# FAS USDA forecasts sharp decline of the wheat and barley crops in Australia

> USDA FAS forecasts Australian 2017-18 wheat output at 24 million tonnes, 31% below the current year, with barley falling 37% to 8.5 million tonnes. Wheat exports are projected at 18 million tonnes, about 20% lower.

- Date: 2017-04-25 · published 2017-04-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71463-fas-usda-forecasts-sharp-decline-of-the-wheat-and-barley-crops-in-australia
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Australian wheat and barley exports remove supply from key Asian buyers such as Indonesia, Vietnam and China, supporting feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-30 | [A new decline in crop forecasts for the US, Canada and Russia continued to raise wheat prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46103-a-new-decline-in-crop-forecasts-for-the-us-canada-and-russia-continued-to-raise.md) | +1.6% | +2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-07-03 | [Australia to export less wheat, more barley: USDA FAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35013-australia-to-export-less-wheat-more-barley-usda-fas.md) | -9.9% | -6.9% |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-29 | [Australia’s grain crops forecast upbeat \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25088-australia-s-grain-crops-forecast-upbeat-world-grain.md) | +2.1% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-27 | [Australia Forecasts Record Barley Output](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17073-australia-forecasts-record-barley-output.md) | -0.2% | — |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-30 | [Declines expected for Australian wheat, barley - MarketsFarm](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30667-declines-expected-for-australian-wheat-barley-marketsfarm.md) | +2.3% | +14.7% |

## Sources

- grainsprices.com: https://grainsprices.com/article/12478

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