […]
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03 March 2018
The 2017 European sorghum grain harvest accounts among the bests of the past 10 years and has achieved a significant increase in terms of production which is due to an increase in acreages and yields compared to 2016. Generally, the climatic conditions of 2017 have allowed limiting water-stresses during the sensitive phase around ear […]
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09 February 2018
The 2nd European Sorghum Congress will be held on 7-8 November 2018 in Milan (Sheraton Hotel / Malpensa International Airport). The detailed programme and registration procedures will be sent in early May. The Congress will be based on 3 workshops: . Genetics and breeding . Agronomy and economy . Transformation and outlets as […]
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08 February 2018
Following the Constitutive General Assembly of the European inter-branch sorghum association – Sorghum ID – on 26 September 2017 in Brussels, the organisation held its first Board Meeting last Thursday (18 January). During this meeting, at which the 5 members of the Bureau were elected, with Daniel PEYRAUBE as its President. Download
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13 December 2017
We are looking forward to seeing you at the MVC agricultural exhibition “Cereals – Mixed feeds – Veterinary” to discover the uses of sorghum in animal feed. On our stand you will find all necessary information about sorghum in terms of use, composition and nutritional value for animal feed. Where? Russia, 129223, Moscow, Prospekt […]
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28 November 2017
The programme will comprise five cross-cutting themes: Accelerating progress in advanced breeding for improved crop adaptation to climate risks Improving productivity and increasing profitability to expand opportunities across global markets Enhancing resilience in the face of biotic and abiotic challenges Tackling key issues in food security and farming systems for improved livelihoods for the […]
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27 November 2017
During the General Assembly of the UFS (French Union of Seed Producers), experts Arnaud Bouxin (FEFAC) and Frédéric Guedj (Euralis Seeds) took part in a roundtable on how to meet export expectations. They notably discussed the progress of European genetic selection over the last 30 years, and how it is nowadays possible to obtain […]
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16 November 2017
Commissioner Phil Hogan, accompanied by leaders of European agricultural organisations, was on a high-level mission to Iran from 11 to 13 November in order to promote EU agricultural products and co-operation with Iran. Also involved in the mission, FNPSMS (French inter-branch federation of maize and sorghum seeds) – represented by its Director Thierry Gokelaere – […]
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02 November 2017
From 31 October to 2 November, Sorghum ID set out to discover Ukraine and its farming. This very agricultural country has indisputably become a global farming power over the past few years. Sorghum is not new to Ukraine, as it is cultivated on around 80,000 ha each year. The crop is now the talk of […]
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27 October 2017
The ESA (European Seeds Association) annual Congress took place from 8 to 10 October. This gathering of European seed experts was an opportunity for Sorghum ID to present its objectives but also to provide a state of play on the production of sorghum (grain-silage-seed) around the world and particularly in Europe. The video clip promoting […]
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22 October 2017
Actions to promote sorghum will also be implemented in Ukraine under the European promotion programmes. Sorghum ID will welcome visitors to its stand, where technical guides about the cultivation of silage and grain sorghum will be available. Information concerning the possible uses of sorghum and European genetic varieties will also be distributed to visitors.
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16 October 2017
Thanks to this important agricultural exhibition that took place from 25 to 29 October, Sorghum ID was able to help Romanian farmers discover – or re-discover – sorghum. Indeed, under communism, the sorghum acreage was close to 100,000 ha, compared to 20,000 ha nowadays, demonstrating the potential of this crop, especially taking into account today’s […]
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16 October 2017
Through its own stand (Hall C1), Sorghum ID invites you to discover sorghum. Here you will be able to learn more about both the use and the assets of sorghum thanks to the technical documentation put at your disposal. Sorghum will no longer be a secret to you! During this exhibition, Sorghum ID will hold […]
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12 October 2017
Two press trips were organised at the end of September under the promotion plans that started in spring 2017. They involved 9 journalists from EU member states (France, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy and Romania) and 9 journalists from Russia and Ukraine. Main objective: promote sorghum on a genetic, agronomic, economic and environmental level, as […]
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12 October 2017
It is necessary to recall that it is on the basis of the state of play of sorghum in Europe that, at the beginning of 2016, an idea and several projects were developed at the initiative of Fnpsms (French Federation for seed maize and seed sorghum) members, in order to work towards building a […]
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