July has been full of sorghum field days all across the sorghum belt. On July 14, a field day was held in Columbia, Mo. It was a great university sponsored field day with more than 100 people in attendance, including  seed and chemical representatives and producers. 

The Sorghum Checkoff will hold its fall meeting on Aug. 9-10, 2010, in Omaha, Neb., in conjunction with the Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America. The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites - Omaha at 12520 Westport Parkway, La Vista, Neb., 68128. On Monday, Aug. 9, the individual Sorghum Checkoff committees will meet to discuss issues on finance, market and promotions, and research. The entire board of directors will meet on Aug. 10 to review staff progress reports and activities, discuss proposed budgets and projects for the 2010/2011 fiscal year.