# Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 15 May 2025 - DAFF

> The Australian agriculture department's weekly update reports low rainfall across all cropping regions in the week to 14 May 2025, with 0-5mm in most areas. Dry soils in southern NSW, western Victoria and South Australia threaten timely winter crop germination.

- Date: 2025-05-15 · published 2025-05-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24626-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-15-may-2025-daff
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Lack of autumn rain raises risk to Australian winter grain output, a mildly supportive factor for wheat and barley prices in the export market.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-23 | [Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 23 April 2026 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19687-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-23-april-2026-daff.md) | +1.4% | +2.5% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- agriculture.gov.au: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/products/weekly_update/150525

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