Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 , You are correct that Twin Valley is not organic. If you look in their FAQ section on their website they say so. We farm in western Kansas and are growing food grade grain sorhum for the first time this year. The market for this is so new we are not even sure what we are going to do with it, but a farmer neighbor is on the grain sorghum growers board and convinced some farmers in this area to try it. We are not organic farmers, but one of the neighbors who is growing this same food grade grain sorghum does practice organic farming. Since grain sorghum has mostly been used as a livestock feed in this country, I doubt there will be much call for organic grain sorghum. Our organic neighbor will probably just throw his grain in with the rest of us when we market it. But I could probably keep some separate at harvest if anyone is interested. Grain sorghum has been a really good crop for us here in western Kansas. We have always thought it was good to eat, but there's never been any market for that, so its fun to hear this group talk about using it. We are currently in the midst of a drought (only 6 inches of rain so far this growing season) but the milo hangs on. It's an amazing crop. (P.S. For some reason, grain sorghum is more commonly called milo by the farmers around here. I asked my farmer/husband why and he didn't know.) Lori Krause Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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