SUCCESS OF 2020: Chad Dane has been pleasantly surprised at the profitability of sorghum. A Nebraska farmer describes his successes and challenges in raising a high-yielding crop.
Chad Dane has experienced a nice run of national rankings in the National Sorghum Producers annual yield contest.
Dane, who farms 3,600 acres in Clay County, placed second nationally and first in Nebraska in the Irrigated-West category of the 2020 national contest with a yield of 208.47 bushels. So far, Dane has placed second nationally twice, third once and fourth once in the contest.
“We typically grow our sorghum around our seed corn production fields,” Dane says. “What was once just a few pivot corners has grown for us over the last few years.”
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New Record Set in 2020 Sorghum Yield Contest
USAgNet - 12/22/2020 National Sorghum Producers is proud to announce a new U.S. dryland sorghum yield record has been set at 245.86 bushels per acre by Ella Johnston of Fulton County, Pennsylvania, in the 35th National Sorghum Yield Contest. Facing weather challenges,
economic uncertainty and a challenging year overall, sorghum farmers showed resilience, continued to farm and produce high yielding sorghum, matching the pace of strengthened national average yields annually.
The 2020 National Sorghum Yield Contest had seven national winners, selected from three categories for both the eastern and western regions of the U.S, and one winner was selected for the food grade division. This year s top yield and Bin Buster winner is
National & World Ag News Headlines
New Record Set in Sorghum Producers Yield Contest
USAgNet - 12/17/2020 National Sorghum Producers is proud to announce a new U.S. dryland sorghum yield record has been set at 245.86 bushels per acre by Ella Johnston of Fulton County, Pennsylvania, in the 35th National Sorghum Yield Contest.
Facing weather challenges, economic uncertainty and a challenging year overall, sorghum farmers showed resilience, continued to farm and produce high yielding sorghum, matching the pace of strengthened national average yields annually.
The 2020 National Sorghum Yield Contest had seven national winners, selected from three categories for both the eastern and western regions of the U.S, and one winner was selected for the food grade division. This year s top yield and Bin Buster winner is