# U.S. ethanol makers snap up cheap sorghum after China tariffs

> US ethanol producers in Kansas and Texas are buying discounted sorghum after Chinese buyers backed out of deals following Beijing's anti-dumping tariffs. Sorghum traded at $3.37 per bushel versus about $3.67 for corn in Garden City, Kansas, last week, roughly where the two were at parity before the investigation.

- Date: 2018-04-30 · published 2018-04-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65569-u-s-ethanol-makers-snap-up-cheap-sorghum-after-china-tariffs
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Cheap sorghum displaces corn in ethanol and feed rations, supporting sorghum demand domestically while weighing on the sorghum-to-corn price relationship. Sustained ethanol buying could firm US sorghum basis even as export demand collapses.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-09-28 | [Grains fall as traders seek China buying signs after tariff cuts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14545-grains-fall-as-traders-seek-china-buying-signs-after-tariff-cuts.md) | -0.4% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2017-05-18 | [China’s Anti-Dumping, Countervailing Tariffs on U.S. Ethanol, DDGS Exacerbating Trade Deficit, RFA Tells Government](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70995-china-s-anti-dumping-countervailing-tariffs-on-u-s-ethanol-ddgs-exacerbating.md) | +0.7% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2019-08-23 | [China strikes back at U.S. with new tariffs on $75 billion in goods \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57443-china-strikes-back-at-u-s-with-new-tariffs-on-75-billion-in-goods-reuters.md) | +1.8% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2018-04-24 | [AgriMarketing.com - Sorghum Prices Fall 3x In Wake Of China's Tariff Announcement](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65573-agrimarketing-com-sorghum-prices-fall-3x-in-wake-of-china-s-tariff-announcement.md) | +2.2% | +5.1% |
| 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

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-grains/u-s-ethanol-makers-snap-up-cheap-sorghum-after-china-tariffs-idUSKBN1I1117/

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