Speaking of sorghum rice, I believe that many post-70 s and post-80 s should be familiar. At that time, rice didn't come with its mouth open like it does now, but sorghum rice became a "hot commodity". In order to solve the problem of food and clothing, many families grow sorghum rice, either made of sorghum rice or brooms. In a word, it is "fostering strengths and avoiding weaknesses". As we all know, sorghum rice is a veritable miscellaneous grain.
Many people get stomach trouble because of eating sorghum rice, and with the gradual improvement of people's quality of life, fewer and fewer people take sorghum rice as their staple food, but it has become the favorite of younger sisters and brothers who are losing weight, so that farmers rarely plant sorghum rice now, and even it is difficult to see it in the market now. But the sorghum rice that will be eliminated in China is still being planted by foreigners. What's going on here? Everybody keep looking down.
Can you believe it? Sorghum rice, which is about to be eliminated by China, is taken a fancy to by foreign countries, and even planted wildly. What tricks do they have to do this? From 1986 to now, the annual output of sorghum rice in China has dropped from 5.384 million tons to about 3 million tons, which shows that the attention paid to sorghum rice in China is really not as good as before. Looking back, the annual output of foreigners at this stage has reached130,000 tons.
According to the data, foreigners grow sorghum mainly by import and export, and only a few of them are processed by themselves. In 20 17, the import and export of sorghum rice was about110 billion US dollars, about 4.76 million tons, which basically accounted for the vast majority of sorghum rice originally purchased by China. Remember, the statistical output of sorghum rice in the world is about 60 million tons.
Having said that, some people may ask, what have foreigners left for their own processing? First of all, sorghum rice contains a lot of tannic acid and phenolic acid, which is very unpopular, so it is usually crushed and used as concentrated feed for livestock. Secondly, sorghum is a good raw material for brewing, and foreigners will get alcohol or ethanol through production and processing, but these are not drunk as wine, but mixed into crude oil as a resource application. In this case, sorghum rice has no unique use abroad, so why not choose a more cost-effective one? Everybody keep looking down.
Can you imagine? In fact, foreigners are not planting corn kernels and soybeans with higher economic benefits, but have taken a fancy to sorghum rice that is about to be eliminated in China. Are there any little-known secrets behind them? As we all know, the price of corn has been skyrocketing in recent years. Many farmers in our country are working hard to grow corn, but foreigners are very partial to sorghum rice, which is somewhat incredible.
According to statistics, most agriculture in the United States is concentrated in the central and western regions, but it lacks water resources and is not suitable for planting corn and soybeans. Sorghum is a very drought-tolerant food crop. Even in arid areas and seasons, it can still maintain the balance of water in the body without affecting the final yield, which is precisely because of this main reason.
Therefore, Americans choose to give up the use of corn and soybeans with higher value and choose to give up sorghum cultivation with higher cost performance. In addition, in recent years, the economic benefits of sorghum rice import and export are outstanding, and it is not surprising that many ranchers in the United States have also switched to sorghum rice and planted it with their lives. There is an ancient poem by the poet Li Bai, "Life begins with good nature". Sorghum rice is not only a "food saving" in difficult times, thus reflecting people's daily life in different times.
Whether it is crystal-clear pure grain wine or an indispensable green storage feed for aquaculture, sorghum rice has an irreplaceable position and function in today's society, so it will be replaced in China no matter how hard foreigners plant it. Cherishing and cherishing grain is the eternal key. What do you think of this? Welcome to leave a message in the comments section below. See you next time!
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