Australian farmers expect top yields

In its current forecast, the Australian Agency for Agriculture and Raw Materials (ABARES) assumes a production of 62 million t. winters off. This is just below the all-time record for the 2021/22 harvest. According to the summary of the Australian market experts, the overall favorable weather conditions have had a particularly positive impact on stocks of the main crop, winter wheat. They therefore expect a record yield of 36.6 million tons. All states on the island are increasing – the only exception being New South Wales, which has been plagued by heavy rain. They expect to harvest a good quarter less wheat there. In the case of barley, the overall production level is falling slightly. At 13.4 million tons, however, the fourth-biggest barley harvest to date is still to be expected. Farmers in Australia have expanded the cultivation of the oil crop rapeseed by a good 10% compared to 2021/22 to a new record area of almost 3.7 million hectares. According to the agricultural ...