# Crop production hit by tough season: ABARES - Grain Central

> ABARES expects Queensland and northern NSW summer crop production to fall about 66% to 878,000 tonnes, after dry conditions in December depleted soil moisture. Grain sorghum area is down 71% and cotton area is forecast to fall 82% because of low irrigation water supplies. Rain arrived too late in the season to allow more planting.

- Date: 2020-02-17 · published 2020-02-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54569-crop-production-hit-by-tough-season-abares-grain-central
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

A sharp drop in sorghum supply removes a feed grain from the market and supports sorghum prices. Lower cotton output reduces the cottonseed meal supply.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/news/crop-production-hit-by-tough-season-abares/

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