# Weather slows harvest progress

> Cool weather and intermittent showers are slowing the harvest in the Australian grain belt, with growers moving slowly. Local barley prices are weak, with little premium on malt barley, while reported yields remain above average.

- Date: 2026-11-14 · published 2026-11-14T03:05:46.147Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/98863-weather-slows-harvest-progress
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy local selling during the harvest, combined with weaker overseas wheat markets after an 11-week CBOT losing streak, points to continued downward pressure on barley and wheat prices for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-31 | [Weather may delay Brazil’s second corn crop harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13426-weather-may-delay-brazil-s-second-corn-crop-harvest.md) | -1.7% | +3.8% |
| WHEAT | 2016-06-22 | [US harvest gathers pace \| VIC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10752-us-harvest-gathers-pace-vic.md) | -7.5% | -9.8% |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-17 | [Big harvest figures despite weather woes \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37736-big-harvest-figures-despite-weather-woes-farm-online-act.md) | -3.8% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2022-01-11 | [Farmers embrace another bumper harvest \| Corowa Free Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43090-farmers-embrace-another-bumper-harvest-corowa-free-press.md) | +3.4% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2021-05-25 | [Favourable Australian weather spells second bumper wheat harvest \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47056-favourable-australian-weather-spells-second-bumper-wheat-harvest-financial-post.md) | -2.5% | -3.2% |

## Sources

- plainsproducer.com.au: https://plainsproducer.com.au/rural/2026/11/14/weather-slows-harvest-progress/

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