# US sorghum output jumps 27% as farm prices slide to a 7-year low | Feed & Grain

> USDA's January Feed Outlook put 2025/26 US sorghum production at 437 million bushels, up 27% from the prior year, driven by 305,000 more harvested acres in Texas and Kansas. The season-average farm price was cut 10 cents to $3.70 a bushel, the lowest since 2019/20.

- Date: 2026-01-20 · published 2026-01-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21111-us-sorghum-output-jumps-27-as-farm-prices-slide-to-a-7-year-low-feed-and-grain
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Larger supply and lower cash bids make sorghum a cheaper feed-grain alternative to corn, which pressures sorghum prices and may shift feed demand toward sorghum.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-04-12 | [CoBank: Grain, oilseed prices continue to slide \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30865-cobank-grain-oilseed-prices-continue-to-slide-world-grain.md) | -0.2% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2025-05-14 | [USDA forecasts lower wheat, corn, sorghum prices for 2025/26](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24718-usda-forecasts-lower-wheat-corn-sorghum-prices-for-2025-26.md) | +3.8% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2023-12-29 | [A year of grain transportation challenges and changes \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32912-a-year-of-grain-transportation-challenges-and-changes-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.7% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2019-06-29 | [The US has so many fat pigs that pork prices are at decade low \| FMT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58747-the-us-has-so-many-fat-pigs-that-pork-prices-are-at-decade-low-fmt.md) | +1.3% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2023-11-16 | [Large U.S. corn crop to put pressure on feed barley prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33260-large-u-s-corn-crop-to-put-pressure-on-feed-barley-prices.md) | +0.0% | -2.2% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/business-markets/commodities/news/15815114/us-sorghum-output-jumps-27-as-farm-prices-slide-to-a-7year-low

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