# farmweekly.com.au: «Harvest could reach 18mt» - Related news - Newstral.com

> Western Australian harvest is forecast at about 18 million tonnes, with the Kwinana zone expected to produce about 8.07 million tonnes and Albany about 4.58 million tonnes. The forecast comes from the Grain Industry Association of Western Australia. It cites El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole as risks.

- Date: 2023-07-19 · published 2023-07-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/35016-farmweekly-com-au-harvest-could-reach-18mt-related-news-newstral-com
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A large Western Australian crop would ease some of the export shortfall from other Australian regions. Weather risks from El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole could still lower yields.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-02-23 | [Late rain pushes growth in grain harvest \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66468-late-rain-pushes-growth-in-grain-harvest-farm-weekly-wa.md) | +1.9% | +1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-12 | [U.S. reduces corn, soybean harvest views - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13310-u-s-reduces-corn-soybean-harvest-views-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture-news.md) | -0.6% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-11 | [IBGE: In July, estimated harvest increase for 2020 is 3.8% \| News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51441-ibge-in-july-estimated-harvest-increase-for-2020-is-3-8-news-agency.md) | +0.9% | +11.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-10 | [Harvest starts on potential 54.8m tonne winter crop for Australia - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45031-harvest-starts-on-potential-54-8m-tonne-winter-crop-for-australia-abc-news.md) | +3.6% | +5.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-15 | [New research accurately predicts Australian wheat harvests months in advance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59061-new-research-accurately-predicts-australian-wheat-harvests-months-in-advance.md) | +11.2% | +10.0% |

## Sources

- newstral.com: https://newstral.com/en/article/en/1241371650/harvest-could-reach-18mt

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