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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

Sometimes it is possible to find sorghum or millet but on the day of filming, the kitchen manager says: "There is no flour or bread."

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025

Corn farmers across the Midwest are experimenting with drought-resistant millets, while growers in Sub-Saharan Africa are embracing varieties of sorghum and legumes that require less water than other grains.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025

The same effect was suspected in sorghum, sunflower, spiderwort, lambs quarters, pigweed, and smartweed.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

Its purview was broadened from grains, sorghums and flax to include rice, mill feeds, butter, eggs, potatoes and, more important, cotton.

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

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

All the sorghums, of which Egyptian corn is one, must be sown after frost danger is over - the time widely known as suitable for Indian corn, squashes and other tender plants.

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


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