# Winter crop harvest survives tough season, but summer yields at risk  | Farm Online | ACT

> ABARES says the 2017-18 winter crop harvest held up better than feared in Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia, while Queensland and NSW output came in below downgraded forecasts. Summer planting area is up slightly at 1.3 million hectares, but soil moisture is well below average and worsening. Irrigation water storage is about a third lower than a year earlier.

- Date: 2018-02-13 · published 2018-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66465-winter-crop-harvest-survives-tough-season-but-summer-yields-at-risk-farm-online
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Dry soils and weak summer prospects raise the risk of further supply shortfalls in sorghum and other feed grains, which would support local feed prices. The outlook depends on rainfall over the rest of the season.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: 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 | 2019-11-18 | [WA wheat crop forecast dives \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56007-wa-wheat-crop-forecast-dives-farm-online-act.md) | +3.8% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-04 | [A Tough Season: Factors Behind France’s 2024 Winter Wheat Yield Decline - Terra Modeling Services](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28263-a-tough-season-factors-behind-france-s-2024-winter-wheat-yield-decline-terra.md) | +1.1% | +11.4% |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-08 | [French crop growers warn farms at risk after harvest setbacks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51063-french-crop-growers-warn-farms-at-risk-after-harvest-setbacks.md) | +0.4% | +7.6% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-27 | [Aussie harvest hits full swing \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56009-aussie-harvest-hits-full-swing-farm-online-act.md) | -0.1% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/5226817/thirsty-summer-crops-in-jeopardy-says-abares/

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