# WA barley plant up by 10pc, says ABARES | Farm Weekly | WA

> ABARES forecasts Western Australia's winter crop at 14.4 million tonnes, with barley plantings up about 10% to 1.6 million hectares and production near 3.7 Mt. Canola area is forecast to fall 18% to 1 million hectares as dry soils pushed growers toward barley.

- Date: 2019-06-18 · published 2019-06-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58545-wa-barley-plant-up-by-10pc-says-abares-farm-weekly-wa
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher WA barley output adds feed grain supply in Australia's export region, while lower canola plantings reduce canola meal availability.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bearish ▼
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- farmweekly.com.au: https://www.farmweekly.com.au/story/6224998/wa-barley-plant-up-by-10pc-says-abares/

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