# Saved by Sorghum: Farmers, ethanol plants turn to milo in rough year for corn - Governors' Biofuels Coalition

> NuGen Energy's Marion, South Dakota ethanol plant is taking grain sorghum for the first time since 2016 because farmers could not plant corn this wet year. Post cash milo was $4.23 per bushel versus corn at $4.52.

- Date: 2019-06-18 · published 2019-06-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58631-saved-by-sorghum-farmers-ethanol-plants-turn-to-milo-in-rough-year-for-corn
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Sorghum is a substitute for corn in feed and ethanol, so prevented corn planting shifts demand toward milo and supports sorghum prices while adding acreage that competes with corn feed use.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-06-04 | [Planting sorghum good option for flooded corn acres](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58634-planting-sorghum-good-option-for-flooded-corn-acres.md) | -0.7% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2021-10-04 | [Western ethanol producers ‘caught in the jaws of a vise’ with short corn supply and weak biofuel demand - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44548-western-ethanol-producers-caught-in-the-jaws-of-a-vise-with-short-corn-supply.md) | -0.2% | +3.7% |
| CORN | 2021-04-08 | [Drought conditions top of mind as farmers ease into the planting season - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47441-drought-conditions-top-of-mind-as-farmers-ease-into-the-planting-season.md) | +3.6% | +25.3% |
| CORN | 2019-05-30 | [Late planting grain sorghum could provide farmers opportunity](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59156-late-planting-grain-sorghum-could-provide-farmers-opportunity.md) | -0.9% | +6.0% |
| CORN | 2022-03-17 | [Concerns over the drought are growing for farmers as planting season approaches - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13378-concerns-over-the-drought-are-growing-for-farmers-as-planting-season-approaches.md) | +2.8% | +7.8% |

## Sources

- governorsbiofuelscoalition.org: https://www.governorsbiofuelscoalition.org/saved-by-sorghum-farmers-ethanol-plants-turn-to-milo-in-rough-year-for-corn/

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