MarketsFarm — Australia will see its highest-ever winter crop production thanks to record wheat and canola harvests, according to the latest crop report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) released Monday.
Winter crop production in Australia is estimated at 67.6 million tonnes, up 8.4 per cent from ABARES’ crop report released last December and up 6.4 per cent from the previous year’s record winter crop. Record production was reported in Western Australia, South Australia and much of Victoria due to wet and cool spring conditions, but waterlogged fields and flooding also limited production in Queensland and New South Wales.
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The seeded area for Australian winter crops in 2022-23 is estimated to be 59.21 million acres, down from 59.68 million acres the year before.
Australia’s winter wheat crop is estimated at a record 39.19 million tonnes, 7.1 per cent more than December’s estimate and 8.1 per cent more than the record amount set in 2021-22.
The country’s winter canola crop is estimated at 8.273 million tonnes, 13.3 per cent higher than what was projected last December and 21.3 per cent more than 2021-22’s record amount.
For Australian barley, 2022-23 winter production is set for 14.137 million tonnes, up from the 13.4 million estimated last December, but down from the 14.377 million tonnes produced in 2021-22. The barley production estimate for 2022-23 would be the third highest on record.
ABARES also released its estimates for 2022-23 summer crop production, with the total summer crop projected at 4.986 million tonnes, down from the record amount of 5.516 million in 2021-22.
Sorghum will be Australia’s top summer crop with production estimated at 2.454 million tonnes for 2022-23, down from 2.648 million from one year ago. Cottonseed and cotton lint are estimated at 1.444 million and 1.2 million tonnes, respectively. Rice would total 500,000 tonnes, corn at 411,000, soybeans at 42,400 and sunflowers at 37,000. All of the summer crops are projected to see slight declines in production from 2021-22.
