Farmers are caretakers of their land. After all, that is where they live and they want to drink clean water like you and me. Grain sorghum, because of it's smaller seed size, grows slower in the earlier stages than corn. It grows to a height of approximately four feet tall. Leaves are a brilliant green in the spring and summer but begin to turn light brown in the fall.
Farmers use combines to harvest their grain sorghum.
The combine cuts the heads off the stalk and threshes or removes the seeds from the rest of the head. The combine is then emptied into a truck or wagon. The grain is then taken to a grain elevator or stored by the farmer in a storage bin. An elevator is a large concrete cylinder where grains are stored. Grain is stored in the bins at the correct temperature and moisture content until it is sold to farmers for animal feed or seed for next year, to industries for food or non-food uses, or for export to another country.