# Australia to cut wheat production by 10% in 2025/26 — ABARES

> ABARES expects Australian wheat production to fall 10% to 30.6Mt in 2025-26, with barley down 3% to 12.8Mt and canola down 6% to 5.7Mt. Low soil moisture has led some farmers in southern and eastern Australia to reduce plantings.

- Date: 2025-06-03 · published 2025-06-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24169-australia-to-cut-wheat-production-by-10-in-2025-26-abares
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Smaller Australian wheat and barley crops lower export supplies from a key exporter, supporting world wheat and barley prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-29 | [Australia’s wheat production forecast to drop \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19682-australia-s-wheat-production-forecast-to-drop-world-grain.md) | -3.1% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-02-18 | [Australian wheat production falls to 11-year low as drought bites](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60572-australian-wheat-production-falls-to-11-year-low-as-drought-bites.md) | -1.6% | -3.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-06 | [Australia: FCStone estimates wheat production at only](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56011-australia-fcstone-estimates-wheat-production-at-only.md) | +3.2% | +7.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-30 | [Australia’s wheat production may decline significantly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19688-australia-s-wheat-production-may-decline-significantly.md) | -3.2% | -0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-29 | [Smaller Australian wheat crop in 2025/26 \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25091-smaller-australian-wheat-crop-in-2025-26-farmtario.md) | +2.1% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/australia-to-cut-wheat-production-by-10-in-2025-26-abares/

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