# Crop estimates suggest 6.4mt harvest | Stock Journal | SA

> PIRSA estimates South Australia's 2017-18 grain harvest at 6.4 million tonnes, from a crop area of 3.6 million hectares, the smallest since 1999-00. The estimate follows a prolonged seeding period after an unusually dry start to winter, and it is a first estimate that could be revised upward if rain improves conditions.

- Date: 2017-08-04 · published 2017-08-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69416-crop-estimates-suggest-6-4mt-harvest-stock-journal-sa
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A crop well below the 2016-17 record of 11.1Mt and the 7.7Mt long-term average tightens Australian wheat and barley supply. That supports domestic feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-07-31 | [PIRSA crop report shows area up, forecast down \| Stock Journal \| SA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63987-pirsa-crop-report-shows-area-up-forecast-down-stock-journal-sa.md) | +4.1% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2017-07-13 | [Strategy Grains lowers EU harvest estimates after heat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69902-strategy-grains-lowers-eu-harvest-estimates-after-heat.md) | -1.8% | -1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-17 | [South Australia estimates winter crop at 6.25Mt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55029-south-australia-estimates-winter-crop-at-6-25mt-grain-central.md) | +0.1% | -5.2% |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-16 | [Argentine soybean harvest estimate cut to 41 mln tonnes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13989-argentine-soybean-harvest-estimate-cut-to-41-mln-tonnes.md) | -0.7% | +2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-11-07 | [Frost knocks tonnes off national crop estimates \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33122-frost-knocks-tonnes-off-national-crop-estimates-farm-online-act.md) | -1.8% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- stockjournal.com.au: https://www.stockjournal.com.au/story/4834104/crop-estimates-suggest-64mt-harvest/

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