# Wheat record smashed, second largest crop overall | The Land | NSW

> The Land reports that Australia's 2020-21 winter crop reached 55.2 million tonnes, the second largest on record, with wheat at 33.3 million tonnes beating the 2016-17 record of 31.8 million. New South Wales yields drove the result, with NSW wheat output up to 13.1 million tonnes.

- Date: 2021-02-17 · published 2021-02-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48600-wheat-record-smashed-second-largest-crop-overall-the-land-nsw
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A record Australian wheat crop expands export supply and weighs on international wheat values. Strong NSW and WA production also supports sufficient domestic grain for feed users in the region.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-09-25 | [Australia on track for third-largest wheat harvest, record barley crop \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22825-australia-on-track-for-third-largest-wheat-harvest-record-barley-crop.md) | -0.8% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-17 | [Wheat prices soften ahead of harvest \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6382-wheat-prices-soften-ahead-of-harvest-the-land-nsw.md) | -3.8% | +3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2021-12-07 | [Record crop in spite of downgrades \| The Rural \| Wagga Wagga, NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43536-record-crop-in-spite-of-downgrades-the-rural-wagga-wagga-nsw.md) | -6.1% | -2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-02-15 | [Crop production records obliterated \| The Rural \| Wagga Wagga, NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72464-crop-production-records-obliterated-the-rural-wagga-wagga-nsw.md) | -0.9% | -1.1% |
| WHEAT | 2018-06-18 | [Wheat support slips after USDA report \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12351-wheat-support-slips-after-usda-report-the-land-nsw.md) | -0.3% | -3.8% |

## Sources

- theland.com.au: https://www.theland.com.au/story/7132124/wheat-record-smashed-second-largest-crop-overall/

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