This year’s National Sorghum Foundation’s Sorghum Challenge Award has been granted to Ms. Laura Zimmerer of College Station, Texas.  Zimmerer, a senior food science and technology major at Texas A&M University, was raised on a farm in North Texas, where her family farms sorghum along with other grain crops.  She will be granted a $750 scholarship for the 2011 school year and has been granted the opportunity to accompany the National Sorghum Producers and state association presidents to Washington, D.C., on a trip to visit our legislative representatives.

The National Sorghum Foundation has established a new scholarship in the name of Darrel Rosenow in the amount of $500. The Darrell Rosenow Memorial Scholarship has been created to honor the life of its namesake, a pioneer in sorghum breeding. Rosenow spent over 40 years as a sorghum plant breeder for the Texas A&M Experiment Station and was instrumental in establishing the Sorghum Conservation Program. He served as a teacher and mentor to many aspiring sorghum students from across the globe.
This year’s recipient is Elizabeth Elmore of Wamego, Kan. Elmore is a junior agronomy major at Kansas State University. After graduation, she plans on attending graduate school and expanding her knowledge in agronomy, more specifically, drought tolerance breeding and cropping system dynamics.

Information on the Foundation, the KSU Center Scholarship or the Darrell T. Rosenow Scholarship may be obtained by contacting Dr. Jeff Dahlberg or Bruce Maunder. Donations for the 2010 may be sent to the National Grain Sorghum Foundation, 4201 N. Interstate 27, Lubbock, TX 79403, attention Bruce Maunder.