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Clemson scientist receives USDA grant to improve sorghum for Southeastern farmers

This project aims to strengthen sorghum breeding programs and provide farmers with more resilient, productive crop choices.

Posted 5/18/26

Richard “Rick” Boyles , an associate professor of cereal grains breeding and genetics at Clemson University, has been awarded a $495,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop …

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