Something to Watch
One of the projects we were working on this summer was our videos talking about SCIS and who we are. »
This year, make the best of the bad
A couple years ago, I attended a short course on a statistical analysis package for Excel. At the end of the course, James Richardson, the Texas A&M University professor who wrote the program, worked the class through an exhaustive farm »
Ethanol, feeders boost use to keep demand strong
For years, the sorghum balance sheet never changed. On an annual average, a third of the crop was purchased by ethanol plants, a third left the country for export markets, and the remaining portion was fed to livestock, used for the consumer »
Great year for sorghum markets, yields and research
2015 was a great year for the sorghum industry. Not only did we see incredible acreage gains driven by exploding demand from China, but we also saw ethanol plants re-enter the demand picture and a flurry of positive press surrounding sorghum as »
Knowing the numbers puts money in the bank
Last month we covered some cost-tracking basics. This can be a boring topic, but knowing your costs can be extremely important in today’s low-price environment. First off, putting sorghum in the ground is easy on the pocketbook. The price of a »
Tracking costs is vital to marketing
We’ve covered a lot of ground since my first column. I’ve written about forage sorghum, biomass sorghum for cellulosic ethanol production, the new Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) and active marketing. Each of these represents an opportunity to profit from some »
