Around 45 select farmers, ATs and M/CAOs of MisOcc undergo a Postharvest Training on Sorghum Prod’n to aid them in developing sorghum as an alternative crop for food and feed use.

 

JIMENEZ, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL – To capacitate the capabilities of the farmers by developing sorghum as an alternative crop for food and feed use, the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO 10) conducted a two-day Postharvest Training on Sorghum Production.

Around 45 select farmers, agriculture technicians, and municipal/city agriculturists of the said province were gathered to tackle postharvest technologies and sorghum production.

Topics focused on sorghum seeds for feeds formulation for poultry and livestock used, sorghum seeds as the medium for mushroom production, and industry updates.

DA-10 Sorghum focal person Jurrybe J. Lachica said, “Considering the increasing prices of commercial feeds, it’s time to formulate our own feeds by utilizing sorghum as an alternative ingredient.”

The participants also performed the formulation of poultry and livestock feeds by calculating and measuring raw ingredients and utilizing sorghum grains for mushroom production.

Sorghum is composed mostly of starch and, like corn, waxy and non-waxy varieties exist. Its waxy-starch varieties appear to support better animal performance.

The nutritive value of sorghum is usually taken at 90% to 100% compared with corn, a value of 96% being most common. It contains slightly more protein than corn.

Sansen O. Tejano, DA-10’s Provincial Operation Center Chief of Misamis Occidental cited that Misamis Occidental has a favorable area for sorghum production with its vast tract of land.# (RDMElloren)