# Texas sorghum growers keeping nervous eye on Trump’s China trade threat

> Texas sorghum growers are worried after Trump threatened to raise tariffs on about $200 billion of Chinese goods, with tariffs currently at 10% to 25%. China has been a rebounding buyer of Texas sorghum, which is largely used as animal feed, and a shipment was sold in March.

- Date: 2019-05-08 · published 2019-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59151-texas-sorghum-growers-keeping-nervous-eye-on-trump-s-china-trade-threat
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Chinese tariffs threaten the main export outlet for U.S. sorghum, which weighs on sorghum cash prices and could push Texas sorghum basis lower. Feed buyers should expect firm US sorghum competition to ease if China stays out.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-02-06 | [Sorghum farmers are the first victims in growing trade dispute between China and the U.S.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66555-sorghum-farmers-are-the-first-victims-in-growing-trade-dispute-between-china.md) | +1.3% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2025-04-15 | [Trump trade war dries up sorghum sales to China but US farmers plan to plant more](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25177-trump-trade-war-dries-up-sorghum-sales-to-china-but-us-farmers-plan-to-plant.md) | -0.8% | -6.8% |
| CORN | 2017-08-04 | [Trump delay on China trade action good news for agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69324-trump-delay-on-china-trade-action-good-news-for-agriculture.md) | -1.9% | -5.5% |
| CORN | 2019-03-14 | [Grains Mixed, Trade Attempts to Sort Through China Rumors](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6537-grains-mixed-trade-attempts-to-sort-through-china-rumors.md) | +4.2% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2019-06-19 | [China retains anti-dumping tariffs on U.S. distillers grains ahead of Trump-Xi talks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58683-china-retains-anti-dumping-tariffs-on-u-s-distillers-grains-ahead-of-trump-xi.md) | +1.3% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- expressnews.com: https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Texas-sorghum-growers-keeping-nervous-eye-on-13826994.php

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