Canberra: rain In the arid areas of the west and south Australia’s It is expected that the country’s output may increase by up to 1 million tons in the coming days. wheat Analysts said this week that gains.
larger wheat Production That would help boost global supplies after lower Russian crop output pushed Chicago futures prices to a 10-month high. Australia is a major exporter of wheat, barley and wheat Rapeseedall three crops will benefit from rainfall.
While eastern Australia has plenty of moisture, in the west and south many farmers have been planting on dry ground in the hope of showers.
Without rains, Ole Houe said, “Western Australia’s wheat production could drop by 500 thousand tonnes or more.” “productimagecharacter” is seen as an iconiconproduct Seen in Sydney.
“If it goes so far we can add another half a million,” he said. “our forecast That’s still over 30 million tons, and that number is probably growing rather than decreasing now.
This bodes well for canola production which could see less fluctuation as Western Australian farmers produce almost half of all Australian canola.
Whitelaw also told ABC Rural “The Agribusiness” program that farmers will be encouraged to sow more seeds even if it means increasing planted area by 5% this year compared with last year when no rains were received.
Whitelaw said rainfall during this week and next week would boost national wheat harvest between 500 thousand and a million tonnes; he did however mention some eastern districts are at risk of being too wet already.
According to The Bureau of Meteorology, most parts of South Australia including much of Western Australia’s main cropping belt have experienced rainfall this week whilst further falls are predicted over the next eight days specifically across western areas leading into east coast states.
In its latest quarterly report released this week, BOM stated it expects below-average rainfalls across most grain producing regions for the month of June, however from July to September, the rain should be above average which would enhance harvests hope. Australia’s Department of Agriculture is due to release its quarterly crop report and production forecast on Tuesday.