Sesame is a drought tolerant, heat tolerant crop with relatively few pests—either insects or plant diseases—compared to other Texas crops.   For 2022 there are new contract opportunities among multiple groups. All offer variety choices for indehiscent (non-shattering) varieties developed for large-scale mechanical harvest farming operations.  Non-shattering sesame would better be called reduced shattering types.  Some seed losses at the header/cutter bar occur.  But this is part of sesame production and is acceptable.  Combine operators can minimize these losses.   This is in sharp contrast to sesame in… Read More →