Which state grows the most sorghum?
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Which states grow the most sorghum (a giant grain, also called milo)? Tap them most-to-least.
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I bet… Iowa — it grows every grain, right? 🌽
Answer
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) (opens in a new tab)
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Grain sorghum grown (bushels, 2024)
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!
Recap
🏅 Today's discovery
🏅 Kansas is the USA's #1!
🐕 States in Numbers
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| Rank | State | Value | Share of U.S. total |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kansas | 182,000,000 bushels | 52.9% |
| #2 | Texas | 89,900,000 bushels | 26.1% |
| #3 | South Dakota | 23,180,000 bushels | 6.7% |
| #4 | Nebraska | 22,100,000 bushels | 6.4% |
| #5 | Colorado | 13,800,000 bushels | 4% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | 12,870,000 bushels | 3.7% |
| 🇺🇸 USA (total) | 343,850,000 bushels | 100% |
Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (2024)
Sources
Data as of: 2024
USDA NASS Quick Stats: SORGHUM, GRAIN - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN BU, 2024, by state (opens in a new tab) (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 States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.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.