The U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council released its 2025/26 Sorghum Quality Report, showing U.S. sorghum graded above necessary requirements for U.S. No. 1 certification for the seventh consecutive year.
"The Council has built a reputation as a trusted partner and source of information for global grain and grain co-product purchasers, who can feel secure in knowing exactly what to expect when they choose U.S. agricultural goods to meet their needs," said Mark Wilson, USGBC chairman.
The report, funded through USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service Agricultural Trade Promotion program and the United Sorghum Checkoff Program, provides international customers accurate, unbiased information about the 2025/26 U.S. sorghum crop.
Data was drawn from 102 samples collected from 18 participating elevators and one farmer in the central and southern regions of the U.S., an area representing nearly 100% of all U.S. sorghum exports.
The samples were collected by the Amarillo Grain Exchange and analyzed at SGS North America in Vancouver, Wash., where scientists calculated averages and standard deviations for each quality factor tested.
Total sorghum damage came in at 0.1% in the aggregate and no heat damage was observed in the samples. Protein content was registered at 11.6%, while 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.
"We develop this report each year as a service to U.S. sorghum's international customers and to display the outstanding work U.S. sorghum farmers do every day to produce the world's finest sorghum," Wilson said.
