# Early Freeze Halts Sorghum Maturity, Escalates Need to Harvest - ProAg

> An early freeze in early and mid October halted maturity of late-planted grain sorghum across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, central Oklahoma and much of Kansas. Agronomists urge producers to harvest as soon as moisture falls below 15 percent to avoid lodging.

- Date: 2019-10-18 · published 2019-10-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56621-early-freeze-halts-sorghum-maturity-escalates-need-to-harvest-proag
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Freeze damage to late-planted sorghum can reduce yields in the southern Plains, tightening US sorghum supply and supporting feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- proag.com: https://www.proag.com/news/early-freeze-halts-sorghum-maturity-escalates-need-to-harvest/

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