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USDA co-sponsors international workshop on sorghum for biofuels Aug. 19 to 22The U.S. Department of Agriculture will co-sponsor a conference highlighting current studies and future research priorities in developing sorghum as a bioenergy crop. Other sponsors include Texas A&M University, the National Sorghum Producers, Brazil's Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, and Tsinghua University, which is located in the Peoples' Republic of China. The meeting with 100-plus attendees from around the world focusing on key scientific advances supporting the economically viable and environmentally sustainable production and utilization of sorghum as a bioenergy crop. On the agenda to speak are the following: --USDA Research, Education and Economics Under Secretary Gale Buchanan; --People's Republic of China Ministry of Science and Technology Vice-Minister Liu Yanhua; --Oklahoma Secretary of Energy David Fleischaker; --TAMU President Elsa Murano; --Other speakers on the agenda include representatives from the NSP, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, the U.S. Department of Energy and the TAMU Agricultural and Food Policy Center. The workshop is set for Aug. 19 to 22 at the Omni Houston Hotel, Four Riverway, Houston, Texas 77056; Phone: 713-871-8181. 8/18/08 Date: 8/14/08
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