# Sorghum Exports Close 2021 with Marketing-Year High Commitments and Shipments - Sorghum Checkoff

> US sorghum new-crop export sales for the week of December 16, 2021 reached a marketing-year high of 16.6 million bushels, mostly to China. Shipments of 12.4 million bushels were also a marketing-year high, primarily to China. Purchases stood at just over 200 million bushels, or 63 percent of the USDA's estimate, with eight months left in the marketing year.

- Date: 2022-01-07 · published 2022-01-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43217-sorghum-exports-close-2021-with-marketing-year-high-commitments-and-shipments
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Record export commitments and shipments to China draw down US sorghum supplies and support prices. Strong demand also supports feed buyers' expectations of firm sorghum pricing.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- sorghumcheckoff.com: https://www.sorghumcheckoff.com/press-releases/2021_marketingyearhigh/

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