European sorghum acreage increases by 18 percent

The countries with the largest cultivation areas are Russia with 200,000 hectares and France with a total of 113,000 hectares of sorghum. According to Sorghum ID, the increase in acreage shows that the promotion programs aimed at promoting the cereal crop are bearing fruit. The increase in sorghum cultivation is relatively the largest in Central Europe. In Austria, the acreage increased by 85 percent and in Hungary it was 50 percent. Sorghum is also gaining in popularity in Southern and Western Europe, as is evident from the growth figures for France (+21 percent) and Spain and Italy (both +10 percent). Varying picture For Eastern Europe, the picture is somewhat more mixed. In Romania, the acreage of sorghum decreased by a quarter and in Bulgaria the cultivation development is stable. The European parts of Russia and Ukraine are showing strong growth with 15 and 29 percent more acreage respectively. Of the total European acreage of sorghum, roughly 375,000 hectares are cultivated ...