# Harvest starts on potential 54.8m tonne winter crop for Australia - ABC News

> The Australian wheat harvest began in Central Queensland, marking the start of the winter crop harvest. ABARES forecasts a winter crop of about 54.8 million tonnes on a record planted area of 23.2 million hectares.

- Date: 2021-09-10 · published 2021-09-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45031-harvest-starts-on-potential-54-8m-tonne-winter-crop-for-australia-abc-news
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Harvest start confirms the large crop forecast already expected, so it adds little new supply information for feed buyers. Prices are mostly influenced by the size of the crop and export demand.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-10-22 | [Australian winter crop forecast – slight uptick, but weather woes temper size of harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27825-australian-winter-crop-forecast-slight-uptick-but-weather-woes-temper-size-of.md) | +0.1% | -1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-12-08 | [Winter crop of 46.1m tonnes strong for an El Nino season \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32666-winter-crop-of-46-1m-tonnes-strong-for-an-el-nino-season-farm-online-act.md) | -4.0% | +1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2018-02-15 | [Strong finish drives WA winter harvest to 14.27 million tonnes - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66470-strong-finish-drives-wa-winter-harvest-to-14-27-million-tonnes-grain-central.md) | -0.7% | +2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2026-09-02 | [National winter crop production forecast to fall, still the fourth-largest on record. - ABC listen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17452-national-winter-crop-production-forecast-to-fall-still-the-fourth-largest-on.md) | +0.7% | +2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-04 | [Australia wraps up winter wheat/canola harvest - MarketsFarm](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31173-australia-wraps-up-winter-wheat-canola-harvest-marketsfarm.md) | +7.2% | -0.4% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-11/australian-2021-winter-crop-harvest-underway-with-wheat-from-qld/100449708

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