# Kenyan Poultry Feeding Trials Showcase U.S. Sorghum | Feed & Grain

> The U.S. Grains Council is running feeding trials in Kenya with Unga Farm Care, replacing up to 50% of corn in layer rations and 100% in broiler rations with U.S. sorghum. A 60 MT shipment went to the Port of Mombasa.

- Date: 2021-03-11 · published 2021-03-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48171-kenyan-poultry-feeding-trials-showcase-u-s-sorghum-feed-and-grain
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Successful trials could open a new export market for U.S. sorghum in East Africa, but the volumes are small and the effect on prices is limited in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-04-30 | [High grain prices alter feeding, trade patterns \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47677-high-grain-prices-alter-feeding-trade-patterns-feed-strategy.md) | +5.0% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2020-12-01 | [China Targets U.S. Farm Imports With Tariffs \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49501-china-targets-u-s-farm-imports-with-tariffs-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.4% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2021-05-28 | [China's feed lots set to snap up wheat harvest for pigs, poultry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47092-china-s-feed-lots-set-to-snap-up-wheat-harvest-for-pigs-poultry.md) | -0.6% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2025-05-23 | [Sorghum's rise as an alternative feedstock poses a threat to corn and DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24768-sorghum-s-rise-as-an-alternative-feedstock-poses-a-threat-to-corn-and-ddgs.md) | -2.1% | -5.2% |
| CORN | 2024-02-22 | [Premier Feed Mills Nigeria suspends maize, sorghum purchases on high prices  - Milling Middle East & Africa Magazine - No.1 Grains Industry Magazine & Website for Africa & the Middle East](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31728-premier-feed-mills-nigeria-suspends-maize-sorghum-purchases-on-high-prices.md) | -1.0% | +6.0% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/grain-handling-processing/news/15387745/kenyan-poultry-feeding-trials-showcase-us-sorghum

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