# Pulses eclipse barley as Australia’s second-biggest grain crop - Grain Central

> Pulses have overtaken barley as Australia's second-largest grain crop by value in 2016-17 production figures. Growers are expected to keep shifting area out of barley into pulses in 2017-18 because world cereal prices are weak.

- Date: 2017-05-09 · published 2017-05-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70954-pulses-eclipse-barley-as-australia-s-second-biggest-grain-crop-grain-central
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A shift of acreage away from feed barley reduces future Australian barley supply, though weak cereal prices and a large existing crop keep the effect modest.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/pulses-eclipse-barley-as-australias-second-biggest-grain-crop/

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