# Feedgrain Focus: Wash-outs overheat sorghum market - Grain Central

> Sorghum prices in Australia rose sharply in the past week as wash-outs, where sellers pay buyers the contract value instead of delivering grain, drove a rally. Dry conditions have left many growers with little or no sorghum crop for the March-April delivery slot. Wheat and barley prices also firmed by up to A$10/t on limited grower selling and early export sales.

- Date: 2019-12-19 · published 2019-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5351-feedgrain-focus-wash-outs-overheat-sorghum-market-grain-central
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A likely tiny sorghum crop in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales tightens feed grain supply and supports prices for sorghum, with spillover support to wheat and barley as substitutes.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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 | 2022-11-17 | [Feedgrain Focus: Rain reignites southern inverse - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38798-feedgrain-focus-rain-reignites-southern-inverse-grain-central.md) | +1.0% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-12-06 | [Feedgrain Focus: Interstate wheat shapes up on value - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61624-feedgrain-focus-interstate-wheat-shapes-up-on-value-grain-central.md) | -0.1% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2023-05-30 | [Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum drops into sights, season turns dry - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35999-feedgrain-focus-sorghum-drops-into-sights-season-turns-dry-beef-central.md) | -4.0% | +9.3% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/feedgrain-focus-wash-outs-overheat-sorghum-market/

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