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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

In the past, he has given equipment, from boats to a machine used to grind sorghum - a staple grain in Africa and Asia.

From BBC Mar. 29, 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 important cereal sorghum was domesticated in Africa’s Sahel zone, just south of the Sahara.

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

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

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

It may also follow and precede corn, or the non-saccharine sorghums, where the climatic conditions are suitable for growing the latter.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas




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