# Australia’s Winter Crop 25/26 harvest nears completion, barley production record smashed! | Malt News | Asia Pacific

> Australia's 2025-26 winter crop harvest is about 98% complete, with roughly 65 million tonnes already in storage. Barley output is estimated near 16 million tonnes, a record that exceeds the previous high of 13.7 million tonnes. About 7 million tonnes of feed barley and 4 million tonnes of malting barley are expected to be available for export.

- Date: 2026-01-08 · published 2026-01-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21021-australia-s-winter-crop-25-26-harvest-nears-completion-barley-production-record
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A record exportable barley surplus from Australia adds competition for feed barley buyers and tends to push prices lower.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Sources

- maltnews.com: https://maltnews.com/trade-news-january-2026/

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