# Farmers ramp up harvest activity | VIC

> Victorian farmers made substantial harvest progress after hot, dry weather in the week to December 18. GrainCorp received 813,500 tonnes in its Victorian network, its largest delivery week of the season, and yields in Wimmera and Central Victoria are better than expected.

- Date: 2017-12-19 · published 2017-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67433-farmers-ramp-up-harvest-activity-vic
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Better-than-expected Victorian yields could cap the Australian supply shortfall, limiting upside for wheat and barley prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2016-06-22 | [US harvest gathers pace \| VIC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10752-us-harvest-gathers-pace-vic.md) | -7.5% | -9.8% |
| WHEAT | 2021-01-11 | [Harvest season strips back records as farmers rushed to finish line \| Stock & Land \| VIC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49107-harvest-season-strips-back-records-as-farmers-rushed-to-finish-line-stock-and.md) | +1.4% | -4.0% |
| WHEAT | 2020-07-16 | [Australian farmers prepare to harvest large wheat crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52069-australian-farmers-prepare-to-harvest-large-wheat-crop.md) | -0.0% | -2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-01-11 | [Farmers embrace another bumper harvest \| Corowa Free Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43090-farmers-embrace-another-bumper-harvest-corowa-free-press.md) | +3.4% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2020-11-02 | [Just when Australia needs it, wheat farmers start bumper harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50130-just-when-australia-needs-it-wheat-farmers-start-bumper-harvest.md) | -1.8% | -7.4% |

## Sources

- stockandland.com.au: https://www.stockandland.com.au/story/5131410/farmers-ramp-up-harvest-activity/

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