# Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum shorts preoccupy north - Grain Central

> Prompt wheat, barley and sorghum prices firmed in eastern Australia over the past week as consumers bid to fill requirements. Road transport is in limited supply, and quality problems with some sorghum loads at Brisbane terminals further restrict trucks, while growers are busy planting.

- Date: 2021-04-22 · published 2021-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47561-feedgrain-focus-sorghum-shorts-preoccupy-north-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)

## Why it matters

Limited trucking capacity and consumer shortfalls into May-June lift prompt feed grain prices in Australia, raising costs for domestic feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- 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 | 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 | 2021-04-29 | [Feedgrain Focus: Tight logistics, grower absence lift bids - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47556-feedgrain-focus-tight-logistics-grower-absence-lift-bids-grain-central.md) | -5.4% | -5.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-07-01 | [Feedgrain Focus: Boat barley caps northern market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35567-feedgrain-focus-boat-barley-caps-northern-market.md) | -9.9% | -6.9% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-28 | [Ongoing strikes slow French grain exports - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55086-ongoing-strikes-slow-french-grain-exports-grain-central.md) | -0.5% | +2.7% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/feedgrain-focus-sorghum-shorts-preoccupy-north/

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