"Big test": Argentina emerged as a key supplier for China for a crop

The effects of the trade war between the United States and China are proving to be "across other products that, suddenly, saw their main buyer market disappear," beyond the attention focused on soybeans. According to the Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR), "sorghum is a great proof of this." The intensification of the conflict between the two economic powers has had a dramatic impact on the export figures of this North American cereal. An analysis by the BCR showed that U.S. sorghum exports "are at 13-year lows." The drop is precipitous. Between January and September of the current year, "800,000 tons of sorghum were shipped from the United States to the rest of the world." This figure represents "five times less than last year at this time and 81% below the average for the last five years." The experts from the entity detailed that this export rate is the second lowest in the last two decades, only surpassed by the 2012 record, a year marked by a very reduced harvest. The explanation ...