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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

My three most used ingredients right now would have to be cornmeal, seasoning meat and sorghum molasses.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 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

They include, notably, sorghum and pearl millet, which became the staple cereals of much of sub-Saharan Africa.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

Department of Agriculture pays him $14.7 million a year to store surplus wheat, corn and grain sorghums bought from his and other farms.

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

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

Egyptian corn is one of the non-saccharine sorghums which are valuable both for grain or for green feeding.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson


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