# Australia: Grain and Feed Update | USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

> A USDA attaché report says Australian winter crops faced low soil moisture, below-average rainfall and frost, but wheat output is still expected above average while barley is slightly below average. It also projects a sharp fall in rice output after a marketing body imposed a production disincentive, and an excellent start for the sorghum crop.

- Date: 2024-10-23 · published 2024-10-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27826-australia-grain-and-feed-update-usda-foreign-agricultural-service
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

A weaker rice crop tightens Asian rice supply, while a strong sorghum start adds feed grain supply that can pressure sorghum prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-11-02 | [Australia: Grain and Feed Update \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33120-australia-grain-and-feed-update-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | -1.1% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-08-14 | [Australia's ecosystem observatory system TERN creates better data for seasonal crop outlooks - Queensland Alliance for 
Agriculture and Food Innovation - University of Queensland](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69379-australia-s-ecosystem-observatory-system-tern-creates-better-data-for-seasonal.md) | +0.4% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-29 | [Grain Journal \| Broken Rice Gains Traction in Feed and Food Markets,…](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23399-grain-journal-broken-rice-gains-traction-in-feed-and-food-markets.md) | -0.3% | -0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-19 | [Russia and Ukraine’s grain ambitions face a wartime stress test \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14106-russia-and-ukraine-s-grain-ambitions-face-a-wartime-stress-test-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.6% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-08 | [November WASDE neutral to bullish for grains - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44005-november-wasde-neutral-to-bullish-for-grains-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture.md) | -1.8% | -2.2% |
| RICE | 2026-07-01 | [Australia: Grain and Feed Update \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18302-australia-grain-and-feed-update-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | +2.1% | +8.6% |
| RICE | 2024-03-13 | [India: India Grain and Feed - Quarterly Update - March 2024 \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31142-india-india-grain-and-feed-quarterly-update-march-2024-usda-foreign.md) | +1.3% | -2.0% |
| RICE | 2025-07-14 | [USDA forecasts lower corn supplies, higher biofuel demand in latest outlook \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23712-usda-forecasts-lower-corn-supplies-higher-biofuel-demand-in-latest-outlook-feed.md) | -0.6% | +2.2% |

## Sources

- fas.usda.gov: https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/australia-grain-and-feed-update-26

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