# USDA cuts sorghum production estimate - Brownfield Ag News

> The USDA cut its 2022 US sorghum production forecast by 34 million bushels to 252.1 million, with yield lowered 7.2 bushels to 46 per acre due to drought. Kansas, the largest producing state, saw its estimate cut sharply.

- Date: 2022-09-13 · published 2022-09-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39638-usda-cuts-sorghum-production-estimate-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A sharply smaller US crop, down about 44% year on year, tightens sorghum supplies and supports prices and substitution demand for feed grains.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-09-13 | [USDA hikes sorghum production guess - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45129-usda-hikes-sorghum-production-guess-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.1% | -3.1% |
| CORN | 2022-11-10 | [USDA lowers sorghum production guess - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38738-usda-lowers-sorghum-production-guess-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.8% | -5.0% |
| CORN | 2023-10-12 | [USDA sorghum production guess down on month - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33682-usda-sorghum-production-guess-down-on-month-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.4% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2024-02-07 | [U.S. ethanol production, supply up on week - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31670-u-s-ethanol-production-supply-up-on-week-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.1% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2024-05-15 | [Ethanol production, stocks creep higher - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30242-ethanol-production-stocks-creep-higher-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.8% | +5.1% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/usda-cuts-sorghum-production-estimate/

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