Sweet Sorghum Resources:
    Key Growth Stages
    Plant Science
    Nutrient Deficiencies
    Plant Pathology
    Sweet Sorghum Bible I
    Sweet Sorghum & Insects
    UF/IFAS On Insects
    Brix (sugar content)

Research Resources:
    USDA Drought Monitor
    Cultivars & Ripeners
    Inter-Cropping
    Soil Nitrogen Management

Plant Diseases:
    Ergot
    Ergot (technical paper)
    Ergot (pictures & figures)

Other Resources:
    Permitting Energy Crops
    Florida Statutes

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Florida Grown Energy Crops -- Our Ticket For Reducing Foreign Energy Dependence.


What if the next big oil field wasn't in the Middle East or Venezuela -- but a sweet sorghum or sweet potato (for ethanol) or soybean (for biodiesel) field right here in Florida?

As a member of the Tampa Bay Ethanol Consortium, the Common Purpose Institute is working with ethanol companies, farmers, seed companies, universities, and landowners in research and commercial demonstrations of Florida "Home Grown" energy crops.

Sweet sorghum ~1 month after planting in central Florida.

Sweet sorghum ~2 months after planting in central Florida.

Sweet sorghum ~2 months after planting in central Florida.

Diameter of sweet sorghum stalks at ~2.5 months after planting.

~9 foot high sweet sorghum at ~2.5 months after planting.

Sweet sorghum approaching harvest stage.