# Trucks go west to cart grain amid paltry eastern prospects

> Transport operators from Victoria and New South Wales are moving trucks to Western Australia to cart grain during harvest because eastern crops are poor. Drought and hay cutting have left little eastern grain to haul.

- Date: 2018-10-29 · published 2018-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62499-trucks-go-west-to-cart-grain-amid-paltry-eastern-prospects
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Reflects the eastern Australian shortfall and western supply shift; freight demand for trucks rises locally but this is a minor logistics signal for global feed prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-02-12 | [Protests block grain deliveries to west coast terminals \| farmnewsNOW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54608-protests-block-grain-deliveries-to-west-coast-terminals-farmnewsnow.md) | +5.5% | +10.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-30 | [Wheat gains as traders weigh export prospects amid Hurricane Ida \| Air Freight News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45609-wheat-gains-as-traders-weigh-export-prospects-amid-hurricane-ida-air-freight.md) | +0.2% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2020-04-23 | [COVID-19 AND GRAIN FLOW: THE PORT PERSPECTIVE – GrainsWest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53678-covid-19-and-grain-flow-the-port-perspective-grainswest.md) | -1.1% | +0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-09-12 | [Russia Turns to Far East to Export Grain Amid Black Sea Strikes - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14083-russia-turns-to-far-east-to-export-grain-amid-black-sea-strikes-bloomberg.md) | -1.2% | -3.2% |
| WHEAT | 2017-07-13 | [Ukraine pushes grain export infrastructure projects](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69815-ukraine-pushes-grain-export-infrastructure-projects.md) | -1.8% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/news/trucks-go-west-to-cart-grain-amid-paltry-eastern-prospects/

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