# Central Queensland winter crop defies eastern drought - Grain Central

> Winter crop harvest in Central Queensland is nearly complete, with yields above average despite the broader eastern seaboard drought. Growers planted more wheat and barley this year than last, and a large volume of hay is being cut and baled.

- Date: 2019-10-30 · published 2019-10-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56536-central-queensland-winter-crop-defies-eastern-drought-grain-central
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

The regional yield beat is a small offset to the national shortfall, so it has limited effect on export supply and prices for wheat and barley.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-05-19 | [Australian winter crop around 70pc planted - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47054-australian-winter-crop-around-70pc-planted-grain-central.md) | -2.8% | +2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-01-15 | [The winter crop that was: West trumps East in 2018 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61049-the-winter-crop-that-was-west-trumps-east-in-2018-grain-central.md) | +3.3% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2020-12-22 | [Condition of European and US winter crops poles apart - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49592-condition-of-european-and-us-winter-crops-poles-apart-grain-central.md) | +0.2% | +7.6% |
| WHEAT | 2026-03-10 | [European, Maghreb winter crops humming along - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20110-european-maghreb-winter-crops-humming-along-grain-central.md) | -1.3% | -1.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-14 | [Northern hemisphere winter crop emerges from dormancy in good shape - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71949-northern-hemisphere-winter-crop-emerges-from-dormancy-in-good-shape-grain.md) | -1.6% | +0.9% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/news/central-queensland-winter-crop-defies-eastern-drought/

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