# Record Wheat Harvest in Australia Welcome News | Building a more profitable and sustainable industry for Australian growers

> ABARES's latest crop report put Australia's wheat harvest at about 36.3 Mt, around 5.5% above earlier forecasts. Growers in parts of Victoria and New South Wales reported quality downgrades from wet weather, and flooding in Queensland could affect sorghum.

- Date: 2022-03-01 · published 2022-03-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42228-record-wheat-harvest-in-australia-welcome-news-building-a-more-profitable-and
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

A larger-than-expected Australian wheat crop adds export availability while Black Sea supply is constrained, which is bearish for wheat. Flood risk to sorghum could partly offset that for sorghum buyers.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-12-08 | [Australia Set for Record Grain Harvest Despite Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38220-australia-set-for-record-grain-harvest-despite-weather.md) | +9.5% | +8.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-10-20 | [Australia’s wheat harvest forecast raised to near-record level](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22354-australia-s-wheat-harvest-forecast-raised-to-near-record-level.md) | +0.7% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-06 | [Australia set for record wheat crop as harvest wraps up - traders \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37740-australia-set-for-record-wheat-crop-as-harvest-wraps-up-traders-the-western.md) | -2.7% | -3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-24 | [Australia Wheat Industry Sees Record Production Boom](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26461-australia-wheat-industry-sees-record-production-boom.md) | +3.9% | +4.7% |
| WHEAT | 2024-08-02 | [Precipitation improved the prospects for the wheat harvest in Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28738-precipitation-improved-the-prospects-for-the-wheat-harvest-in-australia.md) | +4.8% | -2.5% |

## Sources

- graingrowers.com.au: https://www.graingrowers.com.au/news/record-wheat-harvest-in-australia-welcome-news

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