A Sweet Goodbye, Where have the Sorghum Farmers gone? ANR-625 SWEET SORGHUM CULTURE AND SYRUP PRODUCTION. Sweet sorghum syrup production offers farmers an excellent opportunity to improve farm income and productivity. Ideally suited for the small landowner with limited capital, this crop requires only 1 to 3 acres. Sweet sorghum yields 200 to 300 gallons of syrup per acre, and sorghum syrup sells for $15 to $20 per gallon. A recent budget estimated that total fixed and variable costs are approximately $800 per acre. So, net profits of over $2,500 per acre are possible. The marketing outlook for sorghum syrup is also very favorable.
Almost all the sorghum syrup produced is sold within 2 months after it is processed. Sorghum syrup is generally unavailable from December through August. The Sweet Sorghum Plant Sweet sorghum, or "sorgo," is closely related to other sorghum crops. Adaptation Sweet sorghum is adapted to widely differing climatic and soil conditions. Sweet sorghum is a warm-season crop that matures earlier under high temperatures and short days. Varieties Fertilization And Liming. Growing Sweet Sorghum For Syrup. Note: To view document in WordPerfect 8, for printing or other purposes, use this link: sweetsorg.wpd Webster defines syrup as, "A thick, sticky solution of sugar and water". Estimated Production and Processing Costs Sorghum syrup made from cane sorghum is made by squeezing the juice from the cane and cooking off the excess water to obtain a sweet, sticky syrup - a delicacy in many parts of the country. It has many uses - a primary one being spread on hot biscuits at breakfast.
And it is often used as a sweetener in cooking breads and other foods . It is primarily a local crop in Georgia, 64 acres grown in two counties in North Georgia according to the 1997 U.S. But the syrup is consumed by a devoted clientele. Given that the crop is economically significant to some farmers, and that little is known about the overall demand (and potential demand) for the syrup, this document is devoted to an estimate of the costs of growing cane and processing sorghum.
"Labor is a Major Input" Sorghum Syrup : Sunrise Grocery, A Little Bit of Everything in Blairsville, GA. National Sweet Sorghum Producers & Processors Assocaition. Olin Hughes Syrup Mill in Young Harris, Georgia. If you happen to be driving from Blairsville, Georgia to Young Harris on Highway 76 and notice a sweet smell in the air, then you know you are close to Hughes' Syrup Mill.
Fall is just around the corner and cane is ripe for cutting. Hughes Sorghum Mill is currently running wide open and producing gallons of golden syrup. Olin Hughes and his family have been making sorghum syrup for over fifty years. Since 1954 they have been growing cane and boiling the juice into some of the best syrup around. Nothing is better on a cool morning than hot sorghum syrup.
Olin Hughes and his family have been making sorghum syrup in Young Harris, Georgia for over fifty years. Their mill is located on Young Harris Highway in the Baldview Community. The first thing you notice is the sweet smell in the air. The mill has used propane gas fuel for boiling the juice since 1962. Hughes says that people used to come from as far as 80 miles to get him to process their cane.
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