# ABARES reports the winter crop is the lowest in over a decade  | Farm Online | ACT

> ABARES confirmed Australia's 2018-19 winter crop was 30.4 million tonnes, the lowest since 2007-08, with Western Australia's record-level contribution offsetting eastern losses. Summer crop plantings fell 23 per cent, and sorghum output was cut to 1.3 million tonnes.

- Date: 2019-02-20 · published 2019-02-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60578-abares-reports-the-winter-crop-is-the-lowest-in-over-a-decade-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Low east-coast stocks and reduced sorghum availability keep feed grain tight in eastern Australia, supporting feed prices and raising reliance on western imports.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-10 | [Winter crop down but still above last year \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57043-winter-crop-down-but-still-above-last-year-farm-online-act.md) | +2.6% | +1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2020-02-18 | [ABARES announces further cuts to wheat crop \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54571-abares-announces-further-cuts-to-wheat-crop-farm-online-act.md) | -0.9% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-11 | [ABARES cuts winter-crop estimate by 12pc in latest crop report - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62981-abares-cuts-winter-crop-estimate-by-12pc-in-latest-crop-report-grain-central.md) | -7.4% | -7.0% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-13 | [No surprises in USDA report \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63483-no-surprises-in-usda-report-farm-online-act.md) | -1.8% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-14 | [ABARE crop report signals a 33 per cent fall in winter crop production  \| The Rural \| Wagga Wagga, NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70450-abare-crop-report-signals-a-33-per-cent-fall-in-winter-crop-production-the.md) | +0.6% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/5914649/lowest-national-crop-in-over-a-decade/

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