Sorghum, a nutritious alternative to wheat and corn

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/Crops/Grain_sorghum.html

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Grain sorghum was grown on 13,902,000 acres in the United States (average for 1966-67), ...
World-wide, grain sorghum is grown on more than 100 million acres. China, India and Africa grow large quantities. In the United States most of the grain sorghum is used as livestock feed, but in the Orient and Africa most is used as food. .....
The grain consists of about 6 percent bran, the pericarp or surface layers; 10 percent germ; and 84 percent endosperm, which is largely starch. In protein content, sorghum is higher than corn and about equal to wheat. In fat content it is lower than com but higher than wheat. ..........
For feed use, sorghum grain should be ground for most classes of livestock, since the grains are small and relatively hard. In feeding value it is almost equal to kernel corn. ......
For food use, the grain may be roughly ground and made into breadlike preparations, used after grinding and stewing as a mush or porridge, or made into flour for mixing with wheat flour for breads.