# ABARES crop report forecasts another poor harvest for Australia's grain growers - ABC News

> ABARES expects Australia's winter crop to reach 33.9 million tonnes, 16% below the 10-year average, with Queensland about 60% and New South Wales over 50% below average. The forecast follows last year's drought-hit harvest, which led Australia to approve imports of foreign wheat for the first time in over a decade.

- Date: 2019-09-10 · published 2019-09-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57042-abares-crop-report-forecasts-another-poor-harvest-for-australia-s-grain-growers
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Another poor harvest keeps Australian export supply tight and sustains demand for imported feed grains and wheat in the eastern states.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-06-06 | [ABARES forecasts a weaker autumn crop harvest in Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24175-abares-forecasts-a-weaker-autumn-crop-harvest-in-australia.md) | -1.7% | -3.7% |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-29 | [Australia’s grain crops forecast upbeat \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25088-australia-s-grain-crops-forecast-upbeat-world-grain.md) | +2.1% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2017-09-13 | [National grain harvest 40 per cent down on last year, according to ABARES quarterly Crop Report - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68912-national-grain-harvest-40-per-cent-down-on-last-year-according-to-abares.md) | +0.7% | +4.1% |
| 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 | 2017-04-24 | [Australian 2017 wheat crop forecast to reach 24 million tonnes: USDA report - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71469-australian-2017-wheat-crop-forecast-to-reach-24-million-tonnes-usda-report.md) | +2.4% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-10/abares-crop-another-poor-harvest-for-australias-grain-growers/11495882

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