# Watt welcomes farm export records | Ministers

> Australian Agriculture Minister Murray Watt welcomed ABARES forecasts of record farm exports above $70 billion and a 55.5 Mt winter crop. He also noted the national sheep flock rose to 70.8 million, the highest since 2018.

- Date: 2022-09-06 · published 2022-09-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39537-watt-welcomes-farm-export-records-ministers
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

The statement mainly repeats the ABARES forecasts, which point to ample Australian grain exports, a modestly bearish signal for wheat and feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-11-19 | [Exclusive: Ukraine will not limit wheat exports in 2025/26, says deputy minister \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21995-exclusive-ukraine-will-not-limit-wheat-exports-in-2025-26-says-deputy-minister.md) | -1.6% | -1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2026-02-13 | [India Relaxes Wheat Export Curbs to Appease Protesting Farmers - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20582-india-relaxes-wheat-export-curbs-to-appease-protesting-farmers-bloomberg.md) | +0.9% | +4.0% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-23 | [Argentina Slashes Export Taxes to Rescue Drought-Hit Farmers - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13881-argentina-slashes-export-taxes-to-rescue-drought-hit-farmers-bloomberg.md) | +3.8% | +4.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-23 | [May Reimpose Import Duty On Wheat: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71964-may-reimpose-import-duty-on-wheat-union-minister-ram-vilas-paswan.md) | +2.4% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-16 | [Farm export limits could be fixed even during low supplies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62995-farm-export-limits-could-be-fixed-even-during-low-supplies.md) | -6.1% | -6.1% |

## Sources

- minister.agriculture.gov.au: https://minister.agriculture.gov.au/watt/media-releases/watt-welcomes-farm-export-records

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