# Late planting grain sorghum could provide farmers opportunity

> National Sorghum Producers encourages farmers hit by planting delays to consider replanting to grain sorghum, citing lower seed costs and late-planting flexibility. The group says US sorghum has recently sold in multiple vessels to China despite tariffs.

- Date: 2019-05-30 · published 2019-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59156-late-planting-grain-sorghum-could-provide-farmers-opportunity
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Expected acreage shifts toward sorghum from replanted fields could add supply later in the year, which is bearish for sorghum prices. Renewed China vessel sales offer some support.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## 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 | 2023-10-19 | [El Nino worries Brazil soy farmers as planting progresses, grain lobby says \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13617-el-nino-worries-brazil-soy-farmers-as-planting-progresses-grain-lobby-says.md) | +1.0% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2022-05-19 | [Late planting in Midwest could mean lower yields in fall - Marketplace](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13364-late-planting-in-midwest-could-mean-lower-yields-in-fall-marketplace.md) | -0.6% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2019-05-30 | [U.S. planting delays could hurt yields, quality \| 2019-05-30  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58938-u-s-planting-delays-could-hurt-yields-quality-2019-05-30-world-grain.md) | -0.9% | +6.0% |
| CORN | 2020-10-14 | [Spring rains provide planting window in South America - McKeany-Flavell](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50487-spring-rains-provide-planting-window-in-south-america-mckeany-flavell.md) | +2.8% | +6.2% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/sorghum/late-planting-grain-sorghum-could-provide-farmers-opportunity

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