# Sorghum prices strengthen as mercury climbs

 | Queensland Country Life | QLD

> Sorghum values in Queensland rallied in the past week as scorching temperatures arrived across southern Queensland during planting. Bids reached $364 a tonne delivered to Darling Downs markets after falling from $425 in late October, and growers are doubting early forecasts of a 2 million tonne-plus national harvest.

- Date: 2018-11-05 · published 2018-11-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62133-sorghum-prices-strengthen-as-mercury-climbs-queensland-country-life-qld
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Heat and dry soils raise concern over the early planted Australian sorghum crop, which supports local prices. The effect on global sorghum supply is limited while the crop is still being planted.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- queenslandcountrylife.com.au: https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/5740408/sorghum-prices-rise-as-temperatures-climb/

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