# Southern winter crop off to a promising start - Grain Central

> Rain across Victoria and south-eastern South Australia has helped emerging winter crops, and most farmers have finished sowing. Horsham received 106 millimetres of rain in May. Local agronomists describe ideal growing conditions with no major concerns so far.

- Date: 2019-05-29 · published 2019-05-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59062-southern-winter-crop-off-to-a-promising-start-grain-central
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Good early conditions in southern Australia point to a healthier winter crop, which eases supply concerns and may pressure wheat and barley prices lower.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-11-12 | [WA winter crop surges back to 15.653Mt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61994-wa-winter-crop-surges-back-to-15-653mt-grain-central.md) | -0.2% | +0.8% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-25 | [El Niño–Southern Oscillation likely to remain neutral through winter - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65447-el-nino-southern-oscillation-likely-to-remain-neutral-through-winter-grain.md) | +3.5% | +2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-13 | [Aussie winter crop setting up for another big harvest - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45983-aussie-winter-crop-setting-up-for-another-big-harvest-grain-central.md) | +1.3% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-16 | [Weather, politics remain unpredictable as winter sowing nears - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65451-weather-politics-remain-unpredictable-as-winter-sowing-nears-grain-central.md) | +3.1% | +2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2022-05-09 | [Most growers near halfway on winter planting - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41372-most-growers-near-halfway-on-winter-planting-grain-central.md) | +0.2% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/southern-winter-crop-off-to-a-promising-start/

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