American farmers are very good at growing commodity grains, but marketing will always be an uphill battle.

A sorghum marketing workshop is being hosted by Cottonwood and Midway Extension Districts from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, at the Hoisington Recreation Activity Center, 1200 Susank Road. 

The workshop is free to attend, but RSVP is requested by Tuesday, Feb. 27. Register at https://tinyurl.com/3xaebrra Or email Theresa tam3@ksu.edu or call 785-628-9430. 

The purpose of this in-person workshop will be to help Kansas farmers develop quantifiable, actionable pre-harvest grain marketing strategies for Kansas crops produced in 2023.

Following the in-person workshops there will be a series of monthly online follow-up meetings between March-August for workshop participants, allowing producers to stay on top of what is happening in the markets.

The focus of the workshop topics will be: key factors in developing effective grain marketing plans, developing pre-harvest marketing plan action strategies, carrying out a pre-harvest sorghum marketing plan for a representative year, review the effectiveness of group marketing plan choices made in the workshop, grain market outlook for 2023 and building a pre-harvest marketing plan for sorghum in 2023. 

So don’t delay and get registered for the “Winning the Game” Sorghum Marketing Workshop.

Stacy Campbell is an Agriculture and Natural Resources agent for Cottonwood Extension District. Email him at scampbel@ksu.edu or call the Hays office, 785-628-9430.