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Yes, Dawson County, sorghum is grown here. But it’s so little that it doesn’t stand out among the cotton fields.That might be because there’s no place around here where it can be processed. Unlike cotton which is baled here in the county.“We don’t have a tremendous amount of sorghum in Dawson County,” said Dawson County Extension Agent Gary Roschetzky.“Here in Dawson County, we’re so much beneficial to grow cotton than growing other stuff.”Since there are no grain mills locally, farmers have to transport their sorghum, also called broomcorn, crops further afield, like in Lubbock. And that adds to the cost ...

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