# Weekly update - 21 April 2022 - DAFF

> Australia's weekly agricultural update for the week ending 20 April 2022 reports rain in southern Australia and tropical rainfall in the north, with dry conditions allowing summer crop harvesting in Queensland. It also notes below-average March rainfall has cut expectations for US, European, and Canadian winter wheat and hurt Argentine and Brazilian corn and soybeans.

- Date: 2022-04-21 · published 2022-04-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41816-weekly-update-21-april-2022-daff
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower global production expectations for wheat, corn and soybeans tighten world supplies and support feed-grain and oilseed meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-10-20 | [Weekly update - 20 October 2022 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39067-weekly-update-20-october-2022-daff.md) | -0.2% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2023-07-27 | [Weekly update - 27 July 2023 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35011-weekly-update-27-july-2023-daff.md) | +0.0% | -2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2023-02-16 | [Weekly update - 16 February 2023 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37306-weekly-update-16-february-2023-daff.md) | -1.3% | -6.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-23 | [Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 23 April 2026 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19687-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-23-april-2026-daff.md) | +1.4% | +2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2023-05-01 | [April 2023 ENSO update: El Niño Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36314-april-2023-enso-update-el-nino-watch.md) | +1.9% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2022-08-18 | [Weekly update - 18 August 2022 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40012-weekly-update-18-august-2022-daff.md) | +0.4% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2023-02-16 | [Weekly update - 16 February 2023 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37306-weekly-update-16-february-2023-daff.md) | -0.4% | -4.9% |
| CORN | 2025-02-28 | [W8 2025: Maize Weekly Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26086-w8-2025-maize-weekly-update.md) | -2.4% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- agriculture.gov.au: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/products/weekly_update/weekly-update-210422

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