# Australia's ecosystem observatory system TERN creates better data for seasonal crop outlooks - Queensland Alliance for 
Agriculture and Food Innovation - University of Queensland

> University of Queensland researchers are using TERN satellite data to estimate grain cropping area and produce seasonal outlooks for Australian sorghum and wheat. The outlooks are shared with federal and state agricultural departments.

- Date: 2017-08-14 · published 2017-08-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69379-australia-s-ecosystem-observatory-system-tern-creates-better-data-for-seasonal
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Better crop size estimates can reduce market volatility in Australian sorghum and wheat, but the research itself is a methodological update with no immediate price move.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-10-23 | [Australia: Grain and Feed Update \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27826-australia-grain-and-feed-update-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | +0.3% | -1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-11-02 | [Australia: Grain and Feed Update \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33120-australia-grain-and-feed-update-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | -1.1% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2023-10-09 | [Short-term outlook of agricultural markets: EU farmers keep up production in spite of adverse weather events - Agriculture and rural development](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33554-short-term-outlook-of-agricultural-markets-eu-farmers-keep-up-production-in.md) | +5.3% | +5.3% |
| WHEAT | 2025-11-14 | [1380. Trends in Export Restrictions on Major Crops \| Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences \| JIRCAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21917-1380-trends-in-export-restrictions-on-major-crops-japan-international-research.md) | +1.4% | +1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-02-09 | [1434. January 2026 World Food Price Trends \| Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences \| JIRCAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20623-1434-january-2026-world-food-price-trends-japan-international-research-center.md) | +1.4% | +6.9% |

## Sources

- qaafi.uq.edu.au: https://qaafi.uq.edu.au/article/2017/08/australias-ecosystem-observatory-system-tern-creates-better-data-seasonal-crop-outlooks

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