# Resilience, reliability improves sorghum returns for growers - Queensland Alliance for 
Agriculture and Food Innovation - University of Queensland

> Queensland researchers report that genetic improvements in sorghum, including midge resistance, have raised yields and grain quality for growers. One Central Highlands grower says midge losses fell from nearly 40% to about 5% and his sorghum has not exceeded 4% pinched grain in five years.

- Date: 2017-07-18 · published 2017-07-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70037-resilience-reliability-improves-sorghum-returns-for-growers-queensland-alliance
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Better yield stability over time can expand sorghum supply and make it more competitive with other crops, which is mildly bearish for longer-term prices. The article is a research feature with no immediate market effect.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: neutral

## Sources

- qaafi.uq.edu.au: https://qaafi.uq.edu.au/article/2018/07/resilience-reliability-improves-sorghum-returns-growers

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