Australian winter crop production in 2024-25 will rise 9% to 51.3 million tonnes, the fifth highest on record. The data from the ABARES report was published on June 4 by World Grain.
Experts expect wheat production to increase by 12% to 29.1 million tons and barley production by 7% to 11.5 million tons. Rapeseed production will decrease by 5% to 5.4 million tons.
Winter crop area will remain at a historically high level of 23.6 million hectares, 6% above the 10-year average. Conditions in Queensland and northern and central New South Wales are almost ideal for winter sowing. Last autumn there was below average rainfall in western Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
Spring production in the 2023-2024 season will decrease by 11% to 4.6 million tons. ABARES indicates that the figure is lower than that of a year before, but 31% above the 10-year average. “The drop in production reflects a reduction in planted area, which more than offsets the expected increase in yields.”says the ABARES report.
Harvesting of some spring crops was delayed due to fall storms and rain. Grain quality was affected, but production of most late crops did not decline. High yields in other regions compensate for the decrease in production caused by the rains.
Sorghum production in the 2023-2024 season will decrease by 16% to 2.2 million tons compared to last year. At the same time, the forecast has improved by 10% compared to the March report and is 38% above the 10-year average.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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