# SA’s harvest estimate for 2019-20 tops at 6.5Mt - Grain Central

> South Australia's 2019-20 grain harvest was estimated at 6.5 million tonnes, above earlier projections but 19 per cent below the 10-year average. Drought, frost and bushfires affected the season.

- Date: 2020-05-08 · published 2020-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53073-sa-s-harvest-estimate-for-2019-20-tops-at-6-5mt-grain-central
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A harvest below average limits South Australian grain available for export, a modest supportive factor for Australian grain prices in the current marketing year.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-07-30 | [PIRSA cuts SA production estimate to 7.59Mt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23724-pirsa-cuts-sa-production-estimate-to-7-59mt-grain-central.md) | -0.7% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-23 | [Global wheat harvest to fall for first time in six years: IGC - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63504-global-wheat-harvest-to-fall-for-first-time-in-six-years-igc-grain-central.md) | +1.6% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-02-18 | [Australia says 2019/20 wheat harvest drops to lowest in 12 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54573-australia-says-2019-20-wheat-harvest-drops-to-lowest-in-12-years.md) | -0.9% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-11 | [ABARES cuts winter-crop estimate by 12pc in latest crop report - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62981-abares-cuts-winter-crop-estimate-by-12pc-in-latest-crop-report-grain-central.md) | -7.4% | -7.0% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-26 | [Coceral cuts EU grain harvest 2020 again market report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51572-coceral-cuts-eu-grain-harvest-2020-again-market-report.md) | -1.7% | +7.4% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/news/sas-harvest-estimate-for-2019-20-tops-at-6-5mt/

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