Vietnam has now approved the shipment of U.S. sorghum to their country. That’s following five years of negotiations and the USDA approving a new pest risk assessment. National Sorghum Producers and United Sorghum Checkoff External Affairs Director Jennifer Blackburn says they started working with Vietnam in 2015 exploring the market possibilities that are now coming to fruition.

She says the potential for shipping a large amount of sorghum to Vietnam is definitely there.

Blackburn says the Vietnamese like the quality of U.S. sorghum.

Blackburn says Vietnamese buyers are looking to diversify their sources of energy in feed and find feed sources that store better in local climates like sorghum.