Texas Grain Sorghum Producers

What Texas Grain Sorghum Producers does

Texas Grain Sorghum Producers (also operating as Texas Grain Sorghum Association / TGSA and Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board / TGSB) is a private, Texas-based nonprofit industry association that represents grain sorghum producers at the state, federal, and international levels. The organization is overseen by the Texas Department of Agriculture and operates through two coordinated entities: TGSA, the membership and policy arm, and TGSB, the state-level checkoff board that channels funds into research, promotion, and education. Its core offerings include monthly industry communications (Texas Sorghum Insider newsletter), regional production guides, species-specific livestock feeding guides, ethanol and distillers grains research programs, and international trade missions and export promotion delivered in partnership with the U.S. Grains & Bio Products Council.

The business model is built primarily on a commodity checkoff assessment: sorghum is assessed at 0.006 of grain value at first point of sale under the United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP), and TGSB retains 25% of Texas collections to fund state and regional research, marketing, and education. A secondary revenue and engagement layer comes from a tiered membership structure — individual growers join through National Sorghum Producers (NSP) and receive TGSA membership, grain elevators participate as E-Members representing multiple growers, and agribusiness firms (e.g., Corteva, Bayer, CoBank, AgTexas Farm Credit, Texas Farm Credit) join as Corporate Members that fund operations and advise the board. Distribution is delivered through digital content (website, Mailchimp newsletter), partner channels (U.S. Grains & Bio Products Council trade missions, USCP educational seminars), and applied research partnerships (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension).

The organization operates with a lean staff of four (Executive Director, Executive Administrator, Director of Member Services, Research Fellow) and maintains a mailing presence in Salado and a headquarters office in Lubbock. Its strategic posture is institutional advocacy and commodity market development rather than direct technology commercialization; the principal deliverables are policy representation, applied agronomic research dissemination, and international buyer access for Texas sorghum.

Name

Texas Grain Sorghum Producers

Legal name

Texas Grain Sorghum Association

Website

https://texassorghum.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Texas Grain Sorghum Producers is a Texas-based nonprofit industry association and state checkoff board (TGSB/TGSA) that represents grain sorghum growers through policy advocacy, checkoff-funded research and promotion, education, and international trade missions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Trade Association

NAICS

Oilseed and Grain Farming (1111), Other Grain Farming (11119)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Sorghum & Millet Farming (AFAGAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sorghum for Starch Farming (AFAGAEAI)

Keywords

• Grain sorghum promotion
• Agricultural trade association
• Sorghum producer advocacy
• Crop research programs
• Sorghum export development

Headquarters

HQ city

Lubbock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Checkoff Program Assessment: Sorghum is assessed through the United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP) at a rate of .006 of the value of the grain at the first point of sale. TGSB receives 25% of the money Texas collects back to do state and regional research, marketing and educational programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Texas Grain Sorghum Producers is a nonprofit agricultural trade association that represents Texas grain sorghum farmers. It delivers checkoff-funded research, producer education, market development, and advocacy programs, and it is overseen by the Texas Department of Agriculture. The organization supports members through publications, production and feeding guides, ethanol promotion, export/trade missions, and structured membership programs for individuals, elevators, and corporate agribusinesses.

Product overview

Texas Grain Sorghum Producers (also known as Texas Grain Sorghum Association and Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board) is an agricultural trade association that represents grain sorghum producers across Texas. The organization operates as a single integrated offering focused on serving sorghum growers through three core pillars: Research, Promotion, and Education. The product portfolio includes the Texas Sorghum Insider monthly newsletter, regional Production Guides, Livestock Feeding Guides for various species, AgriLife Sorghum Tips educational publications, Ethanol & Dried Distillers Grains research programs, Trade Missions and Export Sorghum promotion services, and E-Membership and Corporate Membership programs. The organization collaborates closely with the United Sorghum Checkoff Program and is overseen by the Texas Department of Agriculture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sorghum Newsletter

Quantifiable outcome

• Sorghum feed use efficiency has increased dramatically due to research programs funded by TGSB

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2008National sorghum checkoff program that assesses .006 of grain value at first point of sale. TGSB receives 25% of Texas collections for state and regional research, marketing, and education. Works closely to make the sorghum industry more competitive and sustainable.
• U.S. Grains & Bio Products CouncilcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational trade promotion organization that promotes export of American grains and by-products. TGSB is a member, enabling presence at trade missions across the globe.
• National Sorghum Producers (NSP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational policy-making organization representing sorghum growers. TGSA works closely with NSP, and individual growers gain membership in both NSP and TGSA through a single signup.
• Texas Department of AgriculturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState regulatory body that oversees the Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board.
• Kansas Grain Sorghum ProducersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaborates with TGSB and U.S. Grains and Bioproducts Council to host Export Sorghum educational seminars for international grain traders.
• Texas A&M AgriLife ExtensioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Calvin Trostle from Texas A&M AgriLife Department of Soil and Crop Sciences provides monthly AgriLife Sorghum Tips publications covering weed/pest control, yield improvements, and feral hog control.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National Corn Growers Association: Larger national federation that Texas Corn Producers affiliates with. Relevant because corn is sorghum's most direct acreage substitute in Texas and the broader U.S. feedstock market, and NCGA sets national policy affecting the relative competitiveness of sorghum.
• Plains Cotton Cooperative Association: Texas/High Plains cotton industry organization representing cotton growers, which competes with sorghum for acreage in West Texas. Operates a comparable producer-services and policy-advocacy model in the same geographic footprint.
• Texas Farm Bureau: Broad-based Texas agricultural advocacy organization that overlaps with TGSA on policy representation and grower services but covers all commodities. Represents the umbrella alternative for Texas growers seeking general ag representation.

Others

• U.S. Grains & Bio Products Council: International market development organization promoting U.S. grains and co-products. Texas Grain Sorghum Producers is a member and uses Council infrastructure for international trade missions, making it a key enabling partner rather than a competitor.

Direct peers

• National Sorghum Producers: National policy and advocacy organization for U.S. sorghum growers. Texas Grain Sorghum Producers works closely with NSP, and individual TGSA members are simultaneously members of NSP, making it the most direct functional peer.
• Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers: State-level sorghum producer association in Kansas that co-hosts the Export Sorghum Program with Texas Grain Sorghum Producers and the U.S. Grains & Bioproducts Council. Operates the same state-commodity-board model for sorghum growers.
• Texas Corn Producers Association: State-level commodity board representing Texas corn growers. Competes with sorghum for planted acreage in the Texas High Plains and uses a similar checkoff-funded research/promotion/education model overseen by the Texas Department of Agriculture.
• Nebraska Grain Sorghum Producers: Another state-level sorghum producer association operating the same checkoff-overseen model. Provides a comparable benchmark for state sorghum advocacy, research, and promotion outside Texas.
• United Sorghum Checkoff Program: National checkoff program that assesses .006 of grain value and produces the feeding guides, production guides, and research that TGSB distributes at the state level. Operates as a complementary, federally administered sorghum organization.
• Texas Wheat Producers Association: Texas state commodity association for wheat growers using a comparable checkoff/government-oversight structure. Direct structural analog operating in the same Texas regulatory environment and competing for grower mindshare and policy attention.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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