![]() Field contact is agronomist Fernando Garcia, San Antonio, TX, (210) 306-0998.Sesajal has expanded their operations from Mexico to the southern U.S with headquarters in San Diego, Calif. Business development manager, Chris Schupp, (515) 669-5984.Sesame product manager Nimrod Bardanov, +972.Equi-nom production & contract suggestions, Joe Guzman, Lubbock, TX, M (806) 241-6666.Multiple capsules per node of a commercial Equi-nom sesame variety, Lubbock. So, the yield potential looks promising.įig. Contact Joe Guzman (below) for other possible options in development.įield observations of Equi-nom lines show that individual nodes on the stalk often produce two and even three flowers hence capsules per node, instead of one. Several southwest and central Oklahoma buying/delivery points include Apache, Hennessy, Goltry, Kingfisher, and Kremlin with field delivery also a likely option. Current elevator contractors include Garcia Grain, McAllen/Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, and field delivery (Octavio Garcia, (956) 279-6207). Limited commercial production began in 2018 in the Texas High Plains.Įqui-nom works with interested elevators and contractors for purchase and delivery of contracted grain using Equi-nom varieties. They have tested their non-shattering genetics in Texas since 2017 for both commercial varieties and breeding nurseries in the Lubbock and Uvalde areas. Acreage has exceeded 80,000 in recent years.Įqui-nom Seed & Participating Contractors/Grain HandlersĮqui-nom is a breeding and genetics company based in Israel. Sesaco has their own breeding program.Delivery locations in recent years included: Texas–Lower Rio Grande Valley, Knippa, Tynan, Miles, Stamford Oklahoma-Hobart & Frederick.In addition to their Austin headquarters, Sesaco has grain processing in Hobart, OK and owns a tahini manufacturing facility in Taylor, Michigan.Sesaco research team, including general manager and also weed control expert (Dr.You can find the five regional reps for contract and grower inquiries-e-mail & cell phone contacts at Ask for additional Sesaco sesame production resources. The lead Sesaco production manager is Jared Johnson, (405) 531-7840.with potential for premiums based on clean grain, low trash, low cracks, etc. Compared to then today’s Sesaco sesame varieties are a slightly shorter in maturity. Sesaco ( ) has offered Texas growers for more than 20 years. To my knowledge contract prices for sesame in 2022 are the highest they have ever been. Furthermore, you may not have grown a variety the contractor even wants. The three contractors below may not need your crop, or will pay less than market value. Thus, without a contract you do not have any commitment from a buyer for a crop. Secondly, there is not a cash market per se. Growers without a contract may not have access to seed. It preserves your privilege to grow and market sesame. Wild hogs are not an issue to avoid sesame.Īll sesame in Texas is grown by contract. Wild hogs may be in the field, but damage is low. David Drake (San Angelo) note wild hogs do not appear to cause major issues with sesame stands and harvest. Numerous individuals including farmers, Sesaco staff, and former Texas A&M AgriLife Extension agronomists Mr. I can help you with the letter if needed for many other Texas counties if sesame is approved for a nearby county, especially if bordering the county you would farm sesame. ![]() If sesame is not listed for your county, you likely can get a letter for a written agreement. It is approved for about 90 counties in Texas and Oklahoma. Sesame has a federal crop insurance program. A recent Sesaco sesame field near Lubbock on 40” rows and furrow irrigation. Despite that harvest method in most of the world, sesame is the #4 oilseed crop in world production.įig. This keeps the plants standing upright to avoid seed losses from widely open capsule. This is in sharp contrast to sesame in other world regions where much sesame is harvested by hand (“shocked”). Combine operators can minimize these losses. But this is part of sesame production and is acceptable. Some seed losses at the header/cutter bar occur. Non-shattering sesame would better be called reduced shattering types. All offer variety choices for indehiscent (non-shattering) varieties developed for large-scale mechanical harvest farming operations. Sesame is a drought tolerant, heat tolerant crop with relatively few pests-either insects or plant diseases-compared to other Texas crops.įor 2022 there are new contract opportunities among multiple groups.
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