SORGHUM-to-Ethanol:

Sorghum has a unique fit in the ethanol industry because it is the only crop that can effectively fit into starch, sugar and cellulose ethanol production.

Grain sorghum has been utilized by the ethanol industry for quite some time because it yields approximately the same amount of ethanol per bushel as corn. As new generation ethanol processes are studied and improved, sorghum's role may continue to expand. 

• Ethanol plants can play an important role in increasing local competition for grain, potentially improving prices paid to farmers.
• Ethanol represents the single largest value-added market for grain sorghum producers in the U.S.
• Ethanol consumes about 15% of the U.S. sorghum crop each year.
• One bushel of grain sorghum produces as much ethanol as one bushel of corn.
• There are currently 8 ethanol plants in the U.S. that use grain sorghum.
• Sorghum's low-water-use characteristics enhance the conservation benefits of ethanol.
• Ethanol from sorghum can replace MTBE as an oxygenate in gasoline, providing a cleaner, safer environment.
• When sorghum is used, distillers grain (an ethanol co-product) is equal in nutritional value to distillers grain made from corn.