# Record grain harvest potential for Western Australian farmers as prices spike on east coast drought - ABC News

> Western Australian growers are expecting a potentially record harvest on nine-year-high grain prices, with the northern wheatbelt showing strong crop potential. Yield outcomes depend on mild spring weather and avoiding frost or heat during flowering and grain fill.

- Date: 2018-08-22 · published 2018-08-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63501-record-grain-harvest-potential-for-western-australian-farmers-as-prices-spike
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Drought in eastern Australia has pushed prices up, and a strong WA crop would add supply later in the season. Weather in the coming weeks will largely decide whether that supply materialises.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-10-10 | [Eastern drought pushes Australian winter crop forecast lower - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62503-eastern-drought-pushes-australian-winter-crop-forecast-lower-grain-central.md) | +8.2% | +4.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-21 | [Drought Forces Lowest Australian Grain Harvest in More than Ten Years - The Lucas Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56013-drought-forces-lowest-australian-grain-harvest-in-more-than-ten-years-the-lucas.md) | +0.7% | -0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-28 | [How big will Western Australia's wheat crop be? - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40444-how-big-will-western-australia-s-wheat-crop-be-grain-price-news.md) | +4.6% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2018-11-05 | [El Nino developing as Western Canada recovers from drought - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61973-el-nino-developing-as-western-canada-recovers-from-drought-grainews.md) | -4.2% | -3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-28 | [Dryness-tested Western Australia wheat crop in 'precarious position' - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40441-dryness-tested-western-australia-wheat-crop-in-precarious-position-grain-price.md) | +4.6% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-08-23/record-grain-harvest-potential-for-wa-farmers/10152200

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