# WA winter crop forecast now 10Mt – up from 7.8Mt last month - Grain Central

> The Grain Industry Association of WA raised its August estimate of the state's potential winter crop to 10.171 million tonnes, up from 7.826Mt in July. Recent rain fell across most cropping zones, though the Geraldton and Kwinana zones remain very low. Oats are the exception to an otherwise near-average outlook.

- Date: 2017-08-14 · published 2017-08-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69414-wa-winter-crop-forecast-now-10mt-up-from-7-8mt-last-month-grain-central
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A larger Western Australian crop adds exportable wheat and barley supply, which is bearish for Australian grain prices. The gain is still well below last year's crop.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-11-12 | [WA winter crop surges back to 15.653Mt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61994-wa-winter-crop-surges-back-to-15-653mt-grain-central.md) | -0.2% | +0.8% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-13 | [Aussie winter crop setting up for another big harvest - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45983-aussie-winter-crop-setting-up-for-another-big-harvest-grain-central.md) | +1.3% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-02 | [Feedgrain Focus: New-crop prices tumble on forecast rain - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7490-feedgrain-focus-new-crop-prices-tumble-on-forecast-rain-grain-central.md) | -4.8% | -9.9% |
| WHEAT | 2020-03-18 | [Australian wheat crop forecast at 21.4-27.9Mt as seeding starts - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54098-australian-wheat-crop-forecast-at-21-4-27-9mt-as-seeding-starts-grain-central.md) | -5.7% | -1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-29 | [Southern winter crop off to a promising start - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59062-southern-winter-crop-off-to-a-promising-start-grain-central.md) | +9.6% | +15.3% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/wa-winter-crop-forecast-now-10-mt-up-from-7-8-mt-last-month/

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