Sweet sorghum stardom! In possibly one of the largest government grants given to anyone for research on a single feedstock, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is receiving a 5-year $16 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for research on the model grass green foxtail (Setaria viridis), to speed up the development […]
Zaad, Chromatin in key pact to distribute enhanced sorghum seed in Africa In South Africa,, Chromatin and Zaad Holdings have entered into an alliance to produce and distribute planting seed for grain and forage sorghum throughout the African continent. In Africa, sorghum is used in the food and beverage industry and as animal feed. The crop […]
In Illinois, Chromatin has achieved unprecedented yields from its newly-introduced hybrid sorghum seed product, which the company is piloting across East Africa. Trials for Chromatin’s sorghum hybrids produced 2.45MT per acre, approximately five times the typical yield. Chromatin plans to distribute the seeds across East Africa to help meet the growing demands of the food, […]
In Illinois, Chromatin has announced that it has appointed Charles Miller as its Vice President of Business Development and International Sales. Charles brings over 19 years experience in leadership roles in the sorghum industry. Before joining Chromatin, he was a principal in the sorghum company MMR Genetics/Richardson Seeds, and after its acquisition by NuFarm, became […]
In North Carolina, Sorghum Partners have three products that have placed at the top in a statewide yield trial conducted by North Carolina State University. As Dr. Ron Heiniger, Professor at NCSU, recently described, yields over 100 bushels per acre allow sorghum to compete favorably in the region with typical corn yields. “Our team has […]
In Illinois, Chromatin has announced its new Chief Financial Officer, Troy Randolph. Randolph has over 15 years of financial leadership experience in a variety of industrial business models ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small standalone businesses. As Chromatin’s Chief Financial Officer, he will provide the leadership needed to establish an operating and financial infrastructure […]
From Illinois, we hear that Chromatin has closed a three-year, $12.5 million credit facility with The PrivateBank. The credit facility represents Chromatin’s first financing with a commercial lender and provides capital to support the company’s rapidly expanding sorghum seed business. Chromatin has also raised over $70 million in equity financing. The company last appeared in […]
In Illinois, Chromatin announced that it has created sorghum plants containing elevated levels of the energy-rich compound farnesene. This milestone achievement was supported in part by the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program Plants Engineered To Replace Oil (PETRO). Chromatin’s scientific team, led by Ramesh Nair, presented the work today at the 2014 ARPA-E Energy Innovation […]
Grain sorghum’s fast-moving champion raises a wad of cash to accelerate its growth. Reflecting on what lies ahead in 2014 for Chromatin, CEO Daphne Preuss takes time with The Digest. In Illinois, Chromatin, Inc., an agriculture technology company, announced the first closing of its Series E financing round, expected to total $36 million. Wood Creek […]
From the leaders in bioenergy and chemicals— the real issues and trends. In California, ABLC-Next has concluded for this year — and industry leadership in R&D, commercialization, policy and finance will reconvene at ABLC 2014 — the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference — in Washington DC on April 21-23 of next year. Between now and then, […]
