# Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 23 April 2026 - DAFF

> The weekly DAFF climate update reports little rain across most Australian cropping regions in the week to 22 April, with mainly dry conditions in Queensland and New South Wales. It forecasts below-median rainfall for May to July across eastern and south-eastern Australia. Murray-Darling storage levels also fell.

- Date: 2026-04-23 · published 2026-04-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19687-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-23-april-2026-daff
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A drier outlook for the 2026 winter cropping season raises downside production risk, which supports Australian wheat and barley prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-05-15 | [Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 15 May 2025 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24626-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-15-may-2025-daff.md) | -3.9% | -3.2% |
| WHEAT | 2024-05-16 | [Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 16 May 2024 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30189-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-16-may-2024-daff.md) | +19.1% | +8.2% |
| WHEAT | 2023-10-19 | [Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 19 October 2023 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33572-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-19-october-2023-daff.md) | -2.6% | -4.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-11-16 | [Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 16 November 2023 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33121-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-16-november-2023-daff.md) | +3.7% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-10-16 | [Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 16 October 2025 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22343-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-16-october-2025-daff.md) | +0.6% | -2.3% |

## Sources

- agriculture.gov.au: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/products/weekly_update/weekly-update-260423

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