Reuters headlines and report:

  • US sorghum fleet makes u-turn hours after China retaliates against US tariffs
  • Five US sorghum vessels out of at least 20 bound for China change course after Beijing says shipments will require hefty deposits

Trade tensions not going away ...

More:

  • hefty anti-dumping deposits on U.S. imports of the grain
  • Sorghum is a niche animal feed
  • Twenty ships carrying over 1.2 million tonnes of U.S. sorghum are on the water
  • at least five changed course within hours of China's announcing tariffs on U.S. sorghum imports