# After years of drought, good rainfall will boost Australia's grain production by 50 per cent this year - ABC News

> Good autumn and early winter rainfall is expected to lift Australian grain production by about 50% this season. ABARES puts winter crop output at 44.5Mt, 5% above its 10-year average, with winter crop plantings up more than 20%.

- Date: 2020-06-09 · published 2020-06-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52586-after-years-of-drought-good-rainfall-will-boost-australia-s-grain-production-by
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A strong Australian winter crop adds exportable supply of wheat and barley, which typically weighs on international feed grain prices as the harvest approaches.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-09-12 | [South Australia's grain harvest boosted by August rainfall and 'perfect start' to spring - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39540-south-australia-s-grain-harvest-boosted-by-august-rainfall-and-perfect-start-to.md) | -0.5% | +4.9% |
| WHEAT | 2025-07-29 | [Australia's grain production boosted by recent rains \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23719-australia-s-grain-production-boosted-by-recent-rains-queensland-country-life-qld.md) | -0.7% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-04 | [NSW crop production set to triple in size after sharp turnaround in rainfall - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51555-nsw-crop-production-set-to-triple-in-size-after-sharp-turnaround-in-rainfall.md) | -2.1% | -0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2025-07-31 | [Australia's crop outlook improves after soaking rainfall \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23717-australia-s-crop-outlook-improves-after-soaking-rainfall-the-land-nsw.md) | -0.5% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-13 | [Big grain production year on the cards \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46014-big-grain-production-year-on-the-cards-farm-online-act.md) | +1.3% | -0.4% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-06-10/australian-grain-crops-primed-for-bounce-back/12336290

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