# Australian winter crops lag from previous year | World Grain

> World Grain reports that ABARES forecasts Australian wheat production to fall 37% to 25.5Mt and barley to fall 24% to 10.8Mt in 2023-24. Total winter-crop output is forecast at 46.1Mt, 33% below last year's record after three bumper crops.

- Date: 2023-12-06 · published 2023-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32665-australian-winter-crops-lag-from-previous-year-world-grain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

The year-on-year drop in Australian wheat and barley supply tightens export availability in a market that buys from Australia. That supports prices for both grains.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-06-05 | [Australian winter crops poised for strong year \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24168-australian-winter-crops-poised-for-strong-year-world-grain.md) | -1.4% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-02 | [Australia’s 2026-27 winter crop seen slipping \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18773-australia-s-2026-27-winter-crop-seen-slipping-world-grain.md) | -0.6% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-29 | [Australia’s grain crops forecast upbeat \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25088-australia-s-grain-crops-forecast-upbeat-world-grain.md) | +2.1% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-23 | [Focus on Australia \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32084-focus-on-australia-world-grain.md) | -0.1% | -5.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-04 | [Australian grain crops forecast lower in 2017-18 \| World-grain.com \| December 04, 2017 14:05 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67430-australian-grain-crops-forecast-lower-in-2017-18-world-grain-com-december-04.md) | +2.7% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/19355-australian-winter-crops-lag-from-previous-year

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