Major changes in demand/supply of some items

I've noticed some food items recently underwent huge and massive single-month changes in supply and/or demand. Rice in particular saw demand suddenly drop by 100 million and supply suddenly rise by 100 million.

...what's up with that? Is this sort of thing normal?

After looking at the market for Rice, there was a very high demand and the market price was topped at 1186 SC$ per ton. The base price for Rice is 770 SC$. A player must have had a large quantity stashed and decided to sell around 400m tons for profit.

This is normal in simcountry. Players tend to buy large quantities of products when they're under market price and sell them when they're over market price for profit. That or the player simply had a large quantity stashed and decided to sell some when the market price topped. This can happen with any product.

This gives me ideas. Thanks

Whose up for Selenium build-up?

By the way, I'm interested about who will put Selenium on the space market...

@thenewteddy Food is a big deal but on the other hand not a big deal,

On the one hand, Food doesn't help in wars so it doesn't protect the country

On the other hand, They help in disasters and population eats it...

With those Rice changes my mind is going like "WHHHHAAAATTT?!"