Mexico: Tamaulipas sorghum on the hunt for the Chinese market
Sorghum
China
Mexico
Published Feb 18, 2021
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Senasica trains producers so that they can export the product
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Mexico City, February 17, 2021.— With more than 1.2 million cultivable hectares and a climate that favors planting during the 12 months of the year, Tamaulipas is one of the entities with greater agricultural wealth in the country, which allows its producers to obtain profits of around 20 billion pesos annually. In addition to agri-food products in great demand, such as corn, sugar cane, oranges and forage grasses, the entity has a designation of origin for tequila and agave mezcalero from the regions of Aldama, Altamira, Antiguo Morelos, Gómez Farías, González , Llera, Mante, Nuevo Morelos, Ocampo, Tula and Xicoténcatl. However, the greatest contribution of the Tamaulipas field to Mexico and the world is the production of sorghum, with more than 1,935,000 tons per year, equivalent to 6,473 million pesos. The sorghum market worldwide has diversified, now not only countries demand fodder grains for livestock, but also the Sorghum bicolor (L.) variety, which is used for human ...
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