Predictions for the 2022 season of crops in Australia
Canola Seed & Rapeseed
Australia
Published Feb 21, 2022
Tridge summary
Attention is turning to preparations for the 2022 but farmers are already having to factor in the higher prices to put a crop in. Photo by Jerry Poiron, Mindarabin, WITH the curtain officially drawn on the 2021 season, attention has turned to the 2022 growing season and the cost of putting a crop in has gone up substantially. That's primarily due to high fertiliser and herbicide prices due to supply constraints and will result in less area sown and subtle swaps in crop types.
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According to the Grain Industry Association of Western Australia (GIWA) crop report author Michael Lamond, there will be more fallow in the low rainfall regions unless there was another exceptional start and more canola will be planted in the medium and high rainfall zones. "The total area sown to crop in the low rainfall zones will be strongly driven by the amount and timing of rainfall in April and May," Mr Lamond said. "Barley will be swapped out for wheat in the higher rainfall zones due to the current lack of upside potential to price compared to wheat. "There will be more crop and pasture legumes sown to provide nitrogen for crops sown in 2023." The oat area will likely remain static as even though sown area was down a lot in 2021, there was more grain produced than in previous years. The western and south coast regions of WA have subsoil reserves of moisture, while the low rainfall zones are completely dry. The next few months will have a big impact on the size of the 2022 ...
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