# Northern prices up as heat takes toll | VIC

> Sorghum prices in Queensland and northern NSW rose by as much as $25 a tonne as buyers competed for supplies. Prices reached more than $260 delivered after unseasonably hot weather, with temperatures in the mid-40s sapping soil moisture across eastern Australia.

- Date: 2017-02-14 · published 2017-02-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72547-northern-prices-up-as-heat-takes-toll-vic
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Heat stress is reducing crop prospects and farmer selling has slowed, tightening sorghum availability and supporting northern feed grain prices, though the effect on southern markets is expected to be limited.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- stockandland.com.au: https://www.stockandland.com.au/story/4466106/northern-prices-up-as-heat-takes-toll/

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