# NSW farmers harvesting oats, barley, wheat, canola and chickpeas hope for good yields after tough years - ABC News

> New South Wales farmers are harvesting oats, barley, wheat, canola and chickpeas, with some regions reporting big yields and full silos for the first time in several seasons. Harvest was delayed two to three weeks by wet weather, and frost affected some low-lying areas.

- Date: 2016-12-01 · published 2016-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73524-nsw-farmers-harvesting-oats-barley-wheat-canola-and-chickpeas-hope-for-good
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Larger regional crops add to Australian supply, though logistics to port could be a constraint, leaving a mildly bearish effect on grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2026-04-13 | [As planting begins, finding crops to cash flow remains a challenge - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19761-as-planting-begins-finding-crops-to-cash-flow-remains-a-challenge-agweek-1.md) | -0.2% | -0.4% |
| OATS | 2019-02-11 | [Oats Hit the Bullseye for Growers, Millers - Seed World](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60656-oats-hit-the-bullseye-for-growers-millers-seed-world.md) | -3.0% | -10.9% |
| OATS | 2017-05-17 | [Prairie oats at tipping point - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8487-prairie-oats-at-tipping-point-grainews.md) | +5.0% | +11.2% |
| OATS | 2023-04-01 | [How are southeastern oats coming along?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36914-how-are-southeastern-oats-coming-along.md) | -6.5% | -19.1% |
| OATS | 2020-08-26 | [Oat harvest begins in east central Saskatchewan \| paNOW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51671-oat-harvest-begins-in-east-central-saskatchewan-panow.md) | +2.1% | +5.7% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-14 | [French wheat and barley harvesting remains slow after wet spell](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34519-french-wheat-and-barley-harvesting-remains-slow-after-wet-spell.md) | -0.5% | -7.3% |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-15 | [English barley harvest falls to 14-year low as wheat edges higher - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/486-english-barley-harvest-falls-to-14-year-low-as-wheat-edges-higher-farmers-weekly.md) | +0.8% | — |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-22 | [After drought and wildfires, wheat farmers in the Great Plains are in for a rough year \| HPPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18863-after-drought-and-wildfires-wheat-farmers-in-the-great-plains-are-in-for-a.md) | -1.6% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2016-12-01/nsw-grain-growers-hope-for-better-year/8075020

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