# Australia's wheat crop threatened as La Nina climate indicator rises: analysts

> Australia's near-record wheat crop may suffer quality losses as a sudden spike in a climate indicator signals a high chance of La Nina conditions. The world wheat market is well supplied after bumper output elsewhere. The article text is truncated.

- Date: 2016-09-16 · published 2016-09-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10187-australia-s-wheat-crop-threatened-as-la-nina-climate-indicator-rises-analysts
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

La Nina risk to Australian wheat quality could tighten supplies of higher-grade wheat and modestly support prices. Global ample supply limits the upside.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-18 | [Australia’s wheat crop expected to fall](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71460-australia-s-wheat-crop-expected-to-fall.md) | +1.0% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-02 | [Analysts forecast a decrease in wheat production in Australia in the new season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25087-analysts-forecast-a-decrease-in-wheat-production-in-australia-in-the-new-season.md) | -0.8% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2019-02-19 | [Australian wheat crop falls to an 11-year low \| SA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60575-australian-wheat-crop-falls-to-an-11-year-low-sa.md) | -3.8% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2023-02-23 | [El Niño expected to bring “normal” wheat crop in Australia - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37301-el-nino-expected-to-bring-normal-wheat-crop-in-australia-fastmarkets.md) | -3.0% | -8.7% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-01 | [South Australia predicts reduced wheat crop of 3.95Mt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63506-south-australia-predicts-reduced-wheat-crop-of-3-95mt-grain-central.md) | +3.6% | +1.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-04-29 | [The Latest News About the U.S. Wheat Crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30782-the-latest-news-about-the-u-s-wheat-crop.md) | +2.1% | +11.6% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-03-13 | [Drought threat intensifies for U.S. Plains winter wheat crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66052-drought-threat-intensifies-for-u-s-plains-winter-wheat-crop.md) | -7.6% | +2.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-07-28 | [Dryness-tested Western Australia wheat crop in 'precarious position' - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40441-dryness-tested-western-australia-wheat-crop-in-precarious-position-grain-price.md) | -3.0% | +4.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-wheat-lanina-idUSKCN11M0FK/

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