# BAMB Has Just a month’s Supply Of Sorghum – Botswana Gazette

> Botswana's Agricultural Marketing Board says its strategic reserves hold only about one month's supply of sorghum, 5,000 metric tons, and it is seeking international suppliers. Local millers warn that wheat-based product prices will rise because of the Ukraine conflict.

- Date: 2022-03-16 · published 2022-03-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42347-bamb-has-just-a-month-s-supply-of-sorghum-botswana-gazette
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Import demand from a small market adds limited pull on world sorghum supplies. Wider wheat cost pressure is noted but the volumes are too small to move global prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-03-23 | [U.S. grains: Wheat jumps to one-month top - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6172-u-s-grains-wheat-jumps-to-one-month-top-agcanada.md) | -6.6% | -4.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-30 | [China Turns to South America for Soybeans as U.S. Corn, Sorghum Exports Gain Momentum - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21112-china-turns-to-south-america-for-soybeans-as-u-s-corn-sorghum-exports-gain.md) | -0.3% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-23 | [China's July grain imports plunge as tariffs on U.S. supplies bite \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63415-china-s-july-grain-imports-plunge-as-tariffs-on-u-s-supplies-bite-farmtario.md) | +1.6% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-10-29 | [Wheat set for best monthly rise since April on strong demand, supply crunch \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44578-wheat-set-for-best-monthly-rise-since-april-on-strong-demand-supply-crunch.md) | +9.5% | +8.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-10 | [Barley prices in Ukraine continue to rise amid a shortage of supply and hryvnia devaluation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26579-barley-prices-in-ukraine-continue-to-rise-amid-a-shortage-of-supply-and-hryvnia.md) | -0.2% | +4.2% |

## Sources

- thegazette.news: https://www.thegazette.news/news/bamb-has-just-a-months-supply-of-sorghum/

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