# Most growers near halfway on winter planting - Grain Central

> Australian growers are roughly one-third to halfway through winter-crop sowing, with canola mostly planted and wheat and barley following. Consensus area estimates for wheat rose above ABARES' March forecast amid strong prices after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

- Date: 2022-05-09 · published 2022-05-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41372-most-growers-near-halfway-on-winter-planting-grain-central
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Larger expected Australian wheat and canola area adds to future export supply at a time of tight Black Sea flows, a modestly bearish factor for wheat and canola prices over the longer term.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: neutral
- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-16 | [Weather, politics remain unpredictable as winter sowing nears - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65451-weather-politics-remain-unpredictable-as-winter-sowing-nears-grain-central.md) | +3.1% | +2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-13 | [Aussie winter crop setting up for another big harvest - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45983-aussie-winter-crop-setting-up-for-another-big-harvest-grain-central.md) | +1.3% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-29 | [Southern winter crop off to a promising start - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59062-southern-winter-crop-off-to-a-promising-start-grain-central.md) | +9.6% | +15.3% |
| WHEAT | 2017-08-14 | [WA winter crop forecast now 10Mt – up from 7.8Mt last month - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69414-wa-winter-crop-forecast-now-10mt-up-from-7-8mt-last-month-grain-central.md) | +0.4% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-04-20 | [Wheat, barley forecasts mostly higher as seeding gathers pace - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53608-wheat-barley-forecasts-mostly-higher-as-seeding-gathers-pace-grain-central.md) | -2.1% | -2.3% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/most-growers-near-halfway-on-winter-planting/

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