# Dry puts the squeeze on national winter crop prospects: ABARES - Grain Central

> ABARES' June crop report forecasts Australia's winter crop plantings down 4% to 21.1 million hectares, mainly in NSW, Queensland and Western Australia. Total winter crop output is seen slightly lower at 37.7 million tonnes, with wheat up 3% to 21.9 Mt and barley up 3% to 9.2 Mt, while canola falls 16% to 3.1 Mt.

- Date: 2018-06-12 · published 2018-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64492-dry-puts-the-squeeze-on-national-winter-crop-prospects-abares-grain-central
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

A canola output drop and dry-driven area shifts support feed grain prices and reduce canola meal availability. Stronger barley and wheat area partly offsets the tightness.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-10 | [National crop outlook varies as eastern dry grinds on: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57041-national-crop-outlook-varies-as-eastern-dry-grinds-on-abares-grain-central.md) | +2.6% | +1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-12 | [Winter crop down, summer plantings up: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67429-winter-crop-down-summer-plantings-up-abares-grain-central.md) | +1.4% | +2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-03 | [Winter crop slips below 30Mt: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55530-winter-crop-slips-below-30mt-abares-grain-central.md) | -4.1% | -1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-05 | [Winter crop set to fall to 35.1 million tonnes: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67431-winter-crop-set-to-fall-to-35-1-million-tonnes-abares-grain-central.md) | -4.7% | -2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2018-06-19 | [Wheat/barley price prospects on the rise; oilseeds to fall: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64497-wheat-barley-price-prospects-on-the-rise-oilseeds-to-fall-abares-grain-central.md) | -0.7% | -3.1% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/news/dry-puts-the-squeeze-on-national-winter-crop-prospects-abares/

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