# Weather delivers ideal crop conditions | Farm Weekly | WA

> The Grain Industry Association of Western Australia forecasts a state crop of more than 15.5Mt, including 9.9Mt of wheat, on near-perfect growing conditions. Australian Crop Forecasters cut its national wheat forecast to 19.6Mt because of drought in Queensland and New South Wales.

- Date: 2018-08-16 · published 2018-08-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63505-weather-delivers-ideal-crop-conditions-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 crop adds Australian supply that could cap wheat and barley prices later in the year. Frost or heat stress could still reduce yields.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-29 | [Wheat prices are under pressure from improved weather conditions for the new crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25156-wheat-prices-are-under-pressure-from-improved-weather-conditions-for-the-new.md) | +2.1% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-31 | [Weather may delay Brazil’s second corn crop harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13426-weather-may-delay-brazil-s-second-corn-crop-harvest.md) | -1.7% | +3.8% |
| WHEAT | 2021-06-18 | [French Cereal Crop Conditions Stay Favourable In Hot Spell \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46523-french-cereal-crop-conditions-stay-favourable-in-hot-spell-esm-magazine.md) | -7.5% | -11.2% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-29 | [Favorable conditions for winter crops, increasing pressure on the prices of new crop wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48163-favorable-conditions-for-winter-crops-increasing-pressure-on-the-prices-of-new.md) | -0.5% | +4.2% |
| WHEAT | 2024-08-01 | [SA Weather Service predicts wetter-than-usual conditions over summer rainfall region from October](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28677-sa-weather-service-predicts-wetter-than-usual-conditions-over-summer-rainfall.md) | +5.0% | -2.7% |

## Sources

- farmweekly.com.au: https://www.farmweekly.com.au/story/5658384/weather-delivers-ideal-crop-conditions/

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