# Feed grain update: heat wave drives market surge - Grain Central

> Record heat and dry conditions in February 2018 hit Australian crops, and the sorghum harvest in southern Queensland showed mixed results with some yield and quality losses. ABARE estimated 2017/18 sorghum output at 1.47 million tonnes, and Downs sorghum rallied $25 in February to $305/t.

- Date: 2018-02-16 · published 2018-02-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12882-feed-grain-update-heat-wave-drives-market-surge-grain-central
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Yield and quality losses tighten the Australian feed sorghum supply, supporting domestic prices and making imported feed grains relatively more competitive for buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/feed-grain-update-heat-wave-drives-market-surge/

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