# Sorghum farmers are the first victims in growing trade dispute between China and the U.S.

> Sorghum farmers are described as the first casualties of the escalating U.S.-China trade dispute. Growth in Chinese demand and low wheat and corn prices had led western Corn Belt farmers to plant tens of thousands of new sorghum acres.

- Date: 2018-02-06 · published 2018-02-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66555-sorghum-farmers-are-the-first-victims-in-growing-trade-dispute-between-china
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Acreage expansion built on Chinese demand now faces export risk, which could weigh on sorghum prices and shift planting away from the crop in future seasons.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-05-23 | [U.S.-China trade row sows confusion in farmer planting plans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64914-u-s-china-trade-row-sows-confusion-in-farmer-planting-plans.md) | -0.5% | -8.5% |
| 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 | 2019-05-08 | [Texas sorghum growers keeping nervous eye on Trump’s China trade threat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59151-texas-sorghum-growers-keeping-nervous-eye-on-trump-s-china-trade-threat.md) | +0.3% | +10.5% |
| CORN | 2020-01-15 | [What's in the U.S.-China Phase 1 trade deal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54939-what-s-in-the-u-s-china-phase-1-trade-deal.md) | +0.3% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2017-12-20 | [Ohio grain farmers talk trade and farm bill - Farm and Dairy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67464-ohio-grain-farmers-talk-trade-and-farm-bill-farm-and-dairy.md) | +0.9% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- washingtonpost.com: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/02/06/sorghum-farmers-are-the-first-victims-in-growing-trade-dispute-between-china-and-the-u-s/?tid=ss_tw

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