# Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 5 November 2026 - DAFF

> Low-pressure systems brought rain and storms to large parts of eastern and central Australia in the week ending 4 November 2026. Rainfall of 50-100 mm fell in Queensland cropping regions and 50 mm in northern New South Wales, with further falls forecast for 5-12 November.

- Date: 2026-11-05 · published 2026-11-05T06:13:25.698Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/81229-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-5-november-2026-daff
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Rain is delaying winter crop harvests and summer planting and raises the risk of grain quality downgrades from moisture at harvest. Supply timing shifts may add modest upward pressure on wheat and sorghum prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-11-16 | [Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 16 November 2023 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33121-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-16-november-2023-daff.md) | +3.7% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-23 | [Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 23 April 2026 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19687-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-23-april-2026-daff.md) | +1.4% | +2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2024-05-16 | [Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 16 May 2024 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30189-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-16-may-2024-daff.md) | +19.1% | +8.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-05-15 | [Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 15 May 2025 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24626-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-15-may-2025-daff.md) | -3.9% | -3.2% |
| WHEAT | 2023-10-19 | [Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 19 October 2023 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33572-weekly-australian-climate-water-and-agricultural-update-19-october-2023-daff.md) | -2.6% | -4.4% |

## Sources

- agriculture.gov.au: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/products/weekly_update/weekly-update-261105

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