The United Sorghum Checkoff Program Board will have four positions become vacant at the end of this year, including two positions from Kansas and the other two from an at-large seat and the other a Texas sorghum grower.

As organizations in Kansas certified to nominate producers to serve on the Board, the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission, Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association and Kansas Farm Bureau, collectively, are searching for sorghum producers interested in appointment to the United Sorghum Checkoff Board. The term for these seats will expire at the Board’s winter meeting in December 2018.

In accordance with the program rules, persons interested in being nominated must be a sorghum producer and need to complete and submit USDA’s Form AD-755 – Advisory Committee Membership Background Information, and the Nominee’s
Agreement to Serve Form along with a cover letter outlining their interest to serve on the USCP Board. Application forms may also be accessed on USDA’s website at: www.ams.usda.gov/lsmarketingprograms by selecting the “Sorghum Program.”

Applications for the Kansas positions must be received at the office of the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission and Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association (jill@ksgrainsorghum.org) or the Kansas Farm Bureau (nelsonm@kfb.org) office by 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 24, 2015.