# Feedgrain Focus: Prices rise as Vic production prospects deteriorate - Beef Central

> Deteriorating grain production prospects in Victoria and southern New South Wales have lifted Australian feedgrain prices over the past week. Sorghum for 2019 March/April delivery traded near A$380 per tonne in Brisbane after rising about A$10/t, while growers are holding back sales.

- Date: 2018-10-18 · published 2018-10-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62598-feedgrain-focus-prices-rise-as-vic-production-prospects-deteriorate-beef-central
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced Australian crop prospects and limited farmer selling support local sorghum and feed barley prices, tightening export supply available to feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-08-01 | [Feedgrain Focus: Export demand, continuing dry bolster prices - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57696-feedgrain-focus-export-demand-continuing-dry-bolster-prices-grain-central.md) | -3.0% | -7.6% |
| CORN | 2023-08-01 | [Tough summer hits EU grain production outlook - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34513-tough-summer-hits-eu-grain-production-outlook-grain-central.md) | -2.3% | -2.8% |
| CORN | 2017-03-29 | [Grain production - Between Risks and Records - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71827-grain-production-between-risks-and-records-revista-cultivar.md) | +0.8% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2024-02-16 | [Strategie Grains has lowered its forecast for EU wheat production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31601-strategie-grains-has-lowered-its-forecast-for-eu-wheat-production.md) | +0.5% | +4.8% |
| CORN | 2025-08-19 | [El Niño and La Niña affect grain production in Goiás and the Federal District - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23242-el-nino-and-la-nina-affect-grain-production-in-goias-and-the-federal-district.md) | +1.2% | +8.5% |

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/news/feedgrain-focus-prices-rise-as-vic-production-prospects-deteriorate/

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