Sorghum Interest Rises in U.S.
WASHINGTON - Mar 29/18 - SNS -- Growers intend to plant 5.93 million acres of sorghum for all purposes in 2018, up 5% from last year, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report for 2018.
Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Dakota expect to plant more acres to sorghum in 2018.
Area planted to sorghum in Texas will be the second lowest planted acreage on record, if realized. As of March 18, Texas growers had planted 25% of their expected acreage, equal to last year but 7 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average.
Sorghum Area Planted - States and United States: 2016-2018
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: Area planted
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 1/ : Percent of
: : : : previous year
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: ---------------- 1,000 acres ---------------- percent
:
Arkansas ...........: 47 9 15 167
Colorado ...........: 450 410 400 98
Georgia ............: 20 20 30 150
Illinois ...........: 18 17 22 129
Kansas .............: 3,100 2,600 2,750 106
Louisiana ..........: 52 15 10 67
Mississippi ........: 13 5 5 100
Missouri ...........: 65 30 90 300
Nebraska ...........: 200 180 200 111
:
New Mexico .........: 110 85 90 106
North Carolina .....: 45 20 20 100
Oklahoma ...........: 400 315 400 127
South Dakota .......: 270 270 300 111
Texas ..............: 1,900 1,650 1,600 97
:
United States ......: 6,690 5,626 5,932 105
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1/ Intended plantings in 2018 as indicated by reports from farmers.
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