# China Continues to Drive Sorghum Acreage and Consumption | Farm Bureau Intel Markets | American Farm Bureau Federation

> The American Farm Bureau says USDA projects sorghum planted area rising to 6.7 million acres in 2018, up 17 percent. Chinese demand is the main driver, with sorghum exports projected at 370 million bushels for 2017/18, mostly to China. China's corn trait approvals and tariff-rate quotas have pushed its buyers toward U.S. sorghum.

- Date: 2017-12-04 · published 2017-12-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67553-china-continues-to-drive-sorghum-acreage-and-consumption-farm-bureau-intel
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Sustained Chinese purchases underpin U.S. sorghum prices and acreage, while rising sorghum imports displace some U.S. corn exports to China. Trade policy changes in China are the key risk to this demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- fb.org: https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/china-continues-to-drive-sorghum-acreage-and-consumption

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