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sorghum

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A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian).

A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane.

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Agricultural products include cassava (tapioca), corn, cocoa, millet, palm oil, peanuts, rice, rubber, sorghum, and yams. Source: Internet

A problem with forage sorghum is that allowing the standing plant to dry down to the desired DM (dry-matter), results in harvesting at the hard-dough stage, when the grain kernel is usually too hard to be easily digested by the cow. Source: Internet

Beverages include ting (fermented sorghum or maize), milk, chibuku (milky beer). Source: Internet

A sweet and tangy vinaigrette made with apple cider vinegar and sorghum syrup makes these incredibly flavorful. Source: Internet

For farms and covered commodities enrolled in 2019 PLC, the following crops met payment triggers: barley, canola, chickpeas (small and large), corn, dry peas, grain sorghum, lentils, peanuts, seed cotton and wheat. Source: Internet

Estimates peg corn payments as being 1.4 times trade losses, 2.4 times for soybeans, 7.1 times for wheat, and 7.3 times for sorghum in the second tranche of payments after a first tranche that underpaid farmers. Source: Internet

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