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sorghum

[sawr-guhm] / ˈsɔr gəm /


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Corn remained supported by strong demand and tighter supplies in Brazil and the U.S., while sorghum and barley increased mainly due to spillover effects.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Trump is likely to push China to purchase more U.S. farm products including beef, soybeans, sorghum, and corn.

From Barron's May 14, 2026

But don’t overlook honey, agave, white sugar, maple syrup or even sorghum if you want something with a bit more edge.

From Salon Apr. 18, 2025

The damage could be significant for U.S. farmers, who sell about 77% of their sorghum exports to China.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2024

She handed Nya a bowl of boiled sorghum meal and poured a little milk over it.

From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park

The situation in Texas was typical: there was enough storage space to hold around 140 million bushels, but three-fifths of it was already filled with 1948 wheat and grain sorghums.

From Time Magazine Archive

Production figures given in the report included: Wheat 840,000,000 bushels Rice 38,600,000 bushels Cotton 14,486,000 bales Corn, oats, barley and grain sorghums 90,000,000 tons Tobacco 1,500,000,000 lbs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because of favorable weather and 47-million-ton carryover from surplus in earlier years, output of feed corn, oats, barley and grain sorghums will rise 6% to 213 million tons.

From Time Magazine Archive

To ease the pressure on prices, the Department of Agriculture canceled a July-August allocation of 6,740,000 bu. of corn for export and decided to substitute wheat, barley and grain sorghums.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to Ball, the sorghums fall into the following classes:—

From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe




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