# Opportunity prices for summer sorghum hard to walk away from despite dry outlook | The Land | NSW

> Northern New South Wales dryland growers are considering summer sorghum plantings with farm-gate prices above A$400 a tonne. Agronomists flag low soil nitrogen after two large cereal crops and a urea supply problem earlier in the year, though urea prices have roughly halved from last year.

- Date: 2023-09-25 · published 2023-09-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34156-opportunity-prices-for-summer-sorghum-hard-to-walk-away-from-despite-dry
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Strong sorghum prices encourage Australian planting, which could add future supply, while nitrogen shortages may limit yields and planted area.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Sources

- theland.com.au: https://www.theland.com.au/story/8350609/dryland-summer-cropping-risk-versus-reward/

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