U.S. Sorghum Global Demand Increases

高粱的多功能性使美国种植者开阔了大门，为全球市场提供高温高粱。

The U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC’s)2021/2022 Sorghum Quality Reportshows American farms, and their products are ready to meet increasing demand. U.S. sorghum’s high protein concentration makes it ideal for livestock diets while advances in aquaculture have created an entirely new avenue of usage.

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Published in March, the report showedU.S. sorghummore than meets requirements for the U.S. No. 1 grading. Protein remains strong in U.S. sorghum, with this year’s crop exceeding the previous years with an average of 11.3% protein.

“Protein content in sorghum is valuable when evaluating it against other feed grains,” says Paige Stevenson, USGC manager of global trade.

“In a market environment where the need for protein is high, every percentage point counts in animal diets.”

The report is based on 97 samples taken from 13 elevators in Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota between September 20, 2021, and February 16, 2022.

样品通过Amarillo谷物交换和theCereal Quality Lab at Texas A&M University并评估具有标准偏差的平均质量因素。

关于今年农作物的身体特征，平均体重为59.1磅/蒲式耳，比2020/2021平均值的近一磅改善。内核直径（2.52毫米），1,000内内的重量（25.23克）和内核硬度指数（67.8）也比去年都增加了。

Starch and oil contents are also important indicators of sorghum quality, as they are essential energy providers and metabolizers for livestock.

该报告发现，干燥的淀粉百分比高达73.4％，比2021年高0.8％，比2020年高1.3％。石油水平为4.7％，这是过去一年的记录中的确切数字。

高粱的总损害为零百分比，而注册的内核的百分比为1.5％，持续了该部门的三年趋势。

样品中包含0.7％的外国材料，略高于去年，但仍低于美国一年级认证的最高阈值1％。

The report also revealed that none of the samples contained tannins for the second consecutive year. Tannins can limit the nutrient absorption of livestock, thus reducing the overall quality of sorghum. Its total absence from U.S. product again proves the capability of domestic sorghum in animal diets.

Chinalargest importer of U.S. sorghum

今年的报告发布了，中国已成为美国高粱的最大进口商。

USGC worked extensively in China from 2013 to 2015, raising Chinese sorghum import levels to consume 70% of U.S. production.

2018年的贸易并发症导致中国几乎完全与美国农民完全封闭。尽管如此，2020年3月制定的关税豁免仍使USGC缓慢地将中国市场恢复到今天的状态。

USGC in the field

USGC的工作人员还于今年早些时候会见了供应链的种植者和其他组织，以仔细观察从田野到航运船及其他地区的美国高粱。

他们首先参观了休斯顿港口，维多利亚港和布朗斯维尔港口的谷物电梯，以了解高粱是如何转移到全球买家的。

韦恩·克利夫兰（Wayne Cleveland），执行董事德州谷物高粱生产商协会和董事会，Khoa NguyenT＆T小组，越南饲料谷物进口商，汤姆·斯隆（Tom Sloan）和杰克（Jake）SGS, a testing and inspection company, joined USGC’s staff on the tour.

史蒂文森说：“德克萨斯州港口系统是高粱农民将谷物出售给国际买家所需的重要组成部分。”

“很高兴认识一些帮助促进该过程并向系统展示该系统的人，向来自越南的美国谷物买家展示。”

该小组也停在种植者的合作和科珀克里斯蒂谷物公司到李尔王n about the importance of Texas sorghum to the nation’s overall output and how the recent crop was coming along.

USGC Sorghum Sector Director Jim Massey hosted the group at his farm and demonstrated his reduced tilling planting method, which raises the quality of his product.

Growing sorghum international trade

除了加强员工，种植者与产品之间的纽带外，这些访问还可以帮助USGC开放新的国际贸易市场。

肯尼亚最近的一项举措向该国的饲料和牲畜行业介绍了高粱的好处，以替代玉米。东非对玉米的需求始终超过可用的供应，从而在整个供应链上提高了价格。

去年年底，USGC运送了60吨高粱（2,362蒲式耳）的高粱，允许该地区的利益相关者在家禽饲料中使用它代替玉米。

结果表明，用高粱代替玉米饮食的鸟类保持在健康的体重和生产范围内，这表明美国高粱是肯尼亚人全面的一种成本效益的替代品。

“Sorghum can act as a substitute, or partial substitute, to corn in animal feed rations,” Stevenson says.

“如果在肯尼亚使用，它可以帮助降低成品饲料的成本以及为消费者提供的家禽和鸡蛋的成本，从而为生产者和消费者创造潜在的双赢局势。”

USGC’s continued efforts to document the quality of U.S. sorghum and maintain relationships between growers and end-users strengthen the international agriculture market, providing opportunities for farmers and consumers alike.

The2021/2022 Sorghum Quality Report, as well as previous reports dating back to 2015 are available online.

Global Sorghum Virtual Education

USGC’s commitment to a scientific analysis of grains in all forms through annual studies like the2021/2022 Sorghum Quality Report为全球活动和计划奠定了基础，所有这些都是为了追求发展中的市场，使贸易和改善生活。

USGC held a pair of virtual rollout events to support the report’s recent release. One was focused on buyers and end-users in China, Japan and Southeast Asia, while the other invited those from Mexico, Spain and Turkey.

推出的专家，例如Norma Ritz Johnson，联合高粱检查计划罗斯·詹森（Ross Janssen）执行董事，首席气象学家KWCHin Kansas, and Florentino Lopez, an agricultural consultant withCreando Mañana.

与会者能够听到美国高粱种植意图并尽早查看可能影响即将到来的作物的天气模式。

USGC还组织了一个小组讨论，其中种植者可以回答潜在购买者有关今年的高粱报告的问题。

“Getting up-to-date information is critical for sorghum buyers, especially when most have been unable to travel to the U.S. and see the sorghum crop first-hand,” Stevenson says. “The buyers value the reliable and in-depth information this report provides them each year.”