Tuesday’s WASDE Report showed U.S. sorghum production was down 9 million bushels from June at 372 million bushels. That’s also down from last year’s 448 million bushel crop. It’s a result of 1 million fewer acres being planted this spring and drought in key producing states.
However, Nebraska bucked the trend as farmers planted more acres than 2021. And so far the crop is holding up at 55% good to excellent, despite areas of drought. Nate Blum, Nebraska Sorghum Producers Association Executive Director, says, “Yeah the sorghum crop actually looks really good across the state. Now in southwest Nebraska is where we have the bulk of our crop and of course we could use a little more rain. It’s always dry here. But sorghum does really well in those conditions. But even over the eastern part of the state sorghum is looking pretty good.”
USDA’s June Acreage report showed 280,000 acres of sorghum in Nebraska will be harvested for grain, which is up 50,000 acres from 2021. Blum says that is a reflection of the strong market.
