# Senior bulk handling executives talk up big cropping year | Farm Online | ACT

> Executives from CBH, Viterra and GrainCorp forecast a national wheat crop of 25-28 million tonnes and barley of about 4 million tonnes in WA alone, both sharply up on last year's drought-hit crop. They expect quality outcomes to depend on the final weeks of the season.

- Date: 2020-08-04 · published 2020-08-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51553-senior-bulk-handling-executives-talk-up-big-cropping-year-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Expected large Australian wheat and barley supplies increase export availability, pressuring Asian feed and milling wheat prices and barley values.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-08-22 | [USDA forecasts Australia's wheat crop to be up year on year \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28737-usda-forecasts-australia-s-wheat-crop-to-be-up-year-on-year-farm-online-act.md) | -0.8% | +2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2021-06-09 | [ABARES flags big year for grain growers  \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46545-abares-flags-big-year-for-grain-growers-farm-online-act.md) | +5.6% | -5.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-02-16 | [Record harvest may be even bigger than first thought \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42663-record-harvest-may-be-even-bigger-than-first-thought-farm-online-act.md) | +3.3% | +13.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-07 | [Australian winter crop set for 55m tonne boost says ABARES \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28281-australian-winter-crop-set-for-55m-tonne-boost-says-abares-farm-online-act.md) | +1.5% | +11.0% |
| WHEAT | 2024-12-04 | [Bumper grain harvest in Queensland and NSW boosts winter crop \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26918-bumper-grain-harvest-in-queensland-and-nsw-boosts-winter-crop-farm-online-act.md) | +1.1% | +2.5% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/6862795/senior-bulk-handling-executives-talk-up-big-year/

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