# More rain required to lock in winter-crop potential - Grain Central

> Australian growers got mixed September rain, with NSW and Victoria making grain while Queensland and Western Australia lost ground. The Bureau of Meteorology expects a wetter-than-average spring in the east but WA remains dry, and La Niña has about a 70% chance of developing.

- Date: 2020-09-29 · published 2020-09-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51041-more-rain-required-to-lock-in-winter-crop-potential-grain-central
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Dry Western Australia crops and uneven eastern rainfall put Australian wheat and barley output at risk, which could firm global wheat prices if dryness persists.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-22 | [SA winter crop forecast at 8.8Mt: PIRSA - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34525-sa-winter-crop-forecast-at-8-8mt-pirsa-grain-central.md) | -4.2% | -1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2018-05-09 | [Winter crop weather prospects hard to call + VIDEO - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64963-winter-crop-weather-prospects-hard-to-call-video-grain-central.md) | -1.1% | +2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2023-12-05 | [Wet delays European winter-crop planting - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32655-wet-delays-european-winter-crop-planting-grain-central.md) | -3.3% | +2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-10-21 | [Tough times take toll on Australian winter crop: Rabobank - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56532-tough-times-take-toll-on-australian-winter-crop-rabobank-grain-central.md) | -2.2% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2018-12-04 | [Winter crop production down after poor start to spring: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61530-winter-crop-production-down-after-poor-start-to-spring-abares-grain-central.md) | -0.3% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/more-rain-required-to-lock-in-winter-crop-potential/

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