# Feedgrain Focus: Barley shapes up in fuzzy new-crop picture - Grain Central

> Dry, windy and warm weather without rain has damaged yield potential for barley and wheat in several lower-rainfall Australian districts. Barley is discounted to wheat in new-crop positions, helping it price into early 2020 feed rations.

- Date: 2019-08-22 · published 2019-08-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57539-feedgrain-focus-barley-shapes-up-in-fuzzy-new-crop-picture-grain-central
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Yield losses in key Australian feed grain areas could tighten barley supply and support prices if rain does not arrive.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-12-06 | [Feedgrain Focus: Interstate wheat shapes up on value - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61624-feedgrain-focus-interstate-wheat-shapes-up-on-value-grain-central.md) | -0.1% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-05-24 | [Feedgrain focus: Dry in NSW drains stored reserves - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65132-feedgrain-focus-dry-in-nsw-drains-stored-reserves-grain-central.md) | -0.8% | -2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-11-17 | [Feedgrain Focus: Rain reignites southern inverse - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38798-feedgrain-focus-rain-reignites-southern-inverse-grain-central.md) | +1.0% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-30 | [Feedgrain focus: Buyers book tonnes ahead of forward crop fears - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59205-feedgrain-focus-buyers-book-tonnes-ahead-of-forward-crop-fears-grain-central.md) | +9.6% | +16.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-09 | [Feedgrain Focus: Prices firm as thin crops turn to hay - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57196-feedgrain-focus-prices-firm-as-thin-crops-turn-to-hay-beef-central.md) | -0.8% | +4.6% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/feedgrain-focus-barley-shapes-up-in-fuzzy-new-crop-picture/

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