# Tough year means change of grain fortunes | Farm Weekly | WA

> Western Australian grain production for 2019/20 is estimated at about 11.2 million tonnes, versus 17.5 million last year, after drought, spring dryness and frost. Wheat is forecast at 5.58 million tonnes, nearly half last year's volume, and barley at 3.98 million tonnes.

- Date: 2020-01-06 · published 2020-01-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55027-tough-year-means-change-of-grain-fortunes-farm-weekly-wa
- 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 sharply smaller WA crop removes a major export source for wheat and barley, supporting prices and pushing buyers toward other origins.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-20 | [What to look out for in northern market \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47560-what-to-look-out-for-in-northern-market-farm-weekly-wa.md) | +4.8% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-19 | [Grain trade turns nervous on weather market - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71556-grain-trade-turns-nervous-on-weather-market-farmers-weekly.md) | +1.2% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-30 | [Grain prices surge as supply comes under pressure - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45128-grain-prices-surge-as-supply-comes-under-pressure-farmers-weekly.md) | +5.6% | +8.7% |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-29 | [U.S. grains: Spring wheat sets three-year top on weather woes \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70516-u-s-grains-spring-wheat-sets-three-year-top-on-weather-woes-farmtario.md) | +2.3% | -2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-13 | [Drilling delays push up grain prices - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55998-drilling-delays-push-up-grain-prices-farmers-weekly.md) | +3.2% | +0.0% |

## Sources

- farmweekly.com.au: https://www.farmweekly.com.au/story/6565843/tough-year-means-change-of-grain-fortunes/

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