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Chinese coarse grain importers, serving to further solidify U.S. sorghum\u2019s Chinese market share. The Council\u2019s April 2023 trade mission to China and the corresponding Export Sorghum conference in June connected Chinese buyers responsible for roughly 70 percent of all exported sorghum purchases with U.S. merchants and suppliers. This programming gave U.S. sorghum\u2019s largest customer a firsthand look into the care and specialization applied to U.S. sorghum cultivation, reinforcing U.S. producers\u2019 reputation for consistently providing the world\u2019s highest quality grain sorghum. The weeks following USGC\u2019s China-focused sorghum programming saw immediate increases in export figures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUSGC\u2019s programming has China buyers talking about U.S. origin sorghum and buying large quantities,\u201d said Jace Hefner, USGC manager of global trade. \u201cWith domestic feed costs increasing in China, the premium for U.S. sorghum is being driven by demand for baijiu \u2013 the most widely consumed spirit in the world. But demand from the livestock industry remains strong as well. We anticipate these purchases continuing through the fall of 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World sorghum production is expected to increase in the 2023\/24 marketing year, mainly due to expected U.S. production increase. The U.S. will represent roughly 15 percent of the world\u2019s production total and more than 60 percent of the world\u2019s sorghum exports.<\/p>\n<p>China continues to demand sorghum for baijiu production and its feed and livestock industry sees U.S. sorghum as an economical feed ingredient as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. sorghum farmers consistently produce the highest quality sorghum on the market, and overseas buyers can\u2019t get enough,\u201d Hefner said. \u201cThe Council will continue programming focused on preserving sorghum\u2019s majority market share in China, as well as cultivating new export markets around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","has_padding":false,"graphic_bg":false,"text_last":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grains.org\/2023-annual-report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panels\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grains.org\/2023-annual-report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panels"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grains.org\/2023-annual-report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/panels"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grains.org\/2023-annual-report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grains.org\/2023-annual-report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"commodities","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grains.org\/2023-annual-report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/commodities?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}