# Australia's winter grain crop officially a record at 59 million tonnes - ABC News

> ABARES's February crop update confirmed Australia's winter grain harvest at a record 58.9 million tonnes, 49% above last year, with record crops in every mainland state. Victoria output more than doubled to 10Mt, and the summer crop forecast for cotton, sorghum and rice was cut slightly on dry weather in northern NSW and Queensland.

- Date: 2017-02-14 · published 2017-02-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72461-australia-s-winter-grain-crop-officially-a-record-at-59-million-tonnes-abc-news
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Record output across all states means more Australian wheat and barley available for export, which weighs on world feed grain prices. Lower summer sorghum and rice prospects are a minor support for those markets.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-12-02 | [Australia's 2025-26 Winter Crop Forecast: Near-Record Harvest of 66.3 Million Tonnes \| ABARES - News and Statistics - IndexBox](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21472-australia-s-2025-26-winter-crop-forecast-near-record-harvest-of-66-3-million.md) | -1.2% | -1.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-29 | [Record year for Australian winter crop production: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44017-record-year-for-australian-winter-crop-production-abares-grain-central.md) | -1.1% | -3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-01-10 | [Near-record grain volumes recorded at silos in eastern Australia - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72957-near-record-grain-volumes-recorded-at-silos-in-eastern-australia-abc-news.md) | +0.3% | +4.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-30 | [Australia set to harvest record grain crop \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44019-australia-set-to-harvest-record-grain-crop-world-grain.md) | -1.0% | -3.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-09-01 | [Australia’s winter crop production revised up \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17449-australia-s-winter-crop-production-revised-up-world-grain.md) | +1.0% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-02-14/nrn-record-winter-crop/8268564

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