# USDA expects smaller sorghum crop - Brownfield Ag News

> USDA cut its 2019 US sorghum production estimate to 351.6 million bushels, down 1% from August and 4% below 2018. Harvested area fell, partly offset by a higher average yield, and 2019/20 ending stocks were lowered by 8 million bushels to 46 million.

- Date: 2019-09-13 · published 2019-09-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57151-usda-expects-smaller-sorghum-crop-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller US crop and tighter ending stocks support sorghum prices and could firm feed-grain substitution demand. The effect is moderate because the farm price forecast is steady.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/usda-expects-smaller-sorghum-crop/

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