The Grain Industry Association of Western Australia (GIWA) said on Friday that the state's recent harvest yielded approximately 1.6 million metric tons more wheat than its December forecast.
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Western Australia’s wheat harvest exceeds forecast by 1.6 million tons, GIWA says
The 2024 grain growing season ended with the third-largest tonnage on record
Australia’s canola improves but still lower than 2023/24
Bumps up wheat estimate, trims barley outlook
Of Australia's three largest winter crops for 2024/25, canola production was projected to be down from the previous year. Meanwhile, estimates for wheat and barley output were forecast to be higher than a year ago.
Wheat yields in Western Australia are better than expected, industry body says
Western Australia should produce 420,000 tonnes more wheat this year than was projected a month ago, an industry group said Friday, adding to expectations that Australia's national crop will be larger than pre-harvest estimates.
USDA lowers U.S. soybean/corn yield estimates
There were a few tweaks to the latest monthly report from the United States Department of Agriculture released on Nov. 8. The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates not only lowered yields for U.S. corn and soybeans, the department reduced the ending stocks for both.
Australia cashes in on beef exports as US cattle herd shrinks
A slump in U.S. beef production has opened the door for Australia to export record amounts of meat, growing its market share in North America and Asia and channelling billions of dollars to cattle processors and farmers.
Australia, New Zealand brace for looming bird flu threat
Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, testing shore birds for disease, vaccinating vulnerable species and war-gaming response plans.
Australian farmers protest animal, environment policies they say harm them
Hundreds of farmers from across Australia held a protest on Tuesday against government farming policies they said were influenced by environmental and animal welfare activists and which were harming their livelihoods.
Australian crop production estimates rising: ABARES
Australian wheat and barley production in 2024/25 is expected to be larger than earlier estimates and well above what was grown the previous crop year, according to updated estimates from […] Read more
Pulse Weekly: Australian chickpea crop sees major expansion
Australia will see its largest chickpea crop in nearly a decade, according to winter crop production estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) on Sept. […] Read more
Pulse Weekly: Increased Australian production could pose greater export challenges for Canada
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Economics and Sciences released its monthly supply and demand report on June 3. The report showed a 57.2 per cent increase for Australia’s chickpea production at 1.15 million tonnes in 2024/25. The country’s lentil output is to change very slightly with a dip of a mere 2,000 tonnes from a year ago at 1.61 million.