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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

Members of Congress and corn, cotton, sorghum, soybean, rice, cattle, wheat and potato farmers were also in attendance.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2025

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

Many shebeens sold brandy, whisky and cartoons—a fermented sorghum brew made by the government, especially for black taste- buds.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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

The current year, however, provided less crops than 1922 in wheat, rye, rice, clover seed, grain sorghums, broom corn, cranberries, peaches and pears.

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

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

No crops can be made to follow it with more advantage, however, than corn and the sorghums, or potatoes.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw




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