Australian Malting Barley Origination
With the Australian barley harvest finished for season 23/24, it’s a good time to review where Australia’s barley has been produced this year and assess…
Victorian Harvest Rain – What’s the National Impact?
Until a month ago, the Victorian winter crop had had a near perfect season and was on track to harvest a ‘bin buster’ crop with…
El Nino Persists but the Positive IOD is Likely Past its Peak – BOM
If you are living in the South East of Australia at the moment, you are probably wondering where has the El Nino gone! From late…
Harvest Full Steam Ahead in the West but Halted in the East
The Australian winter crop harvest this year started early and has been progressing at a rapid rate. According to the weekly receival data from major…
ABARES Revises Total Winter 23/24 Crop Up on Better Conditions in the South
The September 23 ABARES report has forecasted the Australian Winter 23/24 crop at 45.2mmt, up 0.3mmt against their estimate in June, based on better than…
BOM Alert: El Nino Continues with Dry Finish Forecast
The BOM released it’s projection of El Nino conditions still being at the alert setting in late August, with one of the 4 criteria still…
ABARES Uses Seasonal Conditions to Provide Further Guidance
Cross referencing the predominate weather pattern with each year’s cropping yield performance, ABARES has provided an interesting insight into how crop 23/24 may perform given…
ABARES Barley Crop 23/24 estimate – 10mmt
ABARES Australian Crop Report for June 2023 has plantings for Winter Crop 23/24 at historically high levels but forecast production of all crops including barley…
Where is all the Barley?
ABARES reported Australian barley exports for the period October 22 – March 23 totaled around 4mmt: 3.6mmt of feed barley and 0.4mmt as malting barley.…
Australia’s WTO Barley Dispute Suspended while China Expedites Case Review
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced on the 11th April 2023 the Australian government had reached an agreement with the PRC that Australia would temporarily…