# South Australia’s grain harvest rises by 51%   - Milling Midd ...

> South Australia's 2022-23 grain harvest reached a record 12.788 million tonnes, up 51% year on year and above the previous record of 11.1 million tonnes set in 2016-17. Wheat is estimated at 7.33 million tonnes and barley at 3.08 million tonnes, with leaf disease and earlier flooding causing some damage. The farm gate value is estimated at A$4.6 billion.

- Date: 2023-04-03 · published 2023-04-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36370-south-australia-s-grain-harvest-rises-by-51-milling-midd
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A record state crop adds substantial wheat and barley supply to Australian export markets, which is bearish for prices. The scale of the increase is large enough to influence Australian basis and export pricing.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-02-20 | [Rise in South Australia's grain estimates  \| SA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60570-rise-in-south-australia-s-grain-estimates-sa.md) | -3.5% | +0.0% |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-30 | [Australia grain harvest running to record \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37734-australia-grain-harvest-running-to-record-world-grain.md) | +3.4% | +1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-02-21 | [PIRSA pegs South Australian harvest at 8.3Mt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42666-pirsa-pegs-south-australian-harvest-at-8-3mt-grain-central.md) | +2.8% | +11.9% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-30 | [Australia set to harvest record grain crop \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44019-australia-set-to-harvest-record-grain-crop-world-grain.md) | -1.0% | -3.4% |
| WHEAT | 2025-12-01 | [Australia raises wheat harvest estimate by nearly two million tonnes - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21469-australia-raises-wheat-harvest-estimate-by-nearly-two-million-tonnes-agcanada.md) | +1.9% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- millingmea.com: https://millingmea.com/south-australias-grain-harvest-rises-by-51/

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