# Variable harvest across Australia | Queensland Country Life | QLD

> Decade-low wheat and barley crops in Queensland and New South Wales are leaving northern feed grain buyers dependent on interstate supplies. Victoria surprised with high barley yields, while South Australia's yields remain about 25 percent below average.

- Date: 2019-11-22 · published 2019-11-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56014-variable-harvest-across-australia-queensland-country-life-qld
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Northern feed users will bid for southern grain, supporting barley and wheat basis and freight demand, while Victoria's stronger yields add some offsetting supply.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-16 | [Grain prices rally after disappointing harvest \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55032-grain-prices-rally-after-disappointing-harvest-queensland-country-life-qld.md) | -0.2% | -5.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-24 | [Grain prices surge as crop sink \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62991-grain-prices-surge-as-crop-sink-queensland-country-life-qld.md) | -0.1% | +7.8% |
| WHEAT | 2019-10-21 | [Smallest national wheat crop in a decade  \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56538-smallest-national-wheat-crop-in-a-decade-queensland-country-life-qld.md) | -2.2% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2018-06-18 | [Crop forecasts tumble with prolonged dry

 \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64498-crop-forecasts-tumble-with-prolonged-dry-queensland-country-life-qld.md) | -0.3% | -3.8% |
| WHEAT | 2017-09-18 | [ABARES cuts production forecasts

 \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68921-abares-cuts-production-forecasts-queensland-country-life-qld.md) | -0.2% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- queenslandcountrylife.com.au: https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/6506711/variable-harvest-across-australia/

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