# Otuke Cooperative Seeks National Grid Connection to Reduce Rising Fuel-Driven Milling Costs

> A farmers’ cooperative in Otuke, Uganda, is asking the government to connect its milling facility to the national electricity grid because high diesel costs are making rice, millet, and sorghum processing expensive. It spends about 28 million shillings annually on generator fuel, and rice hulling charges have risen from 150 to 250 shillings per kilogram.

- Date: 2026-11-05 · published 2026-11-06T09:06:11.972Z
- Category: macro · region Uganda · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/83635-otuke-cooperative-seeks-national-grid-connection-to-reduce-rising-fuel-driven
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

High diesel costs raise the expense of processing and marketing local grains, reducing farmer margins and potentially making milled products less affordable. A grid connection could ease those costs, but it has not yet been secured.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲
- DIESEL: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2023-09-19 | [Rising fuel costs driving US LTL, truckload costs higher \| Journal of Commerce](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34300-rising-fuel-costs-driving-us-ltl-truckload-costs-higher-journal-of-commerce.md) | -1.2% | -3.5% |
| DIESEL | 2017-09-26 | [Oil on course to break $60 a barrel level \| The National](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69124-oil-on-course-to-break-60-a-barrel-level-the-national.md) | -5.1% | -3.8% |
| DIESEL | 2021-06-18 | [US Trucking Boom Contributes to Rising Demand for Diesel - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46789-us-trucking-boom-contributes-to-rising-demand-for-diesel-tt.md) | +4.7% | +2.0% |
| DIESEL | 2022-01-31 | [(Update) Feature: Kenya's feed manufacturers struggling to stay afloat amid high operating cost-Xinhua](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43266-update-feature-kenya-s-feed-manufacturers-struggling-to-stay-afloat-amid-high.md) | +3.0% | +8.2% |
| DIESEL | 2019-12-11 | [Reaction in the diesel market to IMO 2020 is still to come: Platts - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55751-reaction-in-the-diesel-market-to-imo-2020-is-still-to-come-platts-freightwaves.md) | +3.5% | -0.9% |
| RICE | 2019-03-22 | [Strong rupee pushes rice prices to seven-month high, dampening exports \| Commodity - Food & Edible Oils - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60167-strong-rupee-pushes-rice-prices-to-seven-month-high-dampening-exports-commodity.md) | -1.6% | -6.0% |
| RICE | 2023-01-05 | [Government sees inflation's peak as it misses target for second straight year \| Philstar.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12192-government-sees-inflation-s-peak-as-it-misses-target-for-second-straight-year.md) | -0.2% | +1.6% |
| RICE | 2022-06-23 | [Wild 2022 in grain markets sparks 2008 comparisons \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40978-wild-2022-in-grain-markets-sparks-2008-comparisons-reuters.md) | +0.8% | +4.1% |

## Sources

- insights.tridge.com: https://insights.tridge.com/speaker-product-news-reports/KJLyFXpzJzgKuB1Gqsm5QUKHGgR43AVdqLQLrk6u6fhPeCKKBbd5redb

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