Agriculture and Environment: Sorghum

Better Management Practices: Develop Payments for Carbon Sequestration

With biomass production of up to 35 metric tons per hectare per year, sorghum has tremendous potential to increase biomass within crop rotation and no-till management systems.

Such dense biomass residue also has the potential to act as a carbon sink.

This can increase the organic matter in the soil, thereby increasing productivity while reducing chemical and water requirements of subsequent crops. In addition, it could potentially be the source of carbon sequestration payments for farmers.