Sorghum Economics Struggling

Amy France is chairwoman of the National Sorghum Producers. She talks about sorghum and trade. "There are with the increase of inputs across the board. We always see those go up. Rarely ever see them go down. And of course, we see there's been a hurt in the prices for our sorghum, so we continue to work on that front. But yeah, it is. It's a bittersweet to see these unexpected yields. But then where do we go with this bumper crop?”

France offers details on the work that the national sorghum is doing on the trade front.

“Well, the, you know, elephant in the room is China. For us, 70 to 90% of our sorghum bushels were exported to China, and I emphasize were so exports are down 97% we have seen that momentum, pretend or act like they want to come back to the market, just getting signals. But signals are one thing. Actual boats moving on the water is a completely different thing. We did see a small quantity ship to China. We're hopeful that the green light is on and we can get that going again. Our farmers desperately need it. We need China, but we also need to diversify markets as well. With a focus on India. We really know that we're needed there. There's a battle between fuel and food.”

National Sorghum's Amy France.