# Australian wheat production forecast to top 30 million tonnes | Queensland Country Life | QLD

> Ag Scientia reports ABARES forecasts Australian wheat above 30 million tonnes for a third straight season, at 30.3Mt, 22% above the 10-year average. Barley is seen at 10.9Mt and canola at 5.6Mt, with Queensland wheat plantings rising to 885,000 hectares.

- Date: 2022-06-18 · published 2022-06-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40887-australian-wheat-production-forecast-to-top-30-million-tonnes-queensland
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded wheat plantings at the expense of chickpeas and barley point to ample Australian supply for export markets, supporting bearish wheat and barley pricing.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-06-22 | [Australian winter crop production set to soar \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52593-australian-winter-crop-production-set-to-soar-queensland-country-life-qld.md) | +2.0% | -3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-14 | [ABARES forecasts massive Australian winter crop \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51090-abares-forecasts-massive-australian-winter-crop-queensland-country-life-qld.md) | +1.4% | +8.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-03 | [Australia raises wheat production forecast by 2.7 mln tons](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28282-australia-raises-wheat-production-forecast-by-2-7-mln-tons.md) | +1.6% | +11.6% |
| WHEAT | 2024-12-03 | [Australia raises wheat production forecast by 60,000 tons](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26917-australia-raises-wheat-production-forecast-by-60-000-tons.md) | +1.1% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2020-06-16 | [Rebound in grain production lifts wheat forecast to 26.7Mt: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52584-rebound-in-grain-production-lifts-wheat-forecast-to-26-7mt-abares-grain-central.md) | +1.5% | -4.7% |

## Sources

- queenslandcountrylife.com.au: https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/7778123/winter-crop-outlook-soars/

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