Opportunities.
Sorghum
the reliable crop.

Sorghum is the fifth most widely-grown crop in the world over 60 million hectares of sorghum is grown at global level.

Just over 40% of this production is destined directly to human consumption, primarily in Africa and Asia.
People consume sorghum as whole grains, for example as semolina and (gluten-free) flour and in the form of sugar or alcoholic beverages (beer, spirits) following processing, malting and fermentation.
Animal feed consumption accounts for another 40 to 45% of sorghum production, for example as silage, pasture or a grain ingredient in compound feed manufacturing.
The agricultural and industrial outlets of sorghum (such as biofuel and methane) are also in full development.

Increasing production in Europe

More and more farmers in Europe grow sorghum. Sorghum is a crop which gives them both an opportunity for diversification and an agronomic response to global warming (let’s not forget that 85% of agricultural land is not irrigated!). Another convincing argument: thanks to star-sorghum genetics, yields are increasing. Surfaces are growing which reinforces supply security. In 2019, for the 2nd consecutive year, the surface cultivated in sorghum increased very significantly in Europe. In the EU28, the average increase compared to the previous year is +10%, with variations depending on the country (+ 9% in Italy, + 14% in France, + 18% in Romania, + 30% in Austria, + 50% in Hungary…). In Ukraine, the cultivated surface increased by 25%. This surface increase, as well as good yield levels, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, made it possible to reach an overall production (EU28 + Ukraine and Russia) of 1.3MT, which constitutes a good level of production, superior to previous harvest results.

6 to 12 million tons

This was the level of world trade in sorghum between 2020 and 2023. The main exporters were the USA, Argentina, and Australia. The main importers were China (which alone imported an average 86 percent of the total sorghum, between 2020/21 and 2022/23), Japan, Mexico, and Europe.

Sorghum world trade in 2020-2021: 9.7 million tons

Sorghum world trade in 2021-2022: 12.3 million tons

Sorghum world trade in 2022-2023: 6.7 million tons

Sorghum world trade in 2023-2024: 9.3 million tons

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76 000 tons

It is the average level of sorghum imports into the EU, each year. Developing the sorghum crop in Europe would therefore reduce the region’s dependency on imports and even enable it to export sorghum to meet world demand, whilst developing its local markets.

10 000 tons in 2020/21

165 000 tons in 2021/22

53 000 tons in 2022/23

The main sorghum importer is Spain.

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New opportunities in Europe

While in Europe sorghum is primarily known as a source of animal feed, its uses in the human diet are gaining ground, driven by the abundance of vitamins, its content of anti-oxidants its good digestibility and the absence of gluten. Emerging uses include biomass, ethanol production, biogas and biomaterials.

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Features :

A smaller sorghum variety, chosen for grain production.

Uses :

Animal feed: poultry, pigs, grazing animals…
In the human diet: semolina, fl our (the grain is suited to the glutenintolerant),
brewing and distilling.
Biofuels (ethanol)

SILAGE AND DUAL USE

Features:
Large sorghum variety with high nutritional value.

Uses :

– Animal feed: silage.
– Industrial use: methanisation, biofuels, biomaterials, etc.

Primarily for use in industry

Features:
Very large sorghum variety, highly productive, with medium to low digestibility

Uses :
Primarily for industrial use: methanisation, biofuels, biomaterials, etc.

Features:

2 types:
– Sudan grass and hybrid
– Sorghum Bicolor x Sudan grass.
2 to 4 cuts possible

Uses :

– Animal feed: mowing, pastures, silage, ribbonning, green crop forage.
– Plant cover

TESTIMONY

Sorghum from Bologna, perfect for all uses

Bologna, a province of northern Italy produces 90% of Italian sorghum. In addition to motivated producers, there are also highly committed distributors and processors who find in sorghum a raw material full of assets. Venturoli company, sorghum seed distributor…

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Opportunities.
Sorghum
the reliable crop.

Sorghum is the fifth most widely-grown crop in the world over 60 million hectares of sorghum is grown at global level.