# Western Australia’s wheat harvest exceeds forecast by 1.6 million tons, GIWA says - Grainews

> The Grain Industry Association of Western Australia says the state harvested 12.45 million tons of wheat, about 1.6 million tons above its December forecast. It also raised its barley estimate by about 800,000 tons to 5.89 million tons and kept canola roughly unchanged at 2.87 million tons. National production estimates were lifted to between 32 million and 35.5 million tons.

- Date: 2025-02-14 · published 2025-02-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26021-western-australia-s-wheat-harvest-exceeds-forecast-by-1-6-million-tons-giwa
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Higher-than-expected Australian supply, combined with weak global demand, is weighing on wheat and barley prices and supports the bearish outlook for export markets.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-02-06 | [Australia harvested 2 million tons of wheat more than forecast in 2024/25 MY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26019-australia-harvested-2-million-tons-of-wheat-more-than-forecast-in-2024-25-my.md) | -0.7% | -3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-03 | [Australia increases wheat harvest forecast to 34.1 mln tons](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25546-australia-increases-wheat-harvest-forecast-to-34-1-mln-tons.md) | -3.4% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2024-12-03 | [Australia raises wheat production forecast by 60,000 tons](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26917-australia-raises-wheat-production-forecast-by-60-000-tons.md) | +1.1% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-03 | [Australia raises wheat production forecast by 2.7 mln tons](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28282-australia-raises-wheat-production-forecast-by-2-7-mln-tons.md) | +1.6% | +11.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-10-20 | [Australia’s wheat harvest forecast raised to near-record level](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22354-australia-s-wheat-harvest-forecast-raised-to-near-record-level.md) | +0.7% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- grainews.ca: https://www.grainews.ca/daily/western-australias-wheat-harvest-exceeds-forecast-by-1-6-million-tons-giwa-says/

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