# ABARES forecasts massive Australian winter crop | Queensland Country Life | QLD

> ABARES's September report forecasts Australia's winter crop at 47.9 million tonnes, second only to 2016-17. Wheat is pegged at 28.9 million tonnes and barley at 11.2 million tonnes, while Queensland wheat was cut after poor winter rain.

- Date: 2020-09-14 · published 2020-09-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51090-abares-forecasts-massive-australian-winter-crop-queensland-country-life-qld
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A second-largest winter crop on record boosts export supply of wheat and barley, bearish for feed grain values, partly offset by the Queensland shortfall.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-06-22 | [Australian winter crop production set to soar \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52593-australian-winter-crop-production-set-to-soar-queensland-country-life-qld.md) | +2.0% | -3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-18 | [Australian wheat production forecast to top 30 million tonnes \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40887-australian-wheat-production-forecast-to-top-30-million-tonnes-queensland.md) | -2.9% | -14.0% |
| WHEAT | 2019-06-17 | [Mixed prospects for Australian winter crop: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58543-mixed-prospects-for-australian-winter-crop-abares-grain-central.md) | -6.1% | -8.7% |
| WHEAT | 2016-12-08 | [ABARES confirms record large harvest \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73464-abares-confirms-record-large-harvest-queensland-country-life-qld.md) | +0.9% | +0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-07 | [ABARES forecasts record winter crop production - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45029-abares-forecasts-record-winter-crop-production-beef-central.md) | +1.8% | +5.2% |

## Sources

- queenslandcountrylife.com.au: https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/6924120/abares-forecasts-massive-australian-winter-crop/

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