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Which state grows the most sorghum? 🌾

1Guess
Which states grow the most sorghum (a giant grain, also called milo)? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Iowa — it grows every grain, right? 🌽
2Answer
The real order is…
    Kansas grows about 2.02× as much as #2 Texas!
    📚 Background Meet sorghum — a giant grain you've probably never heard of. Kansas grows about half of it, out on the dry western plains, where it's widely grown to feed farm animals. Sorghum shrugs off heat and drought so well it thrives right where corn would wilt. (USDA NASS Quick Stats)
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    I bet… Iowa — it grows every grain, right? 🌽
    3Compare
    Grain sorghum grown (bushels, 2024)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)343,850,000 bushels
    Kansas #1 182,000,000 bushels
    Most: Kansas (182,000,000 bushels); least shown here: Oklahoma (12,870,000 bushels).

    Note: measured in bushels harvested. Only states that publish a value are shown. Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.

    A grain that laughs at drought!
    4Recap
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    : 2024
    USDA NASS Quick Stats: SORGHUM, GRAIN - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN BU, 2024, by state (2026-07-16) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
    ↳ In Quick Stats, pick SORGHUM, GRAIN / PRODUCTION in BU, year 2024, and compare states.