# Bumper crop despite heavy rain

> ABARES forecasts Australia's 2021-22 winter crop will rise 5% to a record 58.4 million tonnes. Heavy November rain in eastern states and South Australia is expected to downgrade crop quality in some areas and delay harvest in parts of NSW and Queensland.

- Date: 2021-12-02 · published 2021-12-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43530-bumper-crop-despite-heavy-rain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Quality downgrades shift more wheat and barley toward feed grades, which can add feed supply and pressure feed-grain prices even as total volume is record large.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-01-27 | [Australia to harvest bumper wheat crop \| 2021-01-27  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49105-australia-to-harvest-bumper-wheat-crop-2021-01-27-world-grain.md) | -10.0% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-04 | [Bumper winter crop on tap for Australia \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25543-bumper-winter-crop-on-tap-for-australia-world-grain.md) | +0.1% | +2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2022-12-06 | [Australia forecasts record wheat crop despite floods](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38219-australia-forecasts-record-wheat-crop-despite-floods.md) | +9.9% | +9.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-05-31 | [Another bumper winter crop: Rabobank – The Queenslander](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41374-another-bumper-winter-crop-rabobank-the-queenslander.md) | -1.4% | -1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2019-08-29 | [Germany expects larger wheat crop despite heatwave \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57529-germany-expects-larger-wheat-crop-despite-heatwave-the-western-producer.md) | -3.2% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- countrynews.com.au: https://www.countrynews.com.au/cropping/2021/12/06/5760584/bumper-crop-despite-heavy-rain/

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