{"id":2049,"date":"2021-01-29T22:52:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T22:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasrowcrops\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2024-04-15T17:09:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T17:09:23","slug":"grain-sorghum-pricing-for-2021-managing-your-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasrowcrops\/2021\/01\/29\/grain-sorghum-pricing-for-2021-managing-your-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Grain Sorghum Pricing for 2021 & Managing Your Crop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated from the November \u2018Texas Sorghum Insider\u2019 (Texas Grain Sorghum Assn.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Prospects for grain sorghum acreage in Texas in 2021 are more favorable than the past several years.\u00a0 Pricing is up with adjustments relative to Dec21 corn ($4.18\/bu as of this writing).\u00a0 Depending on your Texas location this puts the hundredweight price in the range of $8.00\/cwt and even $9.00\/cwt near the Texas Gulf Coast.\u00a0 Of course, there is a lot that can happen between now and planting time let alone harvest time in 2021.<\/p>\n

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These prospects for committing now to acres and bushels may seem far-fetched for grain sorghum, particularly for regions of Texas that plant later.\u00a0 Growers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and coastal Texas are closer to planting (less than eight weeks away in the Lower Rio Grande Valley).\u00a0 Some of that grain sorghum will be harvested and on its way to market while the last of the summer\u2019s grain sorghum crop is just being planted in the lower Texas High Plains.<\/p>\n

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Keep in mind where your profit margins may settle on this crop that is relatively less costly to produce.<\/p>\n

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A pitfall to avoid, however, for grain sorghum production is going too far into the too-common low-input mentality for grain sorghum production.\u00a0 For too many producers, this in fact approaches a no-input<\/em> mentality especially in drier regions.\u00a0 Or at least minimal inputs.\u00a0 This applies foremost to:<\/p>\n

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