# Australian winter crop production set to soar | Queensland Country Life | QLD

> ABARES's June report forecasts Australian winter crop output at 44.5Mt in 2020-21, up from the drought-reduced 29.1Mt in 2019-20. Wheat is forecast at 26.7Mt, barley at 10.6Mt and canola at 3.2Mt, with New South Wales accounting for much of the increase.

- Date: 2020-06-22 · published 2020-06-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52593-australian-winter-crop-production-set-to-soar-queensland-country-life-qld
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A recovery to the largest winter crop since 2016-17 increases Australian exportable grain supply, which adds downward pressure on wheat and barley prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2020-09-14 | [ABARES forecasts massive Australian winter crop \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51090-abares-forecasts-massive-australian-winter-crop-queensland-country-life-qld.md) | +1.4% | +8.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-09-01 | [Australia’s winter crop production revised up \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17449-australia-s-winter-crop-production-revised-up-world-grain.md) | +1.0% | +2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-29 | [Record year for Australian winter crop production: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44017-record-year-for-australian-winter-crop-production-abares-grain-central.md) | -1.1% | -3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2026-03-02 | [Australia’s winter crop production revised higher \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20123-australia-s-winter-crop-production-revised-higher-world-grain.md) | +1.6% | +0.1% |

## Sources

- queenslandcountrylife.com.au: https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/6798745/grain-production-set-to-soar/

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