# Feedgrain Focus: Prices jump as growers hold, fires disrupt - Grain Central

> Australian wheat and barley prices rose by up to $20 per tonne in the past month as growers continued holding grain. Bushfires closed roads in southern Australia and road freight is scarce as trucks serve drought and fire-hit communities.

- Date: 2020-01-16 · published 2020-01-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55145-feedgrain-focus-prices-jump-as-growers-hold-fires-disrupt-grain-central
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Tight local supply and freight shortages keep feed grain prices elevated in eastern Australia, raising feed costs for buyers there.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: 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 | 2021-04-29 | [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 | 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 | 2017-04-12 | [Rail strikes on hold as enterprise bargaining continues - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71504-rail-strikes-on-hold-as-enterprise-bargaining-continues-grain-central.md) | -1.0% | +1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-28 | [Patrick-MUA stoush compounds pain for ag exporters - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45092-patrick-mua-stoush-compounds-pain-for-ag-exporters-grain-central.md) | +5.5% | +8.4% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/feedgrain-focus-prices-jump-as-growers-hold-fires-disrupt/

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