# Australian wheat production seen jumping 91% on plentiful rains

> ABARES's September crop report put Australian wheat production at 28.9 million tons for 2020-21, up 91% year on year after widespread rains. Barley output was lifted about 6% to 11.2 million tons, and winter crop supply is forecast to rise 64%.

- Date: 2020-09-07 · published 2020-09-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51083-australian-wheat-production-seen-jumping-91-on-plentiful-rains
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A near doubling of Australian wheat and barley supply adds significant competing export tonnage, pressuring world feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2024-12-03 | [Australia raises wheat production forecast by 60,000 tons](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26917-australia-raises-wheat-production-forecast-by-60-000-tons.md) | +1.1% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-03 | [Australia raises wheat production forecast by 2.7 mln tons](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28282-australia-raises-wheat-production-forecast-by-2-7-mln-tons.md) | +1.6% | +11.6% |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-28 | [Strong production seen for Argentina corn, wheat \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/125-strong-production-seen-for-argentina-corn-wheat-world-grain.md) | +0.2% | — |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-07 | [High wheat production ensures Australia’s grain security in COVID era - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51552-high-wheat-production-ensures-australia-s-grain-security-in-covid-era-grain.md) | -1.3% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- ajot.com: https://www.ajot.com/news/australian-wheat-production-seen-jumping-91-on-plentiful-rains

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