# Second biggest harvest wraps up in WA | Farm Weekly | WA

> Western Australia posted its second-largest harvest on record, near 18 million tonnes, with about 16.37 Mt received by CBH so far. Industry association estimates the crop is worth nearly A$7 billion at current prices.

- Date: 2019-01-23 · published 2019-01-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61050-second-biggest-harvest-wraps-up-in-wa-farm-weekly-wa
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A large WA harvest adds exportable supply, which is mildly bearish for Australian grain export prices, though it does not offset eastern shortfalls.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-08-23 | [Harvest 24: Poor prices add to mixed yield woes - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28829-harvest-24-poor-prices-add-to-mixed-yield-woes-farmers-weekly.md) | -0.2% | +2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-24 | [SA harvest intake second-largest on record for Viterra - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37737-sa-harvest-intake-second-largest-on-record-for-viterra-grain-central.md) | +4.1% | +3.2% |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-06 | [Australia set for record wheat crop as harvest wraps up - traders \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37740-australia-set-for-record-wheat-crop-as-harvest-wraps-up-traders-the-western.md) | -2.7% | -3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2022-02-16 | [Record harvest may be even bigger than first thought \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42663-record-harvest-may-be-even-bigger-than-first-thought-farm-online-act.md) | +3.3% | +13.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-10 | [Australian winter crops forecast to increase by 9% in 2024/25 \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29199-australian-winter-crops-forecast-to-increase-by-9-in-2024-25-farm-weekly-wa.md) | -4.1% | -2.7% |

## Sources

- farmweekly.com.au: https://www.farmweekly.com.au/story/5866237/wa-reaps-its-most-valuable-grain-crop/

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