US sorghum achieves No. 1 certification
In Washington DC, World Grain reported that US sorghum was, on average, graded above the necessary requirements for US No. 1 certification for the seventh straight year, according to the 2025-26 Sorghum Quality Report published by the US Grains & BioProducts Council (USGBC).
Data for the report, released March 17, was drawn from 102 samples collected from 18 participating elevators and one farmer in the central and southern regions of the United States, an area representing nearly 100% of all US sorghum exports.
The samples were collected by the Amarillo Grain Exchange and analyzed at SGS North America in Vancouver, Washington, US, where scientists calculated averages and standard deviations for each quality factor tested and reported results for the US aggregate, according to the report.
Total sorghum damage came in at 0.1% in the aggregate and no heat damage was observed in the samples while protein content was registered at 11.6%. Starch concentration was tested at 72.8% and oil measured at 3.5%. Tannins were absent from the sorghum samples for the seventh year in a row as well, the report added.
Category: Food & Agriculture
