Compliance Forms and Information
Sorghum Checkoff Collection Form - PDF
This form is to be completed and funds remitted monthly to USCP by first handlers. A first handler is the first person who buys or takes possession of more than 1,000 bushels of grain sorghum; or 5,000 tons of sorghum forage, sorghum hay, sorghum haylage, sorghum billets, or sorghum silage from producers in a calendar year for marketing.
Application for Refund - PDF
The refund form must be filed with the Sorghum Checkoff office and must be completed as follows:
- This application must be postmarked within 60 days following the date that assessments were paid, but no later than the date the Secretary announces the results of the referendum.
- Attach documentation or a copy thereof with this application.
- Applicant's name must be the same as it appears on the account of sale.
- Refund application must be signed by the person receiving the refund.
Payment of refund claims is then contingent on the results of the referendum which is to be held within three years of July 1, 2008. If the referendum does not pass, then those producers that have submitted a request for refund, following the above instructions, will be refunded on a prorated share. The Order provides for 10 percent of the funds collected to be set aside by the Board in an account to be paid to those people who have applied for a refund if the referendum does not pass.
Organic Exemption Form - PDF
A producer who operates under an approved National Organic Program (NOP) (7 CFR part 205) system plan and produces only products that are eligible to be labeled as 100 percent organic under the NOP is required to apply for an exemption the Organic Exemption Form to the Board at any time initially and annually thereafter on or before January 1 as long as the applicant continues to be eligible for the exemption.
Please send correspondence and collections to:
United Sorghum Checkoff Program
4201 N. Interstate 27
Lubbock, TX 79403
For more information on compliance, contact:
Sue Ann Claudon, Compliance Director
E-mail: sueann@sorghumcheckoff.com
Cell: 817-291-3237