# Dry northern NSW arrests wheat as sowing nears end - Grain Central

> Dry topsoil in northern New South Wales is delaying completion of Australia's new-crop sowing, while most other grainbelt growers have finished. Australian Crop Forecasters estimates wheat at 27.9 million tonnes and barley at 10.5 million tonnes.

- Date: 2023-05-28 · published 2023-05-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/35901-dry-northern-nsw-arrests-wheat-as-sowing-nears-end-grain-central
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Dry conditions in key northern regions raise the risk of smaller Australian wheat and barley crops, supporting feed grain prices if rain fails to arrive.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-14 | [Feedgrain Focus: Wheat mostly higher on northern dry - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51094-feedgrain-focus-wheat-mostly-higher-on-northern-dry-beef-central.md) | +1.4% | +8.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-05-20 | [Sowing nears finish as need for rain becomes urgent - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30191-sowing-nears-finish-as-need-for-rain-becomes-urgent-grain-central.md) | +19.7% | +8.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-23 | [EU grain sowings near end, dry weather a concern in some parts – MARS 23.11.2021 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43991-eu-grain-sowings-near-end-dry-weather-a-concern-in-some-parts-mars-23-11-2021.md) | -2.6% | -4.0% |
| WHEAT | 2018-10-24 | [Hot, dry summer ahead as El Nino sets in - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62475-hot-dry-summer-ahead-as-el-nino-sets-in-grain-central.md) | -0.3% | -4.4% |
| WHEAT | 2018-03-02 | [Wheat futures surge - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12430-wheat-futures-surge-grain-central.md) | +0.5% | -0.4% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/dry-northern-nsw-arrests-wheat-as-sowing-nears-end/

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