USDA, Embrapa, US and China universities sponsoring workshop on sorghum biofuels potential

In Texas, the USDA, Texas A&M and the National Sorghum Producers Association, Brazil’s Embrapa, China’s Tsinghua University and ICRISAT are sponsoring an International Workshop on sorghum for biofuels, that will be held in Texas today. Conference proceedings will explore the potential for the stress-tolerant crop that grows on marginal lands utilizing minimal fertilizer inputs for ethanol production. USDA Under Secretary Gale Buchanan, and the vice minister of China’s Ministry of Science and Technology Liu Yanhau are among the conference speakers.

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