South China Drives Sorghum Demand

Feed Companies in China Flock to Corn Alternative

Lin Tan
By  Lin Tan , DTN China Correspondent
Feed companies in China's Guangdong Province imported 400,000 metric tons of sorghum in January, replacing one-third of its typical 1.2 mmt per month corn usage. (Map courtesy of Google Earth)
Feed companies in China's Guangdong Province imported 400,000 metric tons of sorghum in January, replacing one-third of its typical 1.2 mmt per month corn usage. (Map courtesy of Google Earth)
One province in China usually feeds 1.2 mmt of corn to livestock each month, but in January it replaced one-third of its corn with imported sorghum.

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