# Dry puts brakes on promising winter cropping season in WA - Grain Central

> Western Australian winter crop sowing has been frustrated by insufficient rain, leaving dry-sown crops without follow-up moisture. GIWA estimates 4.9 million hectares of wheat, 1.28 million hectares of barley and 1.2 million hectares of canola, with canola plantings slightly reduced and barley estimates raised.

- Date: 2017-05-15 · published 2017-05-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70957-dry-puts-brakes-on-promising-winter-cropping-season-in-wa-grain-central
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Slightly higher barley area in a dry season and lower canola area have mixed effects, with dryness adding some risk to yield prospects for Australian feed grains.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: neutral
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/dry-puts-brakes-on-promising-winter-cropping-season-in-wa/

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