Brazil wants to start exporting sorghum to China, says Abramilho

Brazil intends to export sorghum to China. Next month, a mission from the Ministry of Agriculture is expected to go to the Asian country to discuss this and other issues, according to the Brazilian Association of Corn and Sorghum Producers (Abramilho), which is in the final stages of developing a protocol for exporting the cereal. According to Abramilho, the expectation is that the document will be completed by November, coinciding with the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Brazil. A sanitary stage will also be carried out, with visits by a Chinese delegation to the field to assess the condition of the plants. The president of Abramilho, Paulo Bertolini, said in a statement that the expansion of sorghum is still timid in Brazil and, therefore, the opening of new international markets is a priority for the entity. “Abramilho is working to increase demand, because this way the trend is for the price to increase and the crop to also be attractive to the producer”, he stated in ...