Old Crop Gains Renewed Interest In Joe Barrett’s recent Wall Street Journal report, at least a few folks are hoping to reintroduce sorghum as the next big thing in healthy eating, and maybe they are on to something. While not the oldest, sorghum cultivation goes back around 5,000 years and is among the top five crops grown globally. The crop’s resiliency, including drought tolerance, and relatively high protein content, is generating renewed interest as a food crop instead of mostly serving as feed for livestock. The recent trade wars are fueling the search for alternative uses for the grain as stockpiles languish in elevators. Kansas State University and University of Nevada-Reno are among the
