# Single Week Sorghum Sales Shatter Records | Feed & Grain

> USDA data showed US sorghum exports of 33.9 million bushels in the prior week, a record, with China the top destination. New sales commitments of 33.8 million bushels were also a record, and new-crop purchases reached 40 million bushels.

- Date: 2021-04-15 · published 2021-04-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47655-single-week-sorghum-sales-shatter-records-feed-and-grain
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Record Chinese purchases and record new-crop demand indicate tight sorghum availability, which supports prices and feed-grain substitution demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-05-15 | [Non-GM US sorghum could replace corn in Indian feed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24723-non-gm-us-sorghum-could-replace-corn-in-indian-feed.md) | +4.4% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2020-11-30 | [Soybeans End Flat \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50179-soybeans-end-flat-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.5% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2021-06-30 | [Report: China Changes Buying Tactics \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46561-report-china-changes-buying-tactics-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.4% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2026-01-22 | [Feed Grain Weekly: Barley still the king of Canadian feed grains - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21119-feed-grain-weekly-barley-still-the-king-of-canadian-feed-grains-grainews.md) | +1.9% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2022-10-10 | [U.S. Sorghum-Corn Premium Prices Fell Sharply During this Quarter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39195-u-s-sorghum-corn-premium-prices-fell-sharply-during-this-quarter.md) | +0.6% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/grain-handling-processing/news/15387504/single-week-sorghum-sales-shatter-records

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