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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

New Delhi's promise of lower duties on dried distillers' grains and red sorghum for animal feed could also reduce the need for local soybean meal.

From Barron's Feb. 8, 2026

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 country, which typically buys corn, soybeans and sorghum from the U.S., has been diversifying its sources and stocking up.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2024

“I can’t be positive,” Grandpa said, “but I’d be willing to bet my last bucket of sorghum molasses on it.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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

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

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

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

The large wintering flocks of crows are important consumers of grain sorghums in south-central Kansas.

From Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas by Dwight Platt




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