
Australia's agriculture department forecasts winter crop production to fall 34% from record highs, with wheat output declining to 26.2 million tonnes. Forecasters expect dryness linked to El Niño to reduce yields.
A roughly one-third drop in Australian wheat and barley would remove a major exporter's supply from global markets, supporting wheat and barley prices and likely raising feed grain costs for importers.
After 1,072 past bullish weather events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (55% higher; middle half -1.4% to +2.3%), and +0.3% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 68 past bullish weather events, Oats moved a median -0.8% over 5 sessions (47% higher; middle half -3.6% to +3.9%), and -0.3% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.