# Winter Crop Outlook Australia: Strong Rebound

> Australian growers are sowing the 2020 winter crop in a wide-open seeding window after good autumn rains. New South Wales has received more than 150 per cent of average rainfall over three months, and a wheat crop near 9 million tonnes is considered possible.

- Date: 2020-05-05 · published 2020-05-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53071-winter-crop-outlook-australia-strong-rebound
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

A strong Australian crop rebound from drought years adds exportable wheat, barley and canola supply later in 2020, which is bearish for global wheat and feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼
- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-31 | [Australia’s winter crop outlook takes more positive turn – News Hub](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18305-australia-s-winter-crop-outlook-takes-more-positive-turn-news-hub.md) | -1.7% | +3.8% |
| WHEAT | 2020-05-05 | [Looking around the grounds at Australia's winter crop prospects \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53072-looking-around-the-grounds-at-australia-s-winter-crop-prospects-nsw.md) | -1.7% | -1.0% |
| 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 | 2024-05-31 | [Rain in Australia's parched crop zones boosts harvest outlook - Times of India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30197-rain-in-australia-s-parched-crop-zones-boosts-harvest-outlook-times-of-india.md) | -5.3% | -10.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-29 | [Southern winter crop off to a promising start - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59062-southern-winter-crop-off-to-a-promising-start-grain-central.md) | +9.6% | +15.3% |

## Sources

- grainbrokers.com.au: https://www.grainbrokers.com.au/australias-winter-crop-prospects-around-the-grounds/

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