
Aerial operations have treated more than 100,000 hectares across South Australia’s Flinders, Mid North and pastoral regions to control locusts. The spraying is taking place as a potentially record harvest gets underway.
Controlling locusts may limit crop losses and protect local grain supplies, but the report gives no evidence of a material production impact or price-moving supply change.
After 14 past disease events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (29% higher; middle half -0.7% to +0.5%), and -0.8% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.