# Grain sorghum offers good option for failed cotton acreage

> Extension and industry agronomists say West Texas cotton acres lost to hail or poor stands could be replanted to grain sorghum or left fallow. Sugarcane aphid risk remains a concern for sorghum on the High Plains.

- Date: 2017-06-19 · published 2017-06-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70578-grain-sorghum-offers-good-option-for-failed-cotton-acreage
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Replanting failed cotton to sorghum would add supply to the sorghum market, which is mildly bearish, while fallowing would reduce it.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/cotton/replanting-failed-cotton-to-grain-sorghum-offers-production-insurance-options

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