Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor(L.) Moench, is the world's fifth most important cereal crop, behind rice, corn, wheat and barley and the third leading cereal crop in the USA. Sorghum is the most important food and fodder crop of dry land agriculture.
Sorghum grains are important as food and as livestock feed. The stem and foliage are used as a green fodder, hay, silage and pasture.