U.S. Sorghum Crop Earns No. 1 Certification for Seventh Straight Year

Report highlights consistent quality of U.S. sorghum exports

Mar. 18, 2026 at 10:19pm

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The U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council (USGBC) has released its 2025/26 Sorghum Quality Report, which shows that for the seventh consecutive year, U.S. sorghum has been graded above the requirements for U.S. No. 1 certification on average. The report, funded by the USDA and United Sorghum Checkoff Program, provides detailed data on the quality of the latest U.S. sorghum crop based on samples collected from across the country.

Why it matters

The USGBC report serves as an important resource for global grain buyers, demonstrating the consistently high quality of U.S. sorghum exports. This helps maintain the reputation of U.S. sorghum as a trusted and reliable agricultural product in international markets.

The details

The 2025/26 Sorghum Quality Report analyzed 102 samples collected from 18 participating elevators and one farmer in the central and southern U.S. regions, which account for nearly all U.S. sorghum exports. Key findings include total sorghum damage at 0.1%, no heat damage, 11.6% protein content, 72.8% starch concentration, and 3.5% oil content. Tannins were also absent from the samples for the seventh consecutive year.

  • The USGBC released its 2025/26 Sorghum Quality Report on March 18, 2026.

The players

U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council (USGBC)

An organization that provides information and resources to global grain and grain co-product purchasers about the quality of U.S. agricultural goods.

Mark Wilson

The chairman of the USGBC.

USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS)

The agency that provided funding for the Sorghum Quality Report through its Agricultural Trade Promotion program.

United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP)

The organization that also provided funding for the Sorghum Quality Report.

Amarillo Grain Exchange

The organization that collected the sorghum samples analyzed in the report.

SGS North America

The company that analyzed the sorghum samples and calculated the quality metrics reported.

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What they’re saying

“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.”

— Mark Wilson, USGBC Chairman

“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.”

— Mark Wilson, USGBC Chairman

The takeaway

The consistently high quality of U.S. sorghum, as demonstrated by the USGBC's annual report, helps maintain the crop's reputation as a reliable and trusted agricultural product in global markets. This benefits U.S. sorghum farmers and exporters by ensuring continued demand for their products.