# Big harvest figures despite weather woes | Farm Online | ACT

> Flooding rain and disease on the east coast did not offset a large Australian winter crop, with Western Australia and South Australia posting records. ABARES' official wheat estimate is 36.6 million tonnes, which would be a national record, and farm leaders say input costs mean many businesses only broke even.

- Date: 2023-01-17 · published 2023-01-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/37736-big-harvest-figures-despite-weather-woes-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A large Australian wheat crop adds exportable supply, which pressures world wheat prices, though lower east-coast yields limit the bearish effect on feed-grade and barley availability.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-05 | [Southern harvest sees yields up to 30pc better than expected \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21022-southern-harvest-sees-yields-up-to-30pc-better-than-expected-farm-online-act.md) | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-01-24 | [Markets suffer sharp decline \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9541-markets-suffer-sharp-decline-farm-online-act.md) | +5.0% | +3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-23 | [Big numbers for Aussie crop \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45532-big-numbers-for-aussie-crop-farm-online-act.md) | +1.1% | +5.4% |
| WHEAT | 2024-10-29 | [Bumper harvest in Queensland, NSW push national crop to average \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27831-bumper-harvest-in-queensland-nsw-push-national-crop-to-average-farm-online-act.md) | +0.3% | -1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-13 | [Big grain production year on the cards \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46014-big-grain-production-year-on-the-cards-farm-online-act.md) | +1.3% | -0.4% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/8051352/australia-produces-bumper-winter-crop-against-the-odds/

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