# Australia: June rain gets national winter crop out of trouble for now

> June rainfall has eased concerns over Australia's winter crop, which is almost fully planted. Crops in South Australia's South East and Victoria's Western District are lagging after the driest first half of the year since 1967.

- Date: 2024-06-27 · published 2024-06-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29708-australia-june-rain-gets-national-winter-crop-out-of-trouble-for-now
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

If these lagging crops yield below average, graziers will need to buy more grain and feed, which could support domestic feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-10 | [Winter-crop plant off to patchy start across Australia - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30668-winter-crop-plant-off-to-patchy-start-across-australia-grain-central.md) | -0.4% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-05-19 | [Australian winter crop around 70pc planted - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47054-australian-winter-crop-around-70pc-planted-grain-central.md) | -2.8% | +2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-05-20 | [New-crop forecasts roll out as crop goes in - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24625-new-crop-forecasts-roll-out-as-crop-goes-in-grain-central.md) | +0.6% | +1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2020-12-22 | [Condition of European and US winter crops poles apart - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49592-condition-of-european-and-us-winter-crops-poles-apart-grain-central.md) | +0.2% | +7.6% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-22 | [WA set to carry national crop \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63500-wa-set-to-carry-national-crop-farm-online-act.md) | +1.0% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/australia-june-rain-gets-national-winter-crop-out-of-trouble-for-now/

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