# Cereal prices move up on lower Kharif output, changing consumption patterns | Commodity - Food & Edible Oils - Business Standard

> Indian cereal prices are rising as expected lower kharif output after excess rainfall damaged crops, along with shifting consumption patterns. Coarse grains such as jowar have climbed up to 16% in one month, while wheat and rice rose only marginally because of large government stocks. Consumers face higher food costs.

- Date: 2019-11-25 · published 2019-11-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56041-cereal-prices-move-up-on-lower-kharif-output-changing-consumption-patterns
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Lower coarse grain output and firmer demand tighten Indian supplies of sorghum and similar feed grains, supporting prices. Large state rice and wheat stocks limit the increase in those staples.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/cereal-prices-move-up-on-lower-kharif-output-changing-consumption-patterns-119112500828_1.html

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.