Field crops · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where is sorghum grown?
Kansas grows the most sorghum: 58% of the 437 million bushels grown in the six states NASS surveyed in 2025.
Next come Texas (23%) and Colorado (6%).
- Surveyed states, 2025
- 437 million bushelstotal of the 6 states NASS surveys
- Top state
- Kansas58% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 13,591in 40 states
- Farm value, 2025
- $1.5 billionvalue of production
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. State view: NASS annual estimates, 2025. County view: 2022 Census of Agriculture (production). Sorghum harvested for grain.
Which state grows the most sorghum?
Kansas grows the most sorghum: 58% of the 437 million bushels grown in the six states NASS surveyed in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
All states ranked for sorghum, with year-by-year leaders →
NASS's annual estimate for sorghum covers 6 states. In the 2022 Census of Agriculture, those states held 94% of US production.
Which counties grow the most sorghum?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports sorghum for 983 counties. NASS withholds 463 of those county figures to protect individual farms, so a withheld county could be larger than some listed here.
| County | Bushels | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Nueces County, TX | 5,262,728 | 2% |
| Willacy County, TX | 4,911,460 | 2% |
| Ford County, KS | 4,787,873 | 2% |
| Lyman County, SD | 4,037,945 | 2% |
| Ellis County, KS | 3,527,426 | 2% |
| Mitchell County, KS | 3,405,058 | 2% |
| Barton County, KS | 3,321,758 | 2% |
| San Patricio County, TX | 3,246,654 | 2% |
| Rooks County, KS | 3,224,891 | 2% |
| Gray County, KS | 3,200,973 | 1% |
| Cameron County, TX | 3,168,151 | 1% |
| Finney County, KS | 3,143,386 | 1% |
| Smith County, KS | 3,011,443 | 1% |
| Ness County, KS | 2,998,781 | 1% |
| Rush County, KS | 2,914,169 | 1% |
How has US production of sorghum changed?
NASS annual estimates, 2019 to 2025, for the 6 states NASS surveys.
When is sorghum harvested?
In 2024, the US harvest of sorghum was 10% done by the week ending August 25, half done by October 13 and 90% done by November 10.
NASS Crop Progress, 2024, from weekly US crop progress reports. Timing varies by state and year.
Sorghum by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How concentrated
The top three states, Kansas, Texas and Colorado, account for 87% of the sorghum grown in the six states NASS surveyed.
NASS annual estimates, 2025
How widespread
Farms in 40 states reported sorghum in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 13,591 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Nueces County, Texas has 2% of the sorghum grown in the US, the most of any county with a published figure.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Biggest year
The biggest year in NASS estimates since 2019 was 2021, at 448 million bushels.
NASS annual estimates
Long-time leader
Kansas has led NASS's state estimates for sorghum every year since 2013.
NASS annual estimates
Farm value
NASS puts the value of US sorghum production in 2025 at $1.5 billion.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
US production of sorghum fell 62% between the 1997 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 570 million bushels to 214 million bushels.
Censuses of Agriculture, 1997 to 2022
About this data
Sorghum harvested for grain.
State and national figures come from NASS's annual estimates (final 2025 figures; in-season forecasts are not used). County figures and the county map come from the 2022 Census of Agriculture, the only source that covers every county. NASS withholds some figures, marked "withheld", to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Quick Stats. Series: SORGHUM, GRAIN - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN BU; SORGHUM, GRAIN - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN BU. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.