# Heatwave knock to sorghum yield outlook lifts cereal price - Grain Central

> A three-day heatwave is hitting Australia's sorghum-growing areas, with summer crops wilting and losing yield potential. Traders say around one third of the harvest could fall below number one grade, and the 2017 harvest may produce only about half its potential.

- Date: 2017-02-10 · published 2017-02-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72546-heatwave-knock-to-sorghum-yield-outlook-lifts-cereal-price-grain-central
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Heat-driven yield losses reduce sorghum supply and quality, and growers holding stored wheat and barley gain pricing leverage as cereal outlooks firm.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 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) | +0.4% | -7.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-19 | [Feedgrain Focus: Wash-outs overheat sorghum market - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5351-feedgrain-focus-wash-outs-overheat-sorghum-market-grain-central.md) | -0.0% | +2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2026-08-04 | [Heatwaves take their toll on EU grain production - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17839-heatwaves-take-their-toll-on-eu-grain-production-grain-central.md) | +0.1% | +5.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-06-01 | [Feed grain price outlook](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65092-feed-grain-price-outlook.md) | +0.3% | -2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2019-06-12 | [Outlook points to next northern feedgrain deficit - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58548-outlook-points-to-next-northern-feedgrain-deficit-grain-central.md) | -5.3% | -8.6% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/heatwave-knock-to-sorghum-yield-lifts-cereal-price-outlook/

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