# Australia’s agriculture map reveals record production in 2016-17 - Grain Central

> ABARES' 2017 Australian agriculture map shows the gross value of farm production exceeded $63 billion in 2016-17 on record output. Beef and wheat were the top export commodities by value in 2015-16.

- Date: 2017-11-23 · published 2017-11-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67938-australia-s-agriculture-map-reveals-record-production-in-2016-17-grain-central
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

This is a background reference on Australian production values and does not carry a new supply or demand shock for feed prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-29 | [Record year for Australian winter crop production: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44017-record-year-for-australian-winter-crop-production-abares-grain-central.md) | -1.1% | -3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-02-14 | [Australia’s wheat production reaches record high \| World-grain.com \| February 14, 2017 15:45 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72462-australia-s-wheat-production-reaches-record-high-world-grain-com-february-14.md) | -0.8% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-07 | [High wheat production ensures Australia’s grain security in COVID era - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51552-high-wheat-production-ensures-australia-s-grain-security-in-covid-era-grain.md) | -1.3% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-09-01 | [Australia’s winter crop production revised up \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17449-australia-s-winter-crop-production-revised-up-world-grain.md) | +1.0% | +2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-08 | [India’s foodgrain production grows 8.1% in 2016-17](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71973-india-s-foodgrain-production-grows-8-1-in-2016-17.md) | -0.6% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/australias-agriculture-map-reveals-record-production-in-2016-17/

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