Sorghum is not only an important food crop in China, but also an important raw material for traditional brewing industry, feed processing industry, renewable energy industry and health food industry in China.
Planting prospect of sorghum in 2022
It is possible to plant sorghum in 2022. Sorghum is a low-yield crop compared with rice, corn and soybean. Sorghum is not like rice, corn, soybeans, etc., and the state has bought it by the bottom.
There is no need to worry that there will be no market for staple foods like corn after planting, and the state will have a guaranteed purchase. So what are the factors that affect the market price of sorghum in 2022?
Sorghum planting area
In recent years, with the increasing demand of domestic consumers for sorghum, the planting area of sorghum has been expanding, from 470,000 hectares in 20 16 to 6 1.88 million hectares in 20 18. In 20021year, affected by the high price of sorghum, it is estimated that the planting area of sorghum will reach 840,000 hectares.
It is understood that the income of sorghum planting in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia and Jianping, Liaoning is not as good as that of corn and millet. According to the calculation, the theoretical planting income of red sorghum in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia is 6 10 yuan/mu, which is 36.32% lower than the same period of last year. Affected by this, the sorghum planting area will be less than 202 1 year in 2022.
However, in 20021/22, the yield of waxy sorghum coarse grain planting is good, and the planting area of waxy sorghum will be increased in Liaoning and Chifeng area of Inner Mongolia. It is estimated that the sorghum planting area will decrease by 4.76% to 800,000 hectares in 2022.
Sorghum yield
In 20 18, China's sorghum output reached 2,909,400 tons, an increase of 18.03% compared with 2,464,900 tons in 20 17. China Commercial Industry Research Institute predicts that the total sorghum output will reach 4.08 million tons in 20021year, with a year-on-year increase of 17%.
On the one hand, the continuous dry weather during the growing period leads to a decline in output, an increase in sorghum prices and an increase in farmers' planting income. During the spring sowing in 20021year, farmers were more enthusiastic about seed preparation and planting, which replaced the planting area of mung bean and millet.
On the other hand, in 20021year, the rainfall was normal during the sowing and emergence of sorghum in the main producing areas of Northeast China and North China, and the emergence rate was over 90% with good soil moisture.
During the growing period, there was abundant rain, and the yield of red sorghum in Baicheng, Jilin and Xing 'an League, Inner Mongolia increased. The large-scale planting of waxy sorghum base increased the yield, and the national average yield reached 808 kg/mu, with a year-on-year increase of 33. 1 1%.
Downstream application market of sorghum
The downstream of sorghum in China is mainly divided into seed and edible, brewing industry and feed industry. Among them, the consumption in the feed field accounts for the most, accounting for 75.5%; Followed by food consumption, accounting for12.6%; Sorghum for brewing is only 10.8%.
In recent years, the research on deep processing of sorghum at home and abroad has developed rapidly. In addition to traditional use as staple food, brewing liquor, beer and feed, various processing uses of sorghum are also explored.
For example, sweet sorghum stalks are used to make wine, forage sorghum is used as silage and green fodder, and sorghum is used to produce alcohol. Using sorghum shell to extract pigment and sorghum seed to extract starch to produce sorghum bread, sorghum dessert and so on, the prospect of deep processing of sorghum is getting better.