# ABARE crop report signals a 33 per cent fall in winter crop production  | The Rural | Wagga Wagga, NSW

> The ABARE crop report puts Australia's 2017/18 winter crop at 40.1 million tonnes, down 33% from the record 2016/17 harvest, on lower assumed yields. Wheat is forecast down 31% to 24.2 million tonnes and barley down 39% to 8.1 million tonnes.

- Date: 2017-06-14 · published 2017-06-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70450-abare-crop-report-signals-a-33-per-cent-fall-in-winter-crop-production-the
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

The lower Australian wheat and barley output reduces export supply, supporting world feed grain prices and reducing Australian barley available to Asian feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-06-12 | [Dry puts the squeeze on national winter crop prospects: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64492-dry-puts-the-squeeze-on-national-winter-crop-prospects-abares-grain-central.md) | -0.9% | -6.9% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-05 | [Australia's winter crop production forecast to be down 21 per cent](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18772-australia-s-winter-crop-production-forecast-to-be-down-21-per-cent.md) | -0.4% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-05 | [Winter crop set to fall to 35.1 million tonnes: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67431-winter-crop-set-to-fall-to-35-1-million-tonnes-abares-grain-central.md) | -4.7% | -2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-15 | [Markets react as USDA reduces production estimates \| The Rural \| Wagga Wagga, NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55031-markets-react-as-usda-reduces-production-estimates-the-rural-wagga-wagga-nsw.md) | +0.0% | -5.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-02-20 | [ABARES reports the winter crop is the lowest in over a decade  \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60578-abares-reports-the-winter-crop-is-the-lowest-in-over-a-decade-farm-online-act.md) | -3.5% | +0.0% |

## Sources

- therural.com.au: https://www.therural.com.au/story/4728959/winter-crop-tonnages-set-to-plummet/

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