# Frost knocks tonnes off national crop estimates | Farm Online | ACT

> Severe frost hit South Australia's Mid North just as harvest began, with patches of damage also reported in western Victoria and the northern Riverina. Australian Crop Forecasters says the damage will not cut its national wheat estimate of 25.2 million tonnes but will cap any upward revision.

- Date: 2023-11-07 · published 2023-11-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33122-frost-knocks-tonnes-off-national-crop-estimates-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Frost damage limits upside to Australian wheat and barley estimates, supporting local prices modestly as export supplies stay under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-11-06 | [Further tonnage shaved off production estimates \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61990-further-tonnage-shaved-off-production-estimates-farm-online-act.md) | +0.1% | +1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-13 | [NSW big wet to be an X-factor in national crop yields \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40445-nsw-big-wet-to-be-an-x-factor-in-national-crop-yields-farm-online-act.md) | +8.2% | +8.0% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-16 | [National crop defies the odds and remains on track for average yields \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34523-national-crop-defies-the-odds-and-remains-on-track-for-average-yields-farm.md) | -1.7% | -4.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-11 | [Big season in west can’t drag national production up \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62983-big-season-in-west-can-t-drag-national-production-up-farm-online-act.md) | -7.4% | -7.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-21 | [Crop prospects diminish in key production zones \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70451-crop-prospects-diminish-in-key-production-zones-farm-online-act.md) | -1.0% | -1.1% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/8415127/frost-knocks-national-crop-around/

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