# Dry start sees farmers flock to cereals according to ABARES report | Farm Online | ACT

> ABARES expects Australian farmers to shift toward cereals such as barley and wheat, with barley plantings up about 10% year on year because of higher prices and dry-start risk management. Total crop production is forecast at 37.7 Mt, with wheat at 21.9 Mt, and canola and chickpeas are being dropped.

- Date: 2018-06-14 · published 2018-06-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64494-dry-start-sees-farmers-flock-to-cereals-according-to-abares-report-farm-online
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Switching from oilseeds to cereals raises feed barley supply relative to canola meal, supporting barley prices while limiting canola meal availability for feed mills.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bearish ▼
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/5467832/dry-start-sees-farmers-flock-to-cereals/

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