# Near-record grain volumes recorded at silos in eastern Australia - ABC News

> GrainCorp, which handles about half of eastern Australia's grain, reports near-record silo volumes across NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Some sites set records, and about 12 million tonnes of wheat, barley, canola and chickpeas have been received. Victoria's winter harvest is still underway.

- Date: 2017-01-10 · published 2017-01-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72957-near-record-grain-volumes-recorded-at-silos-in-eastern-australia-abc-news
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Large eastern Australian volumes confirm abundant regional supply, which pressures local wheat and barley prices and export competitiveness.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-02-14 | [Australia's winter grain crop officially a record at 59 million tonnes - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72461-australia-s-winter-grain-crop-officially-a-record-at-59-million-tonnes-abc-news.md) | -0.8% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-10-20 | [Australia’s wheat harvest forecast raised to near-record level](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22354-australia-s-wheat-harvest-forecast-raised-to-near-record-level.md) | +0.7% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2022-03-01 | [Australia record grain crop revised even higher \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42224-australia-record-grain-crop-revised-even-higher-world-grain.md) | +10.5% | +22.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-02-17 | [Australia raises wheat crop estimate to new record \| 2021-02-17  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48596-australia-raises-wheat-crop-estimate-to-new-record-2021-02-17-world-grain.md) | +0.8% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-02-15 | [ABARES puts Australian wheat crop at record 33.3Mt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48594-abares-puts-australian-wheat-crop-at-record-33-3mt-grain-central.md) | +9.4% | +9.0% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-11/grain-harvest-on-track-to-break-volume-records-in-east-australia/8174610

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