11% More Sorghum Area Planned
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/20 - SNS -- Sorghum growers intend to plant 5.82 million acres of sorghum for all purposes in 2020, up 11% from last year, according to the USDA.
Kansas, the leading sorghum producing State, is expecting 8% more sorghum acres in 2020 than last year. Texas growers are expecting to plant 16% more acres in 2020 than last year.
As of March 23, Texas growers had planted 31% of their expected acreage, 1 percentage point ahead of last year and 6 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average.
Sorghum Area Planted - States and United States: 2018-2020
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: Area planted
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2018 : 2019 : 2020 1/ : Percent of
: : : : previous year
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: ---------------- 1,000 acres ---------------- percent
:
Arkansas 2/ ........: 12 (NA) (NA) (X)
Colorado ...........: 355 365 410 112
Georgia 2/ .........: 25 (NA) (NA) (X)
Illinois 2/ ........: 18 (NA) (NA) (X)
Kansas .............: 2,800 2,600 2,800 108
Louisiana 2/ .......: 8 (NA) (NA) (X)
Mississippi 2/ .....: 4 (NA) (NA) (X)
Missouri 2/ ........: 30 (NA) (NA) (X)
Nebraska ...........: 230 200 200 100
New Mexico 2/ ......: 80 (NA) (NA) (X)
:
North Carolina 2/ ..: 18 (NA) (NA) (X)
Oklahoma ...........: 300 300 340 113
South Dakota .......: 260 250 270 108
Texas ..............: 1,550 1,550 1,800 116
:
United States ......: 5,690 5,265 5,820 111
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(NA) Not available.
(X) Not applicable.
1/ Intended plantings in 2020 as indicated by reports from farmers.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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