# Winter crop slips below 30Mt: ABARES - Grain Central

> ABARES' December crop report puts Australia's winter crop at 29.4 Mt, down 13% from September's forecast. National wheat is seen at about 15.9 Mt and barley at 8.7 Mt, with canola at 2.1 Mt.

- Date: 2019-12-03 · published 2019-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55530-winter-crop-slips-below-30mt-abares-grain-central
- 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

The downgrade reinforces tighter Australian wheat and barley supply, which supports export prices and firms feed grain values in Asian markets.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-12 | [Winter crop down, summer plantings up: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67429-winter-crop-down-summer-plantings-up-abares-grain-central.md) | +1.4% | +2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-05 | [Winter crop set to fall to 35.1 million tonnes: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67431-winter-crop-set-to-fall-to-35-1-million-tonnes-abares-grain-central.md) | -4.7% | -2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-06-02 | [ABARES releases initial forecasts for winter crops - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24166-abares-releases-initial-forecasts-for-winter-crops-grain-central.md) | +2.9% | +1.7% |
| 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 | 2018-06-12 | [Dry puts the squeeze on national winter crop prospects: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64492-dry-puts-the-squeeze-on-national-winter-crop-prospects-abares-grain-central.md) | -0.9% | -6.9% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/news/winter-crop-slips-below-30mt-abares/

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