date:Jun 17, 2013
2013 Planting Intentions Report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicated that producers in dry regions may have been getting a favorable message about sorghum. From 2011to 2013, the U.S.D.A. reported a 39% increase in acres planted to sorghum: 7.6 million acres in 2013 compared with 5.5 million acres in 2011. In top producing Texas, the jump in sorghum plantings was 94% in those two years while the other leading sorghum producing state, Kansas, saw a much more modest 12% rise over the s