
Up to 30% of planned winter crop area in central-western and north-western NSW has not been sown due to lack of rainfall. The NSW DPI says 2017 wheat and barley output may fall short of last year's $3.3 billion gross value if dryness continues.
Reduced NSW winter grain plantings tighten Australian feed barley and wheat supplies, supporting prices for feedlot and mill buyers.
After 1,072 past bullish weather events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (55% higher; middle half -1.4% to +2.3%), and +0.3% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.