# ABARES experts again raise Australia's wheat, barley and rapeseed crop forecasts

> ABARES raised its Australian winter crop forecast to 68.4 million tonnes from 66.3 million, with wheat at 36 million tons and barley a record 16.3 million tons. Yields beat expectations in Western Australia and Victoria.

- Date: 2026-03-03 · published 2026-03-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20128-abares-experts-again-raise-australia-s-wheat-barley-and-rapeseed-crop-forecasts
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A bigger Australian harvest of wheat and barley adds to export supply and is bearish for global feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2026-03-04 | [ABARES Raises 2025/2026 Crop Estimates for Australian Wheat, Barley, and Canola \| Tridge Insights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20127-abares-raises-2025-2026-crop-estimates-for-australian-wheat-barley-and-canola.md) | +1.0% | +2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-12-01 | [ABARES lifts forecasts for canola, wheat, barley - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21468-abares-lifts-forecasts-for-canola-wheat-barley-grain-central.md) | +1.9% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-03 | [ABARES lifts forecasts for wheat, barley, canola - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25537-abares-lifts-forecasts-for-wheat-barley-canola-grain-central.md) | -3.4% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2026-08-31 | [Australia Raises Wheat Crop Forecast as Export Demand Picks Up \| Stock Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17876-australia-raises-wheat-crop-forecast-as-export-demand-picks-up-stock-market-news.md) | +2.2% | +6.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-09 | [France raises crop forecasts for wheat, maize and](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43990-france-raises-crop-forecasts-for-wheat-maize-and.md) | +1.8% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/abares-experts-again-raise-australias-wheat-barley-and-rapeseed-crop-forecasts/

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