# Big season in west can’t drag national production up | Farm Online | ACT

> ABARES slashed its estimate of total winter grain production by 12% to 33.2 million tonnes, with wheat at 19.1 million tonnes. Private forecasters are broadly in line, and attention is shifting to Victoria and South Australia where dry conditions are emerging.

- Date: 2018-09-11 · published 2018-09-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62983-big-season-in-west-can-t-drag-national-production-up-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Uncertainty over southern Australian crops keeps upward pressure on feed grain prices as buyers seek supply.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-13 | [NSW big wet to be an X-factor in national crop yields \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40445-nsw-big-wet-to-be-an-x-factor-in-national-crop-yields-farm-online-act.md) | +8.2% | +8.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-21 | [Crop prospects diminish in key production zones \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70451-crop-prospects-diminish-in-key-production-zones-farm-online-act.md) | -1.0% | -1.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-08-09 | [Big variations in seasonal conditions for Australia's different cropping regions \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69420-big-variations-in-seasonal-conditions-for-australia-s-different-cropping.md) | +0.3% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2018-11-06 | [Further tonnage shaved off production estimates \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61990-further-tonnage-shaved-off-production-estimates-farm-online-act.md) | +0.1% | +1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-30 | [International grain markets catch fire \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8255-international-grain-markets-catch-fire-farm-online-act.md) | +9.6% | +16.2% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/5640792/big-season-in-west-cant-drag-national-production-up/

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