# Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum drops into sights, season turns dry - Beef Central

> Southern Australian feedgrain markets firmed as dry conditions slowed new-crop planting in parts of New South Wales and Victoria. Sorghum prices in the north fell to a level that attracted pig and poultry buyers as Chinese demand eased, and grower selling dropped to minimal levels.

- Date: 2023-05-30 · published 2023-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/35999-feedgrain-focus-sorghum-drops-into-sights-season-turns-dry-beef-central
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lower sorghum prices are drawing feed buyers back, and dry planting weather raises production risk for winter grains, supporting barley and wheat values for feed users.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-06-18 | [Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum wriggles into rations - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46648-feedgrain-focus-sorghum-wriggles-into-rations-beef-central.md) | -7.5% | -11.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-09 | [Feedgrain Focus: Prices firm as thin crops turn to hay - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57196-feedgrain-focus-prices-firm-as-thin-crops-turn-to-hay-beef-central.md) | -0.8% | +4.6% |
| WHEAT | 2019-10-10 | [Feedgrain Focus: Flat to lower on rain forecast for sorghum areas - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56620-feedgrain-focus-flat-to-lower-on-rain-forecast-for-sorghum-areas-grain-central.md) | +4.1% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-14 | [Feedgrain Focus: Wheat mostly higher on northern dry - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51094-feedgrain-focus-wheat-mostly-higher-on-northern-dry-beef-central.md) | +1.4% | +8.1% |
| WHEAT | 2023-06-19 | [Feedgrain Focus: Markets firm as dry north throttles sales - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35602-feedgrain-focus-markets-firm-as-dry-north-throttles-sales-beef-central.md) | +2.6% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/lotfeeding/feedgrain-focus-sorghum-drops-into-sights-season-turns-dry/

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