Source: Jennifer Howard, FARM PROGRESS, 4/27/21


A tasty little seed holds great promise for North Carolina grain growers. To improve on-farm diversity and provide income continuity, growers need viable crop rotation options. North Carolina State University  crop and soil sciences researcher David Suchoff thinks sesame is a tempting new alternative crop. He is leading a new $63,000 North Carolina  funded two-year grant to determine the feasibility of sesame production in North Carolina. Sesame is a low-input, drought and heat tolerant crop primarily produced for its high oleic and linoleic acid seed.

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