# Feedgrain Focus: Tight logistics, grower absence lift bids - Grain Central

> Eastern Australian wheat, barley and sorghum prices rose this week as buyers competed for grain while growers focused on planting winter crops. Road freight is tight and spot loads are very expensive, and grower deliveries are absent, lifting prompt bids.

- Date: 2021-04-29 · published 2021-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47556-feedgrain-focus-tight-logistics-grower-absence-lift-bids-grain-central
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Tight road transport and reduced farm deliveries push up prompt domestic feed grain prices in eastern Australia, raising costs for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-19 | [Feedgrain Focus:  Offshore, lockdown lift prices - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45677-feedgrain-focus-offshore-lockdown-lift-prices-grain-central.md) | +0.4% | +4.9% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-01 | [Feedgrain Focus: Wheat, barley firm on logistics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48712-feedgrain-focus-wheat-barley-firm-on-logistics.md) | +1.8% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-16 | [Feedgrain Focus: Prices jump as growers hold, fires disrupt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55145-feedgrain-focus-prices-jump-as-growers-hold-fires-disrupt-grain-central.md) | -0.2% | -5.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-22 | [Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum shorts preoccupy north - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47561-feedgrain-focus-sorghum-shorts-preoccupy-north-grain-central.md) | +3.9% | +0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2022-05-05 | [Logistic costs increasing for Ukraine's grain trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41304-logistic-costs-increasing-for-ukraine-s-grain-trade.md) | -0.2% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/feedgrain-focus-tight-logistics-grower-absence-lift-bids/

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